This story of a billionaire philanthropist in China nicknamed “Little Sweetie” reminds one of a Dominick Dunne piece. The story also features two kidnappings, an errant feng shui advisor, and 12 billion bucks.

A loose network of hacktivists known as Anonymous has changed the landscape of activism in ways reminiscent of Steig Larsson. Are we seeing only the tip of the iceberg?

With critical funding from the Kresge Foundation, four nonprofits committed to Detroit’s Belle Isle, designed by famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, have merged to form the Belle Isle Conservancy. There is a good track record of park conservancies around the nation to justify hopes that the Belle Isle Conservancy will do great things.

Philanthropy is about to undergo seismic changes, according to Bill Somerville, executive director of the Philanthropic Ventures Foundation. Many nonprofits will welcome the trend.

Last week NPQ published a piece on the charitable tax deduction entitled, “The Nonprofit Sector’s Embarrassing Defense of A Maximal Charitable Tax Deduction” written by Rick Cohen. We expected push back on the piece because the position we took is contrary to that taken by a lot of nonprofit leadership groups. So when we received a request from Tim Delaney of the National Council of Nonprofits to be given equal time, we were glad to provide the venue. Read both and let us know what you think!

These are difficult economic times and governments continue to tighten their belts and seek new sources of revenue. They should take it easy however on nonprofits that give back more than they take.

A coalition of groups is focused on improving educational attainment by addressing the proximity of parents’ work to the home.

Stories of the philanthropy of a diverse group of African Americans are documented in word and photographs in this new book.

A recent college graduate sets up his own nonprofit as a way to combat rural poverty. 

If they haven’t lost their jobs entirely, many nonprofit and public sector employees will nevertheless have suffered through a year or two of pay freezes, or even actual reductions in take-home pay or benefits. Can nonprofit employees look forward to pay increases in 2012? If the barometer is the prospect of pay increases in other sectors, the future doesn’t look too promising.

When Goldman Sachs discovered that the Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union was going to honor Occupy Wall Street at its 25th anniversary dinner, Goldman Sachs was offended and pulled its sponsorship and $5,000 contribution.