In San Diego, Habitat for Humanity is charging volunteers $100 a head to participate in its building projects. In this article the responses from the volunteers are way less than enthusiastic. (Update added 6-1-11, 3 p.m.)
Investment Returns for Foundations and Charities Down in 2010
Foundations and charities play the market, with differing results according to recent reports from Commonfund.
Editorial Urges Passage of Bill That Takes Aim Against “Fake Charities”
If charities don't spend a sufficient percentage of money they raise purportedly to do good work, should lawmakers make it harder for them to do business?
Lawyer’s Association: Bank of America Enabled Embezzlement
The Maine Trial Lawyers Association is suing Bank of America for making it easy for administrative assistant at the association to embezzle $166,000 over a four-year period.
AmeriCorps Members Removed from Planned Parenthood Assignment
The Corporation for National and Community Service pulled two AmeriCorps members out of a Planned Parenthood chapter determining that their work violated AmeriCorps program standards – one month before they were to have completed their 10-month assignments.
Want Kids to Become Givers? Get Started Now
Want your children to grow up to become what Reuters calls "charity champions?" Then don't wait. Get started now and follow a three "D" program.
Museum Founder and Former Trustee Adrift in Dangerous Waters
Even if you are the most charismatic and passionate founder on earth, it does not protect you from scoundrels and bad press when you cut corners and engage in such stuff as business transactions with members of your board.
For-Profits Benefit from Tax Exemptions Too
Does the public understand that tax exempt nonprofits often generate economic benefits that compare quite well with for-profit investors?
Stretching the Definition of Charity
A Philadelphia retirement community claims it’s a purely public charity, but school and township officials argue the definition of charity is being used to avoid paying taxes.
Veterans Nonprofit Rejects $3.2 Mil on Principle
Would you reject $3.2 mil on principle? The Wounded Warriors Project has done just that.
Sarah Palin Joins Rolling Thunder and Hops a Harley in Washington D.C.
Sarah Palin showed up on a Harley joining the huge Rolling Thunder Memorial Day gathering. Was Palin simply riding a Harley, or riding the nonprofit Rolling Thunder organization toward a presidential nomination?
Leftover School Meals Will Feed LA’s Hungry
Under a plan unveiled last week, the Los Angeles School Unified District will donate up to 21,000 uneaten meals a day to nonprofits that feed the hungry.