Both sides will have to watch what they say as 160 Planned Parenthood workers in Oregon decide whether or not to join a union.
Republicans and Democrats Agree: 501(c)(4) Means Cash Money
Who said bipartisanship was dead? Both parties are furiously raising anonymous donations through “independent” 501(c)(4) organizations.
S&P Downgrades Fannie and Freddie, but Housing Market’s Problems Go Deeper than That
S&P just downgraded the credit ratings of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, but what’s really killing the housing market is the crummy economy.
Did Bloomberg’s Staff Turn a Blind Eye to Phantom Job Placements by SEEDCO?
The self-professed scandal-free administration of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to maintain its reputation by turning a blind eye to cases like this: a whistleblower produces pretty convincing evidence of falsification of city-funded job placements at SEEDCO.
Car Sharing Nonprofit Sells Out to Enterprise
Tax complexities have crept up to haunt a nonprofit car sharing program highlighting an issue for nonprofits that run fee based services in a market that also includes businesses.
British Musicians’ Union Charges Artists are “Emotionally Blackmailed” into Unpaid Charity Gigs
Does the fact that performers are asked to contribute their services for charity events mean that they are being emotionally blackmailed? The British Musician’s Union thinks so.
N.C. Legal Aid Cuts Back Specifically on Services to Rural Populations
Legal Aid of North Carolina has decided that they can no longer serve certain rural areas because in the face of budget cuts there are too few people there to be served for the distances that need to be traveled.
S&P’s Credit Downgrade for the U.S: Its Significance to Nonprofits and Communities
An 8-page S&P report gave the U.S. a downgraded credit rating for the first time in history and all of us a plunging stock market. Submit your op-ed comment here on the NPQ website on what the downgrading of the credit rating of the largest economy in the world means for your nonprofit, the communities you serve, and our society.
Marin Shakespeare Troupe Mentors Prisoner Cast
A Northern California nonprofit is giving inmates the chance to take the stage and learn to bring Shakespeare’s word to life in the prison chapel.
A Pioneer in Environmental Leadership is Forced to Power Down
A pioneering “green movement” nonprofit shuts down after a financial review raises questions of decisions made by its fired executive director.
Affordable Housing Group Clusters Rehabbed Foreclosures in New Haven
A New Haven affordable housing group is buying and rehabilitating clusters of abandoned houses in a neighborhood hit hard by the foreclosure crisis. Will creating oases of solid housing stock help revive one of the poorest parts of town?
Governing NYC By Writing a Check?
What began as a “toss-off laugh line”—New York City’s most intractable problems could be solved by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg just by pulling out his checkbook—has now become an “unprecedented reality” in the Big Apple.