This article by Terry Teachout of the Wall Street Journal asks whether the mission of one of New York City’s opera companies has effectively expired, aided by a few unfortunate decisions.
How to Erode the Public’s Support of your Nonprofit
NPQ is continually surprised at the degree to which nonprofits will play out the sordid details of even their most mundane internal disagreements in public. Here, the Cape Cod Museum of Art manages to throw itself under the bus by exposing an internal conflict among the board members that has something to do with the job performance of the executive and a lot to do with the behavior of the board..
Coke Funding for Anti-Obesity Charity a Tainting Embarrassment
When the core business of a funder directly conflicts with your mission, it is probably time to stop and think about the tainting possibilities, but when you deride others for their lack of integrity in taking similar funding while still accepting it yourself . . .
The California Latino Legislative Caucus Finally Identifies Donors to Its Foundation
By resisting disclosure, the California Latino Legislative Caucus demonstrates exactly why donors to politicians’ charities shouldn’t be a secret.
Muslim Women in Washington D.C. Organize Pray-Ins for Gender Equality in Mosques
In Washington D.C., Muslim women activists are organizing Pray-ins to challenge the practice of mosques that prevent women from praying in the main prayer halls alongside male worshipers. Is gender discrimination in churches, mosques, or synagogues an issue for government intervention, legislation, or regulation?
Minnesota Limbo: What the Government Shutdown Means to Nonprofits and Minnesotans
In Minnesota, we may be watching the future. What’s happening there shows us that state legislatures and perhaps the federal Congress may be willing to shut down governmental operations and deprive citizens of essential services in the name of shrinking, cutting, and gutting government. The shutdown has made state workers, nonprofits, and lower income Minnesotans powerless pawns in this political stalemate.
Changing Lives, One Stove at a Time
Nonprofit aims to improves lives and air quality by giving five million cook stoves to rural and poor communities worldwide
A Lending Library for Homeless People
A tiny grassroots nonprofit repurposes the school bookmobile concept for a new audience.
Volunteers Share Books While New Library Remains Closed
The city of San Jose, Calif., can’t find money to pay staff of its four libraries, but thanks to volunteers, residents still have books for summer reading.
Raising Funds to Extend the Dream to Undocumented Students
A California-based scholarship fund is keeping the dream alive for American kids, including those without papers.
Nonprofit Expands Border Services to Undocumented Immigrants
As the immigration debate gets more toxic and states take matters in their own hands, nonprofits jump in to help with the legal mess.
NPQ’s Week in Review | July 11- July 15, 2011
This week in the Week in Review: a debate has opened up throughout the nonprofit sector about what the charitable deduction is worth, the emerging array of nonprofit political campaign vehicles edge toward the fringes of legality, and the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh now faces an uncertain future exacerbated by much more uncertain revenues.