An inebriated executive director takes things too far with a staff member.
The Nonprofit Ethicist | A Threatening Executive Director
State Budgets and the Bankruptcy Option
If state budgets are weighted down by unfunded pension fund liabilities, will states try to declare bankruptcy? Are some states the next General Motors?
N.H. Gov. Shaves $20 Million from Hospitals – Cites Exec. Salaries
Citing Hospital exec salaries, Democratic Governor John Lynch of New Hampshire is proposing to take $20 million out of the uncompensated care fund, which helps pay the bills at the state’s nonprofit hospitals.
The S.C. Christian Action Council Raises the WWJD Question
Is the size and content of the state budget a moral issue? Some ministers think so.
Texas Budget for Legal Aid a Shadow of its Former Self
Legal services for the poor are in jeopardy all over the country and the problems just get worse when looked at through the lens of local funding.
PETA and Poe: A Coupling Not to be?
The city of Baltimore has regretfully decided to eliminate funding for the Edgar Allen Poe House and Museum, leaving the organization to fend for itself for the first time, in a truly horrific economy.
A Promise of Nonprofit News in L.A.
Venture capitalist and former newspaper executive Tom Unterman is exploring the formation of a Los Angeles-based nonprofit news site that would focus on public policy issues.
What Exactly “Increased Need” Means
We at NPQ along with many others have been acknowledging that there is a problem embedded in the combo of reduced resources and increased community need. But what exactly does this look like in communities?
House’s Budget Guts International Aid
Still fighting FY2011 budget, the House of Representatives cuts international food aid programs by half and funds for refugees by 40 percent. It's hardly a humanitarian gesture.
When Too Much Rigor Leads to Rigor Mortis: Valuing Experience, Judgment and Intuition in Nonprofit Management
Several powerful donors have concluded that nonprofits make inadequate use of impact assessment tools. They are backing up their arguments with an implicit threat: measure in particular ways or you don’t get the money. But wise nonprofit leaders know that the problems they work on are not susceptible to simple measurement.
Should You Hire a Fundraising Consultant? I don’t Know – and I am One! Part 1
Have you noticed that I don’t write about social media? I don’t write about stuff I don’t know enough about. On the other hand, my head isn’t in the sand. I know that social media matters.
Federal Budget Proposals Not All Doom and Gloom
If you look hard enough, you might be able to find a few bright spots in President Obama’s otherwise dismal proposed FY2012 budget — welcome relief for a battered nonprofit sector.