It’s hard to summarize the alleged nonprofit misdeeds of a for-profit retirement community developer prior to the recent bankruptcy of his firm.
Nonprofit Newswire | Feds Questions NY Politicians’ Ties to Nonprofits
Among the prominent politicians under investigation by the U.S. attorney’s public corruption office is the president of the New York State Senate.
Nonprofit Newswire | April 2, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, student loan reform lacks community college supports, sordid scam stops construction on catholic school, taxing nonprofit housing developments? and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | Student Loan Reform Lacks Community College Supports
As student advocates rightly celebrate the victory of curbing debts for future university entrants, community colleges are wondering why they were left out of the loop.
Nonprofit Newswire | Sordid Scam Stops Construction on Catholic School
In Worcester, Mass., Michael Hilady, a so-called professional fundraiser has been charged with bilking nuns out of $370,000.
Nonprofit Newswire | Taxing Nonprofit Housing Developments?
A story from Goshen, Indiana depicts one of many challenges to the tax status of nonprofits all over the country—but with a few interesting twists.
Nonprofit Newswire | Nonprofit Group Wants Ronald McDonald To Go
a nonprofit corporate watchdog group has launched a public campaign to force McDonald’s to retire its well-known spokes-clown.
Nonprofit Newswire | Bank’s Collapse Douses Plans for Fireworks Show
The collapse of a corporate sponsor for a local nonprofit will deprive Seattle of its July 4 pyrotechnics this year.
Nonprofit Newswire | Odd Fit for Fashion School’s Board
Questions are being raised about the fitness of a trustee appointed last September to the board of the Fashion Institute of Technology, considered one of the best known of New York’s state school.
Nonprofit Advocacy and Today’s Civil Rights: Justice for Black Farmers
Black farmers have waited for generations for justice from the federal government. They are going to have to wait some more because Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the Executive Branch failed to live up to a commitment to settle the landmark Pigford case to undo some of the systematic discrimination they have suffered at the hands of the U.S. Department of Agriculture dating back to the Civil War.
What Gets Measured Gets Done
So many things to measure, so little time. Pick the right stuff, the important stuff. Collect the information. Then analyze the information so you can talk about the trends and implications. Information is useless until we can answer the “so what?” question.
The Nonprofit Ethicist | A Tote Bag Raises Ethical Questions
Should tote bags, made in China, with no attention to fair labor, environmental, social, and economic sustainability, be used as a premium for a fundraiser for an organization whose mission is to serve small farmers in Central America, which by the way, encourages sustainable farming and fair labor practices? Let's ask The Ethicist.