If we acknowledge we have come to a crossroads about the leadership needed to take our sector forward, we can lessen our anxiety about departing from “the way we’ve always done things.”
Nonprofit Leadership at a Crossroads
Sharing Salary Data as a Radical Act: Crowdsourced Transparency Takes Off
Adjunct faculty are famously underpaid, but just how underpaid are they? Leapfrogging over cultural norms, this online project is about to expose that for all to see.
Local Foundation Giving Is Up in Grant-Rich Cleveland—What Does It Mean?
Foundations in Cleveland, Ohio, gave more in 2018—a nice 10.6 percent increase in grants and donations—over the year before.
Is American Philanthropy a Protective Mutation—And If So, What’s Next?
To address inequality effectively in today’s American plutocracy, it helps to call an oligarch an oligarch.
Purdue Bankruptcy: A Measure of Justice, But Not Justice in Good Measure
Purdue Pharma, the drug manufacturer owned by the Sackler Family, has filed for bankruptcy. But a number of state attorneys general are likely to challenge that filing.
A Reprise of “Can Philanthropy Supplant Government?”—What Else Is New?
Philanthropy plays an important role in addressing social problems. But it’s time to move past the fantasy that philanthropy alone, without government, can succeed.
How Tuition Pricing at Colleges Deepens Class Divides
Highly selective schools may say they want to admit low-income students, but their admissions departments are told to maximize tuition revenue.
Journalists Get Nonprofit Hospitals to Dial Back Debt Collection
A series of exposés by journalism outfits has exposed draconian billing and collection practices at a number of the nation’s public and nonprofit hospitals.
US Dep’t. of Education Backs Loan Servicers over Student Loan Borrowers
The US Education Department is refusing to turn over records to enforcement agencies that seek to hold student loan servicing companies accountable.
Harvard Joins MIT in Apologizing for Accepting Epstein Grants
Will the exposure of Epstein’s deep connections to Harvard and MIT lead to meaningful change in institutional donor practices? So far, the prognosis is not good.
Helping Poor Students Graduate from College Requires Care and Listening
A former first-generation Black college student who now teaches at Harvard observes that universities need to change if they wish to increase low-income students’ graduation rates.
Can Philanthropy Become a True Partner in Indian Country?
A new report finds that while philanthropy is growing in Indian Country, giving levels remain low and many grants have too many strings attached.