The Founder of Greenpeace defends nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear power plant crisis.
Update on the Anti-Gay App Flap
The anti-gay iPhone app is pulled from the Apple App Store. Score one for Truth Wins Out, the nonprofit that started the petition, and Change.org, which managed the online signatures.
Environmental Activism through Art
Using art to deepen the public’s understanding of social issues is not a new strategy, but here are two projects that are worth looking at as models for this type of approach.
Are retired racehorses starving in the care of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation?
Like the Rashomon effect, the story of the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation depends on who's telling the story.
Gavin Newsom Debates Disclosure on his own 501(c)(4)
Should Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom's 501(c)(4) be held to standards of transparency and disclosure beyond the minimum required by law?
A Philanthropic Model of Note: Texas’ Hogg Foundation
In Texas, more than 4.3 million residents, including 1.2 million children, live with some form of mental health disorder. And, according to the Texas Medical Association, Texas ranks 49th in the nation for the amount it spends per person on mental health care. Texas also has an estimated $27 billion deficit so the potential for harm in this legislative session is very high. In the midst of all this, the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has established itself as a strong policy player in the mental health field in Texas.
The Hudson Institute’s Crunch Time for Nonprofits?
Wednesday, March 30 – 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Hudson Institute – Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
1015 15th Street, NW – Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Register online – click here.
Registration and a buffet lunch will open at 11:45 a.m.
Or you can register here to watch the conference streaming live.
Join us, won’t you?
In the “new normal” of severely constrained state and local budgets, the mounting problems of nonprofit organizations often seem to be overlooked. As Tim Delaney of the National Council of Nonprofits put it recently on our website, nonprofits are suffering from the withholding of payments by government for services already rendered; from a wave of proposed new taxes and fees; and from the expectation that the nonprofit sector will somehow fill the void as public funding is slashed. All the while, Delaney argues, nonprofits continue to labor under the delusion that they cannot legally speak out about their plight.
How bad are things getting for nonprofits and what can they do about it? Please join the Bradley Center’s outstanding panel of knowledgeable commentators, including Tim Delaney and the Urban Institute’s Eugene Steuerle, along with Ivye Allen of the Foundation for the Mid South and Steven Malanga of the Manhattan Institute. Bradley Center Director William Schambra will moderate the discussion.
Nonprofit Good Ole Boys and How they Hurt Us
Massachusetts state senator Mark Montigny has filed a bill that would cap nonprofit executive salaries at $500,000 and that would completely outlaw compensation for trustees unless the organization is given special permission by the state.
iPhone App Promises to Cure Gays
Truth Wins Out, a nonprofit group whose stated goal is to fight anti-gay religious extremism, has launched a petition on Change.org to persuade Apple to remove an app that the group says is "hateful and bigoted."
HUD Announces Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants
Nonprofits teaming up with public housing authorities get grants in the first round of HUD's Choice Neighborhoods grants.
Debating the Existence of the U.S. Institute of Peace
The General wants to keep the U.S. Institute of Peace alive, the peace activist wants to see it eliminated.
U.S. Sister Cities Reach Out to Japan
Communities throughout America are rallying to support their sister cities damaged by the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.