One more nonprofit group, the Alliance for Patient Access, that purports to advocate for patient access to medicines and other treatments turns out to have disturbingly close financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
Duke University objects to the building of a light rail line, claiming that construction vibration and electromagnetic interference from the trains could disrupt research.
Mississippi ranks 49th in broadband coverage and has launched a bond-backed effort with rural electric co-ops to improve its standing. A nonprofit funded by several Koch-supported organizations and the telecom industry raises the specter of cost overruns. But how does that change the need for broadband?
Kudos to CalNonprofits, which is sponsoring a bill to regulate the part of their community that sponsors donor advised funds. It’s good modeling for a responsible sector.
A major victory in Australia’s High Court awarded reparations to the Ngaliwurru and Nungali groups of Aboriginal people. They were compensated not only for the economic loss they suffered when their land rights were taken, but for the spiritual harm they endured.
If an artifact is stolen in the woods and the original victims are no longer around, do the thieves get to keep it?
Because of legacy admission policies, students in the top one percent are as much as 80 times more likely to attend an elite university than those whose family income falls within the bottom 20 percent of the population.
Key Worldwide Foundation ended up more as a public enemy than for public benefit. Nor was it the only philanthropic institution in this story involved in essentially laundering money under a charitable banner and inspiring prose.
NPQ repeats that board members of a nonprofit should not do business with that nonprofit or on the basis of their influence with the nonprofit. It is unethical and threatens the reputation of the organization.
Working across difference requires us to move beyond the assumption that agreement is always the preferred condition.
The rise of the Black doula in trying to reduce the maternal and infant mortality rates makes good sense, but it also acknowledges the longstanding issues that make it hard to be pregnant while Black in this country.
A top-down approach underpins much of organizational development, strategic planning, and operational norms within many nonprofits. However, in rapidly changing and shifting environments where problems are systemic, adaptability and fluidity are essential to effectively maneuver. Here, centralized leadership falls short.