Nonprofits with relatively small budgets often remain unfunded in their efforts to help local populations in overlooked or rural neighborhoods even while only 15 percent of the pledged $4.7 billion in international donor dollars have been spent.
The Meaning of Zuckerberg’s $100 Million
One of the founders of Facebook, rapidly climbing the ranks of he nation’s richest people, announced a $100 million donation he intended to make to the public school system of Newark, N.J.
Nonprofit Newswire | SF Asks What Social Service Expenditures Are Yielding
It seems like a reasonable question to ask: If San Francisco is spending nearly a half-billion dollars to contract with local nonprofits to provide social services, what kind of successes are the recipient organizations achieving?
Nonprofit Newswire | GOP Makes a Pledge to America
The new Republican party platform contains an awful lot of language that sounds adapted from the founding fathers, making it difficult to find the specifics that might affect the nonprofit sector.
Nonprofit Newswire | September 24, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, three social media campaigns that won big, group wants IRS to penalize college football championships, too many donations crash library's website and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | Three Social Media Campaigns that Won Big
Nonprofits are leading the way with creative and effective ways to harness the power of social media, says a report released by the UMass Dartmouth, Center for Marketing Research.
Nonprofit Newswire | Group Wants IRS to Penalize College Football Championships
Playoff PAC is singling out the operators of the Fiesta, Sugar, and Orange Bowls—all which are 501(c)3 organizations—for breaching IRS regulations.
Nonprofit Newswire | Too Many Donations Crash Library’s Website
On Wednesday, the Seattle Public Library Foundation launched a campaign to raise $500,000 it needs to match a promised grant from an anonymous donor. Response to the appeal was far greater than the foundation had been expecting, and within hours its website shut down.
Nonprofit Newswire | A Suspiciously Tight Narrative? The School Reform Rap
Nick Lehmann's latest essay in the New Yorker looks at education and questions some of what counts as reform.
Nonprofit Newswire | Faith Groups Fill the Gap in Caring for the Poor
This week, the Center for American Progress release touted the work of faith-based organizations helping the poor.
Nonprofit Newswire | What Zuckerberg and the Other 399 Mean for Philanthropy
Facebook co-founder is going to underscore his rich person credentials and donate $100 million for public schools in Newark, N.J.
The Important Precedent in the Social Innovation Fund’s Disclosure Policy
On Friday, September 17, the Social Innovation Fund released the names of all 63 reviewers of applications for SIF funding and the names of 43 of the 59 SIF applicants that applied for grants but did not win. It would be fitting to see this and further steps in transparency become the vanguard for the federal government’s overall open government initiative.