George Mason University accepted another large gift from the Koch Foundation last week. As the sector worries increasingly about the undemocratic influence of large donations, we must ask, to whom are the universities training our future leaders responsible?

Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced its Food Leadership awards for 2019. Among the award winners is Lakota Sioux chef Sean Sherman, who is helping Native Americans eat better by reviving healthier pre-contact food practices and cuisine.

Last week, we suggested US and UK museums may have reached their limit in their willingness to help launder the Sacklers’ reputation through acceptance of their donations. That does seem to be the case.

In a wide-ranging conversation, a group of community-based practitioners discuss both the potential and pitfalls of partnering with nonprofit anchor institutions—including hospitals, universities, and faith-based institutions—to achieve community goals.

As the Wizard of Oz reminds us, sometimes it pays for a nonprofit board to take a look behind the curtain.

A US Supreme Court decision reinforces the separate and highly unequal “due process” system that immigrants face.

In California, juvenile crime is down—way down. But the state still spends $15 billion a year on detaining young offenders, even as public schools are desperate for resources.

The American Journalism Project will be selecting recipients for support as early as this summer. The project’s ultimate goal includes raising $1 billion and creating a national movement around local news journalism.

In North Carolina, following on the heels of legislation passed in Mississippi earlier this year, 34 state legislators have cosponsored a bill that would enable the state’s 26 electric co-ops to use existing fiber optic cables to deliver high-speed internet to rural residents.

Chick-Fil-A Foundation’s ongoing financial support for multiple religious organizations with anti-LGBTQ employment policies and educational teachings runs counter to its 2012 statement that it “ceased donating to organizations that promote discrimination, specifically against LGBT civil rights.”

The Sackler family, founders of Purdue Pharma, faces a reckoning this week as several institutions distance themselves from what they seem to consider tainted philanthropy.

USA Gymnastics has lost all credibility with its constituency by spending more time and energy trying to look like they’ve changed than actually changing. Two of their most recent efforts at addressing sexual abuse in the sport may be too little, too late.