Last year was the deadliest year for natural disasters in decades, leaving in its wake clear lessons for nonprofits hoping to respond to disasters more effectively.
“An Intuitive Genius of a Man”
With a complicated history of near demolition and salvation, the Watts Towers, an American artistic treasure, is once again apparently betwixt and between due to budget cuts.
Are Nonprofits Looking the Other Way as For-Profit Colleges’ Loan Default Rates Soar?
The battle over the legitimacy of some for-profit colleges heats up over student loan default rates – and nonprofit colleges are urged to push for stronger regulations on their for-profit competitors.
Local Governments Coordinate Funding for Nonprofits
Local and county governments in the Ann Arbor, Mich. area are coordinating a multi-jurisdiction program of funding for nonprofits.
Nonprofit Cancels Palin Talk Over Safety Concerns
Just a day after announcing that Sarah Palin would be its keynote speaker at a May fundraiser in Glendale, Colo., the nonprofit that invited her canceled the event because of concerns for her safety.
What Denominations Take Tithing Most Seriously?
The bulk of individual charitable giving goes to religion, but there is debate about whether religious people are as charitably generous as they should be.
Donors to Catholic Schools Want a Say
Pray, pay, and obey – this is the way Catholic institutions have expected their donors to interact with them in the past. But now at Catholic schools, this tradition seems to be giving way to a new activism on the part of donors.
Nonprofits Cry Foul! Unauthorized Website Raising Money in their Names
Two small nonprofits on Boston’s South Shore say that a California-based website is soliciting donations on their behalf – without their permission.
The Hidden Poverty—and Official Hypocrisy—Surrounding the Super Bowl
While some Super Bowl parties will raise money for homeless charities, homelessness is being criminalized to make way for the big game.
Charitable Tax Incentives to Help Nonprofits Running on Empty
The Community Foundation of Utah has asked local lawmakers to create charitable tax incentives to help nonprofits that are strained from the loss of donations and drained by the needs of communities reeling from a down economy.
We Should All Have Such Problems
Stanford University and Harvard Universities suffered devastating declines in incoming contributions this year . . . In other words, Stanford raised the most money of any university while Harvard came in at a close second.
Dealing with Competition: Nonprofit Medical Centers
As county commissioners got set to vote on a $20 million bond intended to fund an expansion of Wyoming Medical Center, one commissioner raised the issue of possible patient poaching by other local facilities.