In Nonprofit Quarterly‘s coverage of the dubious missionary effort to spirit 33 Haitian children out of the country ostensibly to orphanages, we are reminded about how much of disaster relief and even ongoing aid and assistance in developing nations occurs through church-based missions.

In an effort to raise funds to save Cahuenga Peak, the mountain just west of the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, a San Francisco-based nonprofit plans to cover the heavily protected sign with a “Save the Peak” banner this Thursday, February 11th.

With Michelle Obama taking on the issue of childhood obesity, maybe the issue of disappearing school recesses will surface and people will get organized to take it on more energetically.

Like the mammoth “charitable gift funds” associated with Fidelity, Vanguard, and Schwab in this country, U.K. banks are thinking of offering a one-stop-shop kind of service for the investment and charitable needs of their clients.

Courtney Martin wanted help in giving away an income windfall so she enlisted nine friends and charged them with giving away her money in creative, thoughtful ways.

How would our sector fare if more nonprofit executives were able to take a paid sabbatical to refresh, renew and gather new momentum?

In Hawaii, the state’s budget problems have resulted in a proposal to delay for a full quarter approximately $300 million in payments to medical insurers.

A charter school’s long-running soap opera has harmed the charter school movement in Philadelphia and elsewhere.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s successor will confront a state budget and state economy in tatters..