This week in the Week in Review: philanthropy’s cause célèbre, the nation’s dysfunctional model of governance comes to a head in the debt ceiling impasse, Teach for America keeps gaining steam (and with it, funding), and how legislators are trying to regulate phony nonprofits running illegal fundraising schemes.
Public interest in state-funded vouchers for private schools is booming. Are vouchers for non-public private schools the successor to funding for charter schools inside public school systems?
The American Legislative Exchange Council advocates for lower government spending and less government. How odd that it looks for government money to subsidize its events and the memberships of conservative lawmakers.
New Baltimore-based Schaefer Foundation reprises old rivalries as former mayor's aides and friends debate who will control his charitable legacy.
The federal debt ceiling impasse threatens state budgets and programs, and that will hit nonprofits and the communities they serve hard.
AARP linked to the bankruptcy of HearUSA. Documents revealed the details of the agreement, which again raises questions about AARP’s non-profit status.
A report from the national membership organization of Community Action Agencies proposes increased focus on local self-reliance in an era of scarcity.
First, keep this in mind: Your organization’s financial need does not necessarily equal its capacity or capability to raise charitable gifts. Yet, often, you’re given a goal that is solely based on need without consideration for capacity and capability.
The first decade of the 21st century saw more than 200,000 children from around the world adopted by American families. As these children struggle to find and define their identities, immigrant-serving groups act as guides.
The Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation program, known by its i3 moniker, seems to have funded not a lot of path-breaking innovation, but, according to an evaluation study, mostly “the usual suspects.”
CaliforniaWatch’s investigative team reports that one California hospital chain has an unusual way of making money—transferring a very high proportion of ER patients to hospital beds to take advantage of Medicare and Kaiser Healthcare payments. Is this a potential scandal of a for-profit hospital chain or a nonprofit hospital system? Maybe it’s a little of both?
Will seeing a lovely piece of sculpture spark visitor generosity and bring a glass masterpiece to Boston? Would you drop a few bucks in the box?