The Foundation Center says that some foundations are trying to help nonprofits weather the impacts of state budget crises. But according to the Center’s numbers, it seems that not enough of them are stepping to the plate.
To Increase Global Impact, Manage to Local Outcomes
There is a lot of buzz right now about generating “collective impact” in the nonprofit field. But according to Mario Marino of Venture Philanthropy Partners, work on the ground shouldn’t be driven by collectively identified or mandated outcomes.
Golden Oldie: Neighborhood Groups Dump Trash on Stoop of Bank of America President
Reviving the classic direct-action tactic of personalizing an issue, three Boston-area organizations stage a protest of Bank of America’s business practices by dumping trash from a BofA foreclosed property on the bank president’s doorstep.
Zuckerberg and Soros: Biggest Wealth Gainers are Philanthropically Inclined
Perhaps not surprisingly, some of the wealthiest Americans are also the most philanthropic.
Massachusetts GOP Urges Harvard to Stop Paying Elizabeth Warren a Salary While She Runs for Senate
Like City Year co-founder Alan Khazei, Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren is closely connected to a nonprofit organization while running to be the next Senator from Massachusetts. But there are some key differences in their situations.
Dwindling Money for Nonprofits in FY2012 Budget Appropriations
Congress is currently writing appropriations bills to fund the federal government in Fiscal Year 2012, which officially begins on October 1. Of course, there’s a great big unknown hanging over this year’s round of negotiations: What cuts will come out of the Super Committee? Even though we don’t yet know the answer to that question, the budget changes—mostly cuts, though there are a few excetpions—now being made in the the appropriations committees will tell us a great deal about what might emerge from overall budget cuts this fall as the nation stumbles into FY2012.
Evansville, Indiana Nonprofits See and Feel the Increase in Poverty
The U.S. poverty rate recently hit its highest point in decades, and the effects are being seen and felt by nonprofits all over the country. Now, nonprofits like these in Evansville, Indiana must turn their on-the-ground experience into public knowledge and energetic anti-poverty advocacy.
White House Jobs Plan Short-Shrifts Nonprofit Employers
As with national health insurance reform, President Obama’s proposed jobs bill provides incentives for nonprofits to hire new workers—but those incentives are significantly less generous than the ones to be offered to for-profit employers.
Clinton Global Initiative Convenes in NYC to Tackle Global Poverty
Former President Bill Clinton and nonprofit-sector leaders are gathering in New York City this week to do big-picture thinking—and generate financial commitments—to tackle global poverty and disease. Will you be there?
Georgia Model for Key Plank of Obama Jobs Program Has Problems
President Obama likes it, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) likes it, and both The National Review and Jesse Jackson like it. So why doesn’t the state official who runs GeorgiaWork$ like it?
Polls Show Americans Are in Favor of Tax Hikes on Rich (as Well as Many Obama Jobs and Deficit Reduction Proposals)
Americans favor taxing the rich by a hefty margin, says latest Gallup Poll. Does what most Americans think matter?
In Oregon, Habitat Seizes the Day and a Lot of Land
Habitat for Humanity in Portland, Oregon is buying up land, taking advantage of banks’ huge inventory of empty lots that have been abandoned by builders stopped in their tracks by the recession. They plan to spend the next five years filling those lots with homes for low- and moderate-income families.