A Councilwoman in Virginia has suggested that citizens donate toward the projected $125 million cost of building three new schools to avoid raising taxes.

The findings of a recent study suggests that if a donor is already close to a nonprofit they should be approached one way –  and a less-close relationship should suggest a different type of appeal.

A foundation leader offers a reminder of Minnesota’s past successes after intense budget debates and a 19-day state government shutdown. 

Now that the “Gang of Six” is back with suggested spending cuts and revenue boosts to avoid an August debt ceiling debacle, do nonprofits walk the plank if the Gang’s budget recommendations get enacted? 

Have you ever wondered what makes Millennials tick? We here at NPQ are often skeptical when research comes to us that purports to tell us what we need to know about one demographic segment of our workforce or another. That’s why when these findings about Millennials and the nonprofit workplace came to us, we immediately asked the Millennials on our staff to measure its authenticity. The verdict: spot on.

Small foundations are increasingly opting out of foundation status and into donor advised fund status, resulting in big increases in the amounts that have been transferred from foundations into charitable gift funds like those at Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab. 

The president will meet with Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett on their Giving Pledge initiative “to discuss how private philanthropy can be funneled toward national challenges.”

Recycling shoes: is it an inherently charitable activity, or is the for-profit Shoes for the Cure less charitable than it seems? 

Nonprofit news sites frequently have ideological biases, and the more ideological they are, the less transparent they seem to be about their funding–according to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. 

Alabama’s immigrant-serving nonprofits hustle as the state’s harsh immigration law drives newcomers away.

Over $1 million in scholarships to support Asian American and Pacific Islander students debunks myth of the model minority.

The Community Council of Reeves County, which had served low income families in Pecos, Texas with weatherization and energy assistance, voted last week to relinquish all of its major contracts, setting into motion a plan to close the agency.