The prize for this nonprofit contest is intriguing. One hundred and thirty rooms in a Lake Placid resort hotel for two nights. We hope other resorts take the plunge because this sounds very useful to us!
Possible Backlog of Unanalyzed Rape Kits Focus of Study
A surprisingly high percentage of DNA evidence collected at hospitals using “rape kits” is never actually analyzed. A sexual-assault survivor is starting a new nonprofit to study the issue but the real point is that social change movements must always monitor policy and practice to ensure that new laws are really carried out.
Gallup: U.S. Employees Still Prefer Male to Female Bosses, but Gap Is Smallest on Record
Among those who express a preference, both men and women prefer to work for men rather than women, but the gap is shrinking. A plurality of U.S. workers have no preference.
Nonprofits Debate Palestinian Independence at Philadelphia City Council
Is the Philadelphia City Council the appropriate venue for debating the merits of a potential UN vote on Palestinian independence? Some nonprofits think so, and they’ve managed to get the Council to pass a resolution opposing the vote. Is the UN paying attention to the City of Brotherly Love’s official view on the issue?
“What do our Student Volunteers Want from Us?” – MontPIRG Reconsiders Focus
MontPIRG leaders contend that the organization “teach(es) citizens, particularly students, how to participate in democracy,” that is, “how to fulfill your democratic duty,” so it makes sense that they take time out to find out what the students want them to focus on. But getting there has been a rocky path.
Johns Hopkins Affiliate Accused of Tuskegee-Like Study
A prestigious Baltimore medical institute has been accused of knowingly subjecting research subjects—in this case, children—to dangerous experimental environments. The CEO washes his hands and says it’s the city’s responsibility, not theirs.
NPQ’s Week in Review | September 12 – September 16, 2011
Last week, NPQ covered President Obama’s proposal to cap the charitable deduction, a Kansas City foundation has cut out the middle man and is opening a charter school on its own, Harvard students get donors to withhold donations to protest non-cage-free eggs, and a Texas nonprofit handles the departure of its ED well. Plus our readers had a lot to say about Forbes’ list of the 100 most powerful women and Howard Warren Buffett, new head of his father’s $200 million foundation. All this and more in NPQ’s Week in Review.
Indiana Nonprofit Responds to Rise in Poverty with New Programs
Undaunted by the rise in poverty in northeastern Indiana, a nonprofit adds services and looks for new entrepreneurial opportunities.
Community Foundation Steps into Creative Idea Generation on Future of San Diego
San Diegans are being encouraged to “get adrenalized and stimulated” to voice their vision for the community. TED and the San Diego Foundation are leaders in this initiative.
Obama Expected to Propose “Buffett Rule” to Ensure Wealthy Pay Higher Tax Rate than Middle Class
Several weeks ago, investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett wrote an op-ed in the New York Times calling for higher taxes on himself and his billionaire and millionaire brethren. Now President Obama is taking Buffett up on his suggestion, going so far as to name a part of his plan for him.
Well-Paid Exec of Nonprofit Founded by N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Resigns As Cuomo Task Force Scrutinizes Nonprofit Salaries
The nonprofit executive pay saga continues in New York. The latest news is that Laurence Belinsky, a long-time associate of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s father Mario as well the spouse of the governor’s cousin, is stepping down from his well-compensated job at an agency serving homeless people as the task force turns its attention there.
NPQ Readers Offer Advice to Council on Foundations on Picking Next CEO
With the Council on Foundations searching for a new CEO to replace Steve Gunderson, NPQ thought it would be a good idea to ask grant recipients—nonprofits—what they would like to see in a new leader of the foundation trade association.