A new Supreme Court ruling could potentially make the ministerial exception interpretation of the First Amendment applicable to more employees of faith-based organizations.
Your Fund Development Plan: Finding a Process to Produce Ownership and Results
Even if it isn’t written down, you probably have a fund development plan, and it could probably be stronger.
Foreclosure Fighters: Where Is the Funding for Nonprofit Housing Counseling?
The recent Countrywide discriminatory lending settlement may provide a degree of relief to some victims, but nonprofit housing counseling can often stop the foreclosure train before it leaves the station. Why, then, has Congress been so intent on zeroing out funding for housing counseling?
McCain’s 2008 Opposition Research Sheds Light on Romney’s Nonprofit-Related Positions
Did you ever wonder what information presidential candidates compile about each other? BuzzFeed reveals the McCain campaign’s 2008 profile of Mitt Romney, making for interesting reading.
Study Might Lead Door-to-Door Canvassers to Continue to Sneak Up on Potential Donors
The Quarterly Journal of Economics recently published a study titled “Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving.” We may be dense, but we cannot see how the study adds to what we already know.
The Nonprofit Ethicist Comments on a Mental Health Center Suing a Foundation
A North Carolina mental health center is suing the foundation that it established, claiming that the foundation has “absconded” with millions over two decades.
Occupy Atlanta Teams Up With Local Nonprofit and Saves Historic Church
In an Atlanta neighborhood associated with Martin Luther King, Jr., Occupy movement protestors joined forces with a local nonprofit to successfully defend an African American church.
Using Volunteers a “Courageous” or Bold Act? Oh Please!
Many volunteers do very courageous things, but in the light of the real bravery being exhibited around the world in the past year it seems a bit precious to refer to nonprofits’ volunteer recruitment and placement strategies as “courageous.”
As Sites “Go Dark,” SOPA and PIPA Go Down—for Now
Web giants like Google and Wikipedia joined Anonymous and others for a day of action against the Stop Online Piracy Act. So far, it seems to have worked.
DREAM Act a Nightmare for Romney
An advocacy group for undocumented immigrant youth looks to make the DREAM Act—which would create a pathway to citizenship through college or the armed forces—a thorn in the side of Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney.
Thrivent Financial Bank Applies to Become Credit Union: Very Rare but Will it Catch On?
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, the only nonprofit to be listed among the Fortune 500, is nothing if not savvy regarding business practices. What does it mean that the group is now seeking to transform its subsidiary banking operation into a nonprofit credit union?
Second Mile Divesting Itself of 60 Acres
As the state grant for what would have been Second Mile’s future home is nixed, the charity associated with the Sandusky scandal puts its construction plot on the market.