Live blogging has begun. Rick Cohen will be reporting on everything he sees and hears at this year's COF conference for NPQ's online readers.

Every once in a while a study captures the picture of foundation board diversity, or the lack of it, that should result in a call to action.  Some foundations are answering that call with explicit efforts to bring more diversity into their governing boards, but there is a long way to go before foundation trustees begin to approximate the diversity of the communities they serve. 

Live blogging has begun. Rick Cohen will be reporting on everything he sees and hears at this years COF conference for NPQ's online readers.

A new report details how peace can stimulate the economy, save billions of dollars, and create jobs.

Having experienced its own almost miraculous turnaround, General Motors is hoping some of its success can rub off on seven metro Detroit high schools.

As part of a campaign that promotes the use of animals in medical research, the Foundation for Biomedical Research has a provocative question to ask (in a disturbing way).

When charter schools outsource their management to for-profit firms, the results are not all that good.

A number of nonprofits have closed or are planning to close in the next few years – not because of any financial trouble – but because they have accomplished their missions.

The Second Amendment Foundation of Bellevue, Wash., wants a federal court to shoot down fees New York City charges for permits that allow people to keep hand guns in their homes.

What happens if the federal government shuts down? Will the nonprofit sector notice? Feel the impacts? Or have a stake in the aftermath? You bet it will.

Think globally, but act locally. New figures on development aid from the OECD raises doubts about just how globally committed we and other developed nations really are.

No Deal: The federal government could shut down on Friday as talks between President Obama, Senator Reid, and House Speaker Boehner fail.