Three secular nonprofit agencies who have served people for decades are seeing more people than ever before.
Grant Tackles Lack of Energy and Abundance of Waste
A $1.5 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will underwrite a facility in Ghana’s capital of Accra to turn human waste from sewage into biodiesel and methane that can be used as fuel.
Shirley Sherrod: “I’m the lady USDA fired”—and the Nonprofit Leader We Should All Admire
There are some real modern life heroes and heroines in the nonprofit sector. Topping the list has to be Shirley Sherrod of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund, the black farmers class action litigation, known to many as the victim of Breitbart's highly edited attack video that led to her firing by Agriculture Secretary Vilsack.
The Other America’s Philanthropy: What Giving USA Numbers Reveal in 2011
If you look below the headlines, the Giving USA numbers this year suggest that there is not only a crisis of declining charitable giving reaching human services or social safety net groups, but also a deepening class divide in our society that is reflected in a class divide in charitable giving and in the nonprofit sector.
Mental Health Deinstitutionalization up for Debate in N.J.
New Jersey wants to close developmental centers for the severely disabled. It will save the state budget money, but the issue is more complex than just budget savings. It is a question of what is the right thing to do for the 5,700 disabled residents of these facilities.
A Story of Social Movement Courage: Saudi Women Take the Wheel
The courageous story of the moment is what Saudi women did to protest that medieval nation’s prohibition against women driving cars. And they did it with the help of social media and the online organizing site Change.org.
Partisan Political Nonprofits Evading IRS and FEC Oversight
501(c)(4) organizations affiliated with the likes of former New York Governor George Pataki, and with the conservative Koch brothers, seem to be able to report zero political expenditures on their IRS forms and hundreds of thousands in political expenditures to the FEC. Does anyone care, much less oversee and enforce these infractions?
Dictator Philanthropy in Action – Syria’s Assad Family
Some readers might have thought that our recent article warning about philanthropy from dictators was hogwash — or just limited to the Qaddafi clan. Not true, and the newest example comes from those fabulous humanitarians, the Assad family in Syria.
Giving USA 2011: Who Gave, How Much, and To Whom in 2010?
Welcome to the Giving USA 2011 panel discussion. Live Streaming and Live Chatting will begin at noon EST on Thursday, June 23.
What do the results of the Giving USA 2011 numbers tell us about who we are, where philanthropy is going, and what fundraisers can expect of 2011?
If you look below the headlines, the Giving USA numbers this year suggest that there is not only a crisis of declining charitable giving reaching human services or social safety net groups, but also a deepening class divide in our society that is reflected in both charitable giving and in the nonprofit sector.
This year's panel includes: Patrick M. Rooney, executive director at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University; Ruth McCambridge, editor of the Nonprofit Quarterly; Wendy McGrady, vice president of the Curtis Group; and Tom Pollak, program director at the Urban Institute.
This live online event is hosted by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the organization that compiled "Giving USA," and Hudson Institute's Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal.
Medicaid as Sacrificial Lamb in Federal Budget Cut Negotiations
Get prepared, nonprofits! The two parties in all likelihood won't touch the third rail issues of Medicare and Social Security, but Medicaid – targeted to the poor and the disabled – is on the federal budget chopping block.
Fundraising Event Facing Facebook Boycott Campaign
The Say No to the Basilica Block Party Facebook campaign has over 6,000 followers who say they plan to boycott the annual block party in July because of the Archdiocese’s opposition to gay marriage, but event organizers counter that the effort will have little effect.
Will Nonprofits Drop Health Insurance after Health Care Reform?
Why is it that when it comes to health care insurance reform, we remember nonprofits as employers, but the McKinsey Institute and many other researchers debating the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act forget about hundreds of thousands of nonprofit employers and over 12 million nonprofit employees?