As small transgender-focused groups struggle to raise funding, a solution emerges from within the community.
“We Can’t Wait Anymore”: Trans Groups Fund the Grassroots
The Nonprofit Whisperer: Am I the Sacrificial Lamb in This Mission-Driven Space?
How do you manage compliance in an organization that loves its informality? Slowly, and with lots of participation and care.
Business Model Bright Spot: Centering Social Justice in Our Nonprofit Businesses
How can nonprofits gain political influence and achieve independence and financial sustainability while centering social justice values? Leslie Cooper Johnson explains how Community Coalition did it.
Drumroll, Please, for the Engaged Cities Awards!
The Engaged Cities program is in its second year. This year’s group of international nominees offers inspiration to nonprofits seeking solutions to complex social problems.
Mobile Home Affordability Threatened by Private Equity
Manufactured housing provides non-subsidized affordable housing to 22 million Americans. However, as private equity moves in, the affordability of that housing is very much at risk.
Why State Regulators Must Regulate: Arizona “Foundation” Goes Rogue
We might suggest that any nonprofit that lists only one board member, with that board member being paid by the organization, isn’t a nonprofit at all.
Homelessness as a Given? The Loss of Urgency
There are 8,000 unsheltered homeless people in the San Fernando Valley alone.
Barr Foundation Funds Boston Globe’s Educational Reporting
In the age of concern about anti-democratic trends in philanthropy, we must consider also how philanthropic investments in the news protect the public voice.
“Bless the Poets”: First Native US Poet Laureate Calls Us All to a Different Future
Joy Harjo is the first Native American US Poet Laureate. Her appointment this week was a message from the Library of Congress and a long time coming.
72 Philly Cops Benched after Nonprofit Exposes Racist, Violent Facebook Posts
Violent, racist, and inflammatory, thousands of social media posts by police officers disclose enough blatant disregard for the public to cause departments to take action.
Is United Way a Funder in Need of a New Funding Model or Just Retirement?
The United Way model has lulled many into a stupor, and the wake-up call may be harsh.
New York State Passes “Nation’s Strongest” Climate Legislation
The new law creates thousands of new jobs and mandates investment in energy efficiency and clean energy in the frontline communities that will be affected first—and worst—by the climate crisis.