Two feuding brothers, a luxury cruise ship, and a community foundation are at the center of a strange lawsuit recently decided in favor of the foundation.

Logic, rationality, charts, and projections ought to be enough to convince donors to give to your organization. But they’re not. Because that’s not why people give. People give because they have been moved emotionally. Simone Joyaux, ACFRE explains why this is so important.

Who do you think will be pressed into service to deliver the programs and services needed by Americans as local and state governments lay off hundreds of thousands of public-sector employees?  You have three guesses…

Delivering humanitarian aid in war-torn Somalia is always dangerous. Should charities keep trying to help Somalia deal with a devastating famine or simply acknowledge that much of the country can’t be helped and people in some parts can’t be reached?

Ten Arizona organizations will receive grants to develop ways to implement “big ideas” to improve the state via education, economic development, the environment, and civic engagement.

New report from Guidestar finds a persistent gender gap in CEO pay in the nonprofit world and slow growth in exec salaries overall.

Elected officials in this Florida county are still trying to figure out what they can and cannot do on behalf of nonprofits. The novelty and complexity of the rules is leading many of them to drop their nonprofit affiliations altogether.

Times in Michigan and other states hard-hit by this persistent recession are tough—and about to get tougher—as new cuts in income support programs for low-income residents are implemented. Sadly, as usual, children will pay the brunt of the price.

Forbes identified a handful of nonprofit leaders in its list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. A few others don’t actually lead nonprofit organizations, but are important to the sector.

Is California’s never-ending budget crisis a harbinger of the future for other states? Or is it an aberration caused by California’s unique blend of economic and governmental problems? And will social-safety-net cutbacks in the state lead to civil disturbances ? 

Two of the leading GOP presidential candidates, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney, represent polar opposites in terms of their states’ approaches to health insurance. But only one of the two seems particularly proud of his record.