Has there been a “brain drain” of top MBA students from regular business to social enterprise? Does the education offered social entrepreneurs need to be bulked up with some attention to issues of power, politics, and the democratic process?
A Story of an Impressive Nonprofit Advocate: Gustavo Torres of CASA of Maryland
Gustavo Torres has made CASA of Maryland into an immigrant rights service and advocacy powerhouse. With a history of remarkable organizing success, should CASA go national?
How Presidential Candidates and Political Nonprofits Coordinate without Coordinating
Think of the array of SuperPACs, 527s, and 501(c)(4)s as position players on a professional sports team, looking for signals from presidential candidates’ campaigns about how to coordinate their messages–without looking like they’re coordinating, but simply by happenstance sharing political values.
A Struggling London Cultural Center Tries to Reconcile Its Past and Its Future Financial Times
London’s Africa Centre has a 50-year history of promoting contemporary African culture “at its cutting edge” from its historic Covent Garden site. The organization’s current financial challenges have put some board members who favor selling the building at odds with some famous activists including Archbishop Desmond Tutu who favor reinvestment.
The Food Stamp Program – Unsustainable or Untouchable?
As the politicians debate what programs to reduce or eliminate, the food stamp program feeds millions of Americans while stimulating the local economy.
Motown Blues: Foundations and Government Struggle for Solutions and with Each Other
The mantra of philanthropy now more than ever is: create public-private partnerships between foundations and government agencies. Nationally, big foundations are promoting concepts of entrepreneurialism and innovation in such high visibility, high glitz programs as Promise Neighborhoods. But what if the challenge is turning around a dysfunctional, broken city – not a small town or urban neighborhood but an entire city, whose back is against the ropes and which is in many people’s eyes all but dead – like Detroit?
Hey Buddy! Wanna Buy a Mission?
Access for All, a Malibu nonprofit that protects public access to the beach, “sold” Lissette Ackerberg, a resident of “millionaire’s row” her privacy for $250,000 by agreeing to seek another point of access to Carbon Beach.
Emerging Philanthropist Accused of “Flipping Off” Detroit
The Maroun Family of Detroit has just emerged as a new philanthropic presence there, raising some skepticism locally about their motives.
Strange but Appropriate Revenue – Drug Money
NPQ likes to keep an eye out for new and sometimes slightly odd sources of cash for you. Today, in this story, the revenue comes from drug money in Massachusetts.
Bono, the Edge, Charges of Tax Evasion, and More
Are the philanthropic activities of Bono and his bandmates in U2 really a tax dodge to escape from financially devastated Ireland?
Crash Course for NGOs in the Newest Nation in the World–South Sudan
NGOs will get a crash course in nation-building as they try to help the newest nation of the world–South Sudan–emerge from the ashes of a devastating civil war and develop an economy.
Promise and Choice Neighborhoods–Obama’s Anti-Poverty Program Agenda
Promise Neighborhoods and Choice Neighborhoods are President Obama’s anti-poverty agenda. That’s all? Do they compensate for the President’s proposed cuts in bread-and-butter anti-poverty programs?