Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, wilderness time for nonprofits, taxing “mega” nonprofits, veterans urged to help educate public on mental illness and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | Taxing “Mega” Nonprofits? What’s Mega?
Another mid-sized city whose economy is in the pits is looking to eke out a few extra dollars from nonprofits.
Nonprofit Newswire | Vets Urged to Help Educate Public on Mental Illness
At a Library of Congress Forum yesterday, Patrick Kennedy and Rosalynn Carter discussed the policy environment in mental health and pointed to the fact that veterans of recent conflicts are potential leaders in the fight to de-stigmatize mental illness.
Nonprofit Newswire | Navy Vet Association Closing New Mexico Chapter
Does the fact that your organization’s officers are fictional stop you fundraising? No way!
Nonprofit Newswire | Fraud in Fruitlands—Museum Comes Late to Financial Controls
As a CFO, she must have been very good at her job. While holding that post at the Fruitlands Museum in Harvard, Mass., Peggy Kempton managed to steal some $1.3 million over six years.
Nonprofit Newswire | Bank Blocks Sale of Building to its Residents
After a Baltimore CDC goes bust owing $790,000 on a commercial building that goes to auction, a group of local residents place the winning bid — but the bank rejects the offer.
Nonprofit Newswire | Citigroup Teams with CDFI’s, Invests in Communities
Citi’s Communities at Work Fund moneys will be loaned to CDFIs as 5-year loans at 4.3 percent interest, and the CDFIs will then re-lend to small businesses and nonprofits.
Nonprofit Newswire | Entrepreneur, Church Provide Housing
The former residents of a tent city located in Camden, N.J. slept Thursday night under a real roof—the first time in three years for some.
Wilderness Time for Nonprofits
On May 5, the Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence in Memphis had its annual conference. Among its wonderful array of speakers was William Schambra of the Bradley Center at the Hudson Institute who gave the following challenging address to the audience of 150 or so nonprofit leaders. We thought it deserved a much wider audience so here it is! Let us know what you think (and feel) about it.
Nonprofit Newswire | May 6, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, about those nonprofit CEO salary levels—another field examined, Maine’s medical marijuana dispensaries coming online, nonprofits can teach for-profit leaders the meaning of personal sacrifice.
Nonprofit Newswire | About those Nonprofit CEO Salary Levels—Another Field Examined
A report on nonprofit mental health organizations in the state of New York reveals interesting information on executive compensation.
Nonprofit Newswire | Maine’s Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Coming Online
The day after the Washington, D.C. Council approved a medical marijuana measure, Maine has set up rules for selecting nonprofit pot dispensaries.