The intention of an upcoming Gates Foundation summit is to raise $4 billion to make contraceptives available to 120 million women in poor countries—and while Melinda Gates says there should be no controversy – there is.

The William Penn Foundation’s hefty grant of $15 million to the nonprofit Philadelphia Schools Partnership has raised questions about changes that are coming to the city’s educational landscape.

The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton Ballet, and Dayton Opera have merged to create the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance. The combining of efforts is intended to create a more dynamic and cost effective classical arts scene in Dayton.

Tucked into the $68.5 billion budget that Bloomberg presented to the City Council, and the Council approved, is a plan to charge tax-exempt property owners, including apparently religious institutions, a fee for garbage collection.

Under the Affordable Care Act, the IRS has established not only a requirement that nonprofit hospitals spell out their charity care policies, but also a prohibition against hospitals using very aggressive debt collection tactics against low-income non-payers.

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Online tools for neighborhood organizing are springing up daily on the internet. With neighbors now sharing tips on babysitters, plumbers and electricians, it will take more than just technology to really connect disengaged neighborhoods.

The Casey Anthony trial created a subculture that need not be revived here. But the brief and all too vague history Caylee’s Fund creates an impression of a none too salutary charitable endeavor.

Now that the South Shore Hospital in Weymouth, Mass., is being eyed by Partners Health Care for purchase, town officials are looking at whether the hospital’s voluntary tax contribution should be increased.

The former president of NARAL Pro-Choice New York allegedly misused $250,000 worth of NARAL money “for personal travel, a nanny, dining expenses, shopping sprees at Barneys and Bergdorf Goodman, and much, much more.

NPQ believes that all nonprofits should be watching to see how the experiments with one another’s business models are working out. That’s why we’re watching the Hollywood Theater in Dormont, Pa., and their new membership program.

Let’s assume that the SCOTUS decision helps nonprofit hospital finances as much as it gives a boost to for-profit hospitals. With that in mind, what makes a nonprofit hospital a nonprofit and how should that be reflected in nonprofit CEO salaries.