We approached 12 foundation insiders for their candid perspectives on the social, economic and political factors likely to influence institutional philanthropy in the next period.

Taketa lets us peek behind the curtain in this forthright reflection on the challenges and opportunities posed by the current funding environment.

As more “alternatives” to United Way emerge, the editors offer some factors to consider when affiliating with a combined campaign.

Corporations may loudly trumpet the need for free market solutions to social issues, but authenticating their actual contribution to the public good is proving problematic.

The authors examine the growing trend of nonprofit enterprise and find that success depends on the right combination of mission, motivation, risks, capacities and market demands.

Arons and Bass examine the implications of new multi-disciplinary research on barriers to nonprofit advocacy: attitudes, misinformation, and lack of resources are persistent obstacles.

Take two aspirins and drink lots of fluids? The increasing nonprofit presence on the Internet poses the problem of managing exposure to bugs engineered to annoy, disrupt or destroy.

Last winter in our Nonprofit Workplace issue we promised that we would return to the largely overlooked topic of race in nonprofits. Impelled by our board of practitioner-advisors, who said, “we need this approached differently. This issue is about how power is held,” we have placed race in the larger context of democracy. During the

Inertia or movement? Status quo or social change? It’s up to us to recognize how to shift the equation of race, space and power.

Immigration is no more a race-neutral issue than race is a purely domestic issue. Quiroz-Martínez shows where the analysis and movements need to work together.