How does a community, in fact and not just in rhetoric, decolonize wealth? Panelists seek to address this central question as part of NPQ’s continuing “Remaking the Economy” webinar series.
Remaking the Economy in Indian Country
When DAFs Belie the “Community” in Community Foundation
A community foundation in Charlotte faces increasing scrutiny over grants to anti-immigrant organizations coming from its donor-advised funds.
Freedom Trail Guide Union Feels Stymied
In Boston, Freedom Trail guides join an increasing wave of nonprofit employees looking for union protections.
Elite Booth School Offers MBA Scholarships for Nonprofit Professionals
At the University of Chicago, a scholarship program offers nonprofit and public sector professionals a highly subsidized MBA program.
Racial Disparities in Pain Prescriptions Kept Thousands of Black Patients Alive
A study confirms doctors systemically gave white patients more opioid prescriptions than black ones. Ironically, this action may have saved 14,000 black patients their lives.
Are Community Preference Policies Biased?
Because segregation is ubiquitous, giving preference to current community residents risks locking segregation in. But what if preventing displacement is a higher priority?
Organizational Slack (or Goldilocks and the Three Budgets)
This classic NPQ article comes to you as many nonprofits are building their budgets for the coming year. Share it around with board and colleagues. It works if you work it.
Does Nursing Home Worker Housing Portend a Return of the Company Town?
A Cape Cod nursing home provides subsidized housing to its staff to retain its workforce.
NYC’s Small Theaters Have Limited Budgets but Great Cultural Influence
A study underscores the importance of New York’s smaller, mostly nonprofit theater companies—to audiences, to Broadway, and to the economy.
Coldplay Seeks to Make Its Tours Carbon Neutral
The famed British rock band takes a stand for the climate, hitting pause on touring as it figures out how best to organize its tours to be carbon neutral.
Missouri Shortchanges Public Defenders, Damaging State’s Justice System
In Missouri, as in too many US states, the federally guaranteed right to legal representation is honored at best only in part.
Socialism American-Style Hits Baldwin, Florida
A small Florida town decides if it can’t attract a grocery store, it will own one. In doing so, it joins a long tradition of US public business ownership.