While it is a best practice for a nonprofit to maintain a sound financial reserve, maintaining a reserve that is more than 11 times the nonprofit’s annual budget seems excessive.
Vermont Launches Top-to-Bottom Review of Entire Workforce Training System
It’s rare to see government acknowledge in public that a system’s structure doesn’t work.
Stanford Adopts Landmark Mental Health Policy in Response to Student Lawsuit
A settlement reached between Stanford University and students represented by a disability rights nonprofit establishes a new standard for university treatment of student mental health.
Mass Shootings and Trauma: The Toll Doesn’t Stop When the Shootings End
After the cameras go away, the effects of trauma from mass shootings persist, as schools in both Parkland, Florida, and Santa Fe, Texas, remind us.
The US Supreme Court’s Opening Week Was a Blockbuster!
This year’s US Supreme Court docket includes a wide range of high-profile cases, touching on immigration, LGBTQ rights, jury trials, reproductive rights, and more.
Critics and Public Brace for Debate when Changed MoMA Reopens this Month
With the New York City’s Museum of Modern Art’s renovation nearly complete, the new MoMA vision of a multiple-story modern art museum experience comes into plain view.
CS Mott Foundation’s Bill White Dies at 82
The longtime former president of the C.S. Mott Foundation died on Wednesday just two days after making an impassioned speech at the Council of Michigan Foundations’ annual conference.
Philanthropy that Gets both Urgency and the Grassroots: The Wave of the Future?
Is philanthropy’s modest record of achievement just a reflection of how hard large problems are to solve, or does it indicate a flaw in the theory of change brought to bear?
Nonprofit Sues Over Ejection from United Way Fiscal Sponsorship
While NPQ believes that fiscal sponsorships are great vehicles for many small or newer organizations, the relationships do go bad from time to time, and when they do, it can get ugly.
Funding for Programs Focused on Women and Girls Still Lags in US—Surprised?
A new index at the Women’s Philanthropy Institute provides a database of woman-led nonprofits focused specifically on women’s and girls’ causes.
In the Climate Crisis, We Need Love And Science
Pastor and activist Rev. Mariama White-Hammond describes how her experience of racial and economic injustice led her to fight for the planet as a whole and explains why it’s time to “live differently.”
A “Feud” between Two Nonprofits Goes Public in Boston
A dispute between two well-known local nonprofits surfaced this past week as one terminated a contract with another.