Foster Friess caught the public eye after his remarks about contraception, but the philanthropist deserves a closer look by those wondering what a Rick Santorum administration might bring.

New York City is considering charging nonprofits the full cost of garbage services, another reflection of the strain on the relationship between governments and nonprofits amid tight budgets.

In what could become a model emergency food program, Philabundance is establishing what is believed to be the first nonprofit supermarket developed and operated by a food aid group.

A new Annie E. Casey Foundation report finds 25 percent more children are living in communities with many residents living below the federal poverty level in comparison to 2000.

Pending legislation in Florida would enable parents to close traditional public schools and replace them with charter schools, an unpopular proposal among teachers’ unions and districts.

An examination of the Kanye West Foundation indicates that, despite overhead expenses of more than $500,000 in both 2009 and 2010, it awarded only $581 to charities during those two years.

President Obama’s budget proposal for the 2013 fiscal year removes golf course easements from eligibility for charitable deductions, saying that such easements often have limited public benefit.

Ben & Jerry’s original “Taste the Lin-Sanity” ice cream flavor is another in a growing line of references to the rising NBA star that the Asian American Journalist Association says are racist.

Adding the idea of financial insecurity to the national discussion on poverty, a report reveals 39 percent of Dallas residents couldn’t support themselves for three months if they lost their job.

As SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar calls on corporations to reveal political contributions to investors, some corporations echo the arguments of the nonprofit sector on revealing donations.

Apparently as a result of hacking by Anonymous, Wikileaks obtained and is publishing information from 5.5 million e-mails from a private geo-political intelligence think tank.

The nonprofit Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is not pleased about tomorrow’s Oscar statues auction, but it should perhaps be more concerned about its own lack of diversity.