Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: discrimination against Muslim donors, struggling Philadelphia nonprofits, bottoming out the “people’s opera,” and from Pennsylvania to San Francisco—lessons in getting stimulus money.
Given a combination of constrained state budgets, late payments, and declining enrollment among fee-paying families, child-serving organizations face serious challenges.
The executive director of a national coalition of child-care centers weighs in on the roller coaster of public funding.
The title for this issue is “Tempest Tossed,” which, as some of you may know, is part of the evocative statement of welcome and U.S. national identity at the base of the Statue of Liberty. The title is particularly apropos not only because this issue focuses on the intersection of immigration and nonprofits but also because much of the nonprofit sector may feel tempest tossed at this point.
Community Arts Exchange was poised for success and embraced the new leadership that promised to take it there. There were just a few hitches in the plan.
Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: the new Twitter.gov and Facebook.gov, Peter Lewis’s grand development, and the sorrowful tale of John Edwards and ACORN.
Sadly, most organizations focus on their own needs and why their good work requires donations. Instead, the donor-centered organization puts the donor at the center.
Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: Bloomberg’s “hard choices,” putting a rush on state money, and Obama under fire.
I am beginning to hear all kinds of stories about how the stimulus money is hitting the ground out there. Some of it makes me worry and some makes me glad.
Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: murders in Yemen, an agricultural look at the stimulus numbers, and how Bill Gates blew $258m in India.
Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: Flu preparedness, free beer, more United Way cuts, feeding at the stimulus trough, and more.
Nonprofit news from around the country. Today: Senator Espada’s turmoil-inducing shenanigans, and refereeing the Inspector General firing, then United Way cuts, Kresge invests, and AmeriCorps rallies.