Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, more Federal money for California perhaps, clothes bins trashing up the Cape, city steps in to keep community theater going and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | January 8, 2010
White House Visits from the Nonprofit Sector
On December 30th, the White House released additional names of its visitors through the end of September. Some 26,000 visits are in the latest spreadsheets made available to the public.According to the Sunlight Foundation, approximately 100,000 people visit the White House each month. The numbers don’t match.
Arizona State Checkup
Arizona
Fiscal Health Checkup
Budget Deficit per Capita, FY ’10 . . . . . . . . . . . . $462
Unemployment rate, Dec. ’09 . . . . . . . . . 9.1%
ARRA per Capita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $437
As the Nonprofit Quarterly has watched the impact of the downturn on nonprofits, we have noted several determining factors that make the economic environment more dangerous for some nonprofits than for others. Two of these drivers are a state’s budget deficit and its level of unemployment. This year, however, the stimulus money—which was distributed unevenly to the states—is also part of the states’ financial equation and has temporarily relieved some pain but may have unwelcome longer-term effects. See Arizona’s fiscal health checkup here and read the full story below.
California State Checkup
CAlifornia
Fiscal Health Checkup
Budget Deficit per Capita, FY ’10 . . . . . . . . . . . . $922
Unemployment rate, Dec. ’09 . . . . . . . . . 12.4%
ARRA per Capita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $504
As the Nonprofit Quarterly has watched the impact of the downturn on nonprofits, we have noted several determiningfactors that make the economic environment more dangerous for some nonprofits than for others.Two of these drivers are a state’s budget deficit and its level of unemployment. This year, however, the stimulus money—which was distributed unevenly to the states—is also part of the states’ financial equation and has temporarily relieved some pain but may have unwelcome longer-term effects. See California’s fiscal health checkup here and read the full story below.
Nonprofit Newswire | January 7, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, Clinton Foundation draws eclectic donor list, Krugman warns recession not over, schools look for ways to cover costs and more.
Ask “Why.” Ask it More and More
School tests and poor teachers and exhausted parents – the way the world operates – teach us that there’s one “right” answer to just about every question. Questioning gets short shrift the older we get. Too often, questioning is seen as threatening or disloyal. My advice to you: Ask why. Ask it more and more.
Death . . . No! Life and Taxes
A few years ago, Kim Klein, the guru of grassroots fundraising began to beat a drum calling nonprofit leaders to a tax agenda. As they always do with Kim, people listened intently, but I wonder if many of those whose heads were nodding in the audiences she addressed really became involved in examining and trying to reform the tax structures in their states.
Nonprofit Newswire | January 6, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, predatory lender successfully sued by Attorney general, Arkansas money woes, big hospitals, big cash, big business and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | January 5, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, gauging the dedication of Teacher Corps grads, an item from the Good News Department, celebrating the Mental Health Parity Act and more.
Nonprofit Newswire | January 4, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, Madison nonprofits and community model grace under fire, stimulus strategy assessed, social media predictions for the new decade and more.
News About Nonprofits: The Big Stories of 2009
The year 2009 has been an extraordinary one for nonprofits. But how has the press covered our sector over these turbulent 12 months? As you likely know already, NPQ has been following the news through its Nonprofit Newswire and what we at the Nonprofit Quarterly have found in the course of that is something of a split between national and local topics. Below we will look at what we see as being some of the themes nationally and what they were more likely to have been on a local level. Before anyone argues the obvious about this impressionistic account, however, we know not only that this list is not exhaustive and that most of the following story types likely showed up at both levels.
Nonprofit Newswire | December 29, 2009
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, does a larger nonprofit sector ward off big government?, donated space a boon during scarcity, 2010 prognostications and more.