Amid the national indicators of economic growth are all too-often reports of populations left by the wayside. The annual labor market reports produced by the Community Service Society of New York outline employment issues that ought to galvanize the attention of public- and private-sector leaders. The latest report [PDF] in the series includes these findings:
Models for Local Infrastructure
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A Thriving Town Center for Maine Nonprofits
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Growing the Grassroots in South Carolina
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Capacity Building and the National Infrastructure to Support It
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Foundation Stories: Why We Fund Infrastructure
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The Future of the Infrastructure
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Why Every Foundation Should Fund Infrastructure
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The upward trend in the number of foundations providing support for building the capacity of their individual grantees, however, has not been accompanied by a parallel level of interest in supporting the organizations providing this capacity-building assistance. These oganizations are the intermediaries working at the local, state, regional, or national levels that offer management support, advocacy, data, training, technical assistance, and other services to grantees and thousands of other nonprofits that benefit from them.
A Call to Action
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Integrity Issues in your Organization?
e-Newsletter | Often, when we ourselves feel that unhappy frisson of cognitive dissonance that comes from being in a situation where we are either being asked to help support a misrepresentation or at least are being subtly or not so subtly pressured not to question it, it has already become embarrassing or difficult or dangerous to name the issue involved. That is why our organizations need to be all about challenge, truth-telling, and diversity.
Does the Law Protect Whistle-Blowers?
Despite everything you’ve read and heard about the applicability of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to nonprofit whistle-blowing, the 2002 law’s protections appear to offer flimsy protection from employer retaliation against nonprofit employees who identify misconduct. That’s why the creation of a corporate culture that values and protects nonprofit employee whistle-blowing—internal and external—is so important, because
The Nonprofit Ethicist: Winter 2007
Dear Nonprofit Ethicist, I hope you can shed some light on a situation that is very disturbing to me. My former church hired a member to act as project manager on some construction work. He has tax liens outstanding and has worked under the table for years at various jobs. The church made the checks