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.
CS Mott Foundation’s Bill White Dies at 82
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.
California Nonprofit Puts the “Home” in “Welcome Home” for Ex-Prisoners
Prison already makes people feel less than human. A California nonprofit is trying to make sure life after incarceration doesn’t feel the same.
The You-Are-What-You-Eat Theory of Funding
You may or may not believe that pharmaceutical companies are behind the push for Trump’s impeachment, but they appear to be complicit in something much worse.
Flint’s First Poet Laureate Sets a New Standard
Flint, Michigan has named local polymath Semaj Brown as its first poet laureate as part of the city’s public health, recovery, and resilience programming.
Tired Nonprofit Narratives
It’s a regressive blast from the past, full of words and phrases that are coded shortcuts to narratives that do social harm.
A Community Rises in a Historic Albuquerque Neighborhood
The Chicanx/Latinx community in Barelas, an Albuquerque neighborhood established by Spanish colonizers in 1662, is turning a forgotten city corner into a food, arts, and cultural business incubator.
The Power of Nonprofit News Collaborations: Shining a Light on Rural Hospitals
Rural hospital closures and their effects on stranded patients weren’t getting the attention they needed—until a nonprofit news collaboration decided to change the conversation. An emerging model exemplifies the power of the new nonprofit news.