According to a new study by the Columbus Foundation, community foundations in the United States are “cautiously optimistic” that the worst of the recession is behind them.
Critics Take Issue with White House Funding of Discriminatory Religious Organizations
White House programs to fund faith-based organizations are alive and well under President Obama – and attracting criticism from people who believe that the religious group recipients might be discriminatory.
Reading Future Trends, Libraries Reach Out to Older Adults
Enterprising public libraries are making changes designed to cater to the interests and needs of adults between the ages of 50 and 75, a group that’s projected to represent 65 percent of U.S. library patrons by 2014.
Ebay Foundation to Award $50,000 in Unrestricted Grants to 5 Winners
Got a great idea for powering economic opportunity in your community? Are you game for some spirited competition? Five $50,000 unrestricted grants to advance your vision are on the line.
Vanguard’s John Bogle Calls for Disclosure on All Corporate Political Donations
It’s well past time to disclose corporate political donations to corporate shareholders, according to Vanguard Group founder John Bogle.
Six Myths: What You Think You Know about President Obama’s Plan to Reduce Charitable Deductibility
President Obama’s plan to limit charitable deductions for the very wealthy is shrouded in myth and misinformation. Here we’ve listed six of those myths, with explanations that move them from the realm of the Brothers Grimm to something closer to empirical fact.
Six Myths: What You Think You Know about President Obama’s Plan to Reduce Charitable Deductibility
President Obama’s plan to limit charitable deductions for the very wealthy is shrouded in myth and misinformation. Here we’ve listed six of those myths, with explanations that move them from the realm of the Brothers Grimm to something closer to empirical fact.
Has the Social Innovation Fund Forgotten the Heartland?
There are now 138 Social Innovation Fund subgrantees with programs spread out among 31 states across the country. This may sound impressive – and much of the work is – but when you take a closer look at the distribution map, you’ll find that an all-too-usual pattern of underinvestment in fly-over states has been revealed in the SIF grant process.
CBPP Reveals Corporate Strategy to “Gut State Corporate Income Taxes”
Why are states increasing fees and PILOTs on nonprofits and lowering or eliminating taxes on for-profit corporations?
Oh Canada, Do We Have Some Volunteering Opportunities for You
A new Canadian study reveals changing face of volunteers and the strategies that engage them.
Social Media Is No Silver Bullet for Fundraising
Fewer than 3 percent of a recent survey’s 11,196 nonprofit respondents reported raising more than $10,000 through the sector’s most popular social network – Facebook – during 2010.
Convoluted Compensation at Tennessee’s Blue Cross?
Tenn. Blue Cross Blue Shield executive Vicky Gregg’s 2009 compensation turns out to be more than three times the salary listed in the organization’s 990.