Casino owner Steve Wynn has donated $2 million in the form of gift cards to 4,000 low income families in the Las Vegas area, which faces an 11.6 percent unemployment rate.
$2 Million in Direct Gifts to Families—Compared to What?
Donations Fall About 18 Percent in China
Charitable donations in China fell by approximately 18 percent in the past year, according to China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs, but there are differing explanations as to why that’s the case.
Supreme Court and the Many Questions on Health Care Reform
The media is treating the upcoming Supreme Court decision on President Obama’s health care reform as if there are only three options, but the Court may be more nuanced than that in its ruling.
Study: Giving Disconnect Among Cape Fear, N.C. Transplants
A study from a researcher at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington suggests a possible negative correlation between geographic transplants and individual giving.
At U-Va., a Case Study of Boards Gone Wrong
Expect the U-Va. board’s behavior during the past couple of weeks in your board training curriculum shortly and for some time to come—as a case study of poor board behavior.
Supreme Court Doesn’t Revisit Citizens United in Mont. Case
The Supreme Court had an opportunity to revisit Citizens United but declined—and we believe that democracy is weaker for it.
Will FEC’s Text Donation Ruling Aid Obama Campaign?
A new Federal Election Commission ruling clears a path for individual text-message campaign donations from small donors, a new option that some say may give President Obama a boost.
It’s Cool: Updated Anti-Drug Approach to “Just Say No”
The nonprofit Natural High eschews the Reagan-era “Just Say No” anti-drug approach in favor of a new technique that fights drugs’ “cool” factor with some coolness of its own.
Rio+20: Big Conference, Little Accomplished
Who got what out of the Rio+20 environmental summit? The U.N. official who ran the conference said, “My job was to make everyone equally unhappy.” It seems he did a good job.
Why Raise Taxes When You Can Raise Money? Governments Take a Dip in the Donor Pool
It’s time for a clear-headed, inter-sector look at the results and implications of government going into the fundraising business.
When a Reporter Calls: The New York Times, Philanthropoids, and Media
Generally, philanthropoids are inept in dealing with the media. It is crucial to understand one’s options with the press and to define the ground rules of the conversation ahead of time.
What Should Corporate America Do for Nonprofits?
An influential nonprofit leader with roots in the corporate sector argues that the private sector has an interest and an obligation to do more for the nonprofit sector. But is the proposed agenda enough?