A painting dismissed as a knockoff for decades is discovered after a routine cleaning to be a real Rembrandt after all.
Allentown Art Museum (Re)discovers a Rembrandt in Its Midst
A Nonprofit Conflict of Interest Elicits a Public Reminder
Kenny Bailey once wrote that the very act of saving face often causes an increased loss of face. So, too, with the refusal to disclose conflicts; it just makes everything worse.
The Art of Being Abandoned: A Museum Takes On Displacement
Refugee life jackets adorn the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s exterior pillars, a bright orange and blue reminder of an ongoing refugee crisis of almost unimaginable scale.
Movement to Rein In State and Local Corporate Tax Incentives Gains Steam
Yet another study, this one from professors at Princeton and Columbia, says corporate tax incentives underperform. Slowly, state and local policy is responding.
Do Big Names Really Draw Big Bucks?
If ever there were a bit of conventional wisdom that needed to be challenged, here it is: “Big names on your board will translate into big funding.”
Housing Clients Sue Boston-Based Community Development Loan Fund
A community lender developed a model anti-foreclosure program, but it involved the nonprofit assuming an equity stake in the home saved. Did homeowners understand the deal?
Marrying a Hospital to a Land Trust as a Public Health Strategy
Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare plans to build an apartment complex, prioritizing those who need mental health services, are at risk for homelessness, or have lower incomes.
Movement Pioneer Calls On CDFIs to Move from Community Access to Control
Community development finance has achieved a lot but has fallen short of its promise, observes one of the movement’s cofounders.
In Journalism, There’s No Death—Only Transformation
An interview with one of the philanthropists seeding the recreation of journalism under a nonprofit banner shines a bright and hopeful light on the landscape.
Boy Scouts of America Says Bankruptcy Won’t Affect Local Councils (We’ll See)
Enabling and covering up sexual abuse has created widespread and tragic results. Now, the BSA is attempting to limit its exposure.
After the Next Recession: The Search for an Economic Path Forward
If this is how the economy feels after an expansion of record length, imagine how it will feel in a recession. One more reason why looking at system change is no luxury.
How to Do a Raffle
Editors’ note: This article, first published in print during December-1987, has been republished for Nonprofit Quarterly with minor updates. A common, easy, and fun way to raise almost any amount of money is a raffle. Almost everyone is familiar with raffles, having bought tickets for them, perhaps even won a prize in one. Because raffles are