Yesterday 24 entrepreneurs under twenty were named winners in the 20 under 20 fellowship competition run by Peter Thiel’s foundation. Each will receive $100,000 but must stay out of school for two years.
A Wisconsin Mayor Predicts Nonprofit Will Flop in His Own City
It’s hard to raise money for a nonprofit civic center when the Mayor says that the project is destined to “crash and burn.”
Nonprofit Exec Salary Far Exceeds For Profit Counterpart in CA
The salary of a nonprofit health insurer in California is compared against that of his for profit counterpart – who makes more than five times the other?
Palmer, Mass. Duns Tax Exempt Property Owners for PILOTs
Asking tax exempt property owners for PILOTs has gone viral in the Bay State. In Palmer, the town manager is looking for PILOTs from big and not so big tax exempt property owners.
Legislature Removes Funds for Building New Public Hospital in New Orleans
Will New Orleans ever replace Charity Hospital, destroyed five years ago by Hurricane Katrina?
Sacramento Examines Own Giving – Finds Itself Wanting
A study commissioned by the Sacramento Community Foundation called Project Generosity indicates that giving in that region is well below the national average.
How to Revitalize Your Board: Destroy Your Executive Committee
I have several worldwide missions. These missions define my life’s work. At every opportunity, I speak out and challenge people to talk about these issues. Things like philanthropy and equity . . . And destroying all executive committees.
How to Save Community Development from a Budgetary Free-Fall
State nonprofit community development associations can’t simply close up shop because their states are in various stages of budgetary free-fall. They have to advocate not just for what they want, but for tax, revenue, and standing packages that lead to overall solutions to the structural problems of state government overall.
How to Save Community Development from a Budgetary Free-Fall
State nonprofit community development associations can’t simply close up shop because their states are in various stages of budgetary free-fall. They have to advocate not just for what they want, but for tax, revenue, and standing packages that lead to overall solutions to the structural problems of state government overall.
Study Shows Nonprofit Jobs a Low Paying Career Choice
Having chosen majors that might lead to nonprofit work means you’re not on the top rung of income earners, according to a Georgetown University study.
Westboro Baptist Church Sparks Big Gay Donation
The Westboro Baptist Church decided to picket comedienne Lisa Lampanelli at her show in Topeka, Kansas on Saturday, which made Gay Men’s Health Crisis $50,000 richer.
Nonprofits Need Counter Narrative to Recession Rhetoric
Amid public conversations going on about overspending by nonprofits this article in the New York Post pits the survival of New York’s cultural institutions against the survival of its firehouses.