Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, keeping faith, courting conservatives, city stems funding in N.H., $1.2B deficit in Minnesota and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | February 8, 2010
Nonprofit Newswire | Keeping Faith, Courting Conservatives
Why did President Obama continue the practice of his many predecessors by attending the National Prayer Breakfast organized annually by something called “the Fellowship Foundation?”
Nonprofit Newswire | City Stems Funding in N.H.
In Manchester, New Hampshire, the city has been cutting back on its funding of nonprofits. Mayor Ted Gatsas believes that it is not the city’s responsibility to finance nonprofits at all.
Nonprofit Newswire | $1.2B Deficit in Minn.
Minnesota’s year starts with a $1.2 billion deficit, a Republican governor pledged against tax increases, and an opposing legislature disinclined to make program cuts.
Nonprofit Newswire | Real Losses for Nonprofit Arts in N.J.
A review of dozens of financial records and interviews with arts officials in New Jersey show the economic downturn was more devastating than anticipated for arts organizations there.
Saving Children: Helping or Exploiting in Haiti?
By now, everyone has heard of the church group that was stopped and arrested by Haitian authorities and charged with abducting Haitian children. To the Haitians this was kidnapping. To the missionaries this was a humanitarian effort.
Nonprofit Newswire | February 5, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, in a changing landscape, whither the 501c3, TFA for sustainable schools?, and nonprofit integrity a must do.
Nonprofit Newswire | In a changing landscape, whither the 501c3?
In her Philanthropy 2173 blog, Lucy Bernholz provides consistently astute, challenging analysis on where the nonprofit sector might be headed.
Nonprofit Newswire | TFA for Sustainable Schools?
Teach for America is a powerhouse organization, a brand name that everyone knows about from poignant press stories of highly motivated young TFA teachers, but most people don’t know the dimensions of how much TFA influences specific school districts.
Nonprofit Newswire | Nonprofit Integrity a Must Do
In San Francisco the Economic Opportunity Council is trying to prove that it has cleaned up its management systems. This very large agency providing child development programs among other services was found in a recent audit to have mismanaged more than a half million dollars in public funds.
Nonprofit Newswire | TARP and Community Development Lending
The Wall Street bailout failed, as Neil Barofsky, the TARP Inspector General, said the other day, “in many ways”, not the least of which is that the TARP-subsidized banks failed to restart their frozen lending pipelines.
Nonprofit Newswire | February 4, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, TARP and community lending, house poor homeless shelters, new nonprofit journal’s bias is questioned, and more.