According to the U.K. culture think-tank Arts Quarter, almost half of U.K. cultural organizations believe it will take ten to 20 years for philanthropy in the arts to benefit the industry at the desired level.

The Palindrome Pledge has gathered 100 executives from technology, venture capital, hospitality, and other industries have committed to spend at least a year serving on the boards on nonprofits that need their skills.

Nonprofit health insurers Tufts and Harvard Pilgrim think it is just fine to pay five-figure payments to their board members for their hard work. Massachusetts Att. Gen. Martha Coakley seems to disagree.

Today's entertainment is courtesy of Rube Goldberg Inc., the nonprofit that holds an annual contest named for the cartoonist and engineer known for his whacky contraptions that, according to Milwaukee Magazine "ignore one of engineering’s most important maxims: Keep it simple, stupid."

Last August Jamie Robin Collins took it upon herself to save eight dogs from a Georgia shelter where they were scheduled to be killed. Now she faces criminal charges.

Could the situation of nonprofits get worse? Slammed by budget cuts and foundation retrenchment trying to respond to ever-escalating service demands in the never-ending recession, nonprofits might feel like they are meandering through a “crunch time” which some just might not survive.

When a tragedy like the recent Japanese earthquake occurs, people get creative about ways to lend a hand.

Tab Barker is closing the book today in Austin on a venture he started in 2003 to sell used books online to raise money to pay for schools and supplies in Nicaragua.