We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: Having a strong base of supporters is not only important for volunteer hours and donations, but for political heft when the going gets tough.
Nonprofits and Ties to Local Governments: Proceed with Caution
A Lactation Room of One’s Own: Creating Gender Equality in the Workplace
Nearly ten years after the Affordable Care Act expanded access to breast pumps and pumping breaks, it’s past time to provide employees and clients with support for breastfeeding.
Despite Khashoggi Murder, MIT Decides It Will Still Accept Saudi Funds
Since Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered last fall, many nonprofits have considered cutting ties with the Saudi regime, but few have acted. MIT recently issued its own report and will also keep accepting Saudi funds. So far, most of the clamoring to cut ties seems to come from those without authority to do so.
Ocasio-Cortez Tax Proposal Would Restore Progressive Taxation to Ultra-rich
During the first half-century that income tax was levied in the US, the ultra-rich paid much higher tax rates than the merely wealthy. That changed decisively in the 1980s. Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed 70-percent tax rate above $10 million in income would restore that principle to the US tax code.
Reframing Nonprofit Leadership Succession: The Ultimate Strategic Hedge Against a “Bad CEO Hire”
A special workshop for nonprofit leaders and board members on reframing nonprofit leadership succession.
Putting Climate in Every Nonprofit Mission
Looking at the past 140 years of documented history, the past five years have been earth’s five warmest years, and the 18 warmest have come since 2001.
In Remembrance of Rosa Parks: Transit Equity Day
The commemoration is meant to draw attention to transit as a civil rights issue and an important element of a climate-safe future.
Green New Deal Bill Introduced in Congress
Last week, Senator Markey and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez introduced into Congress a bill that outlines their “Green New Deal” vision.
Are Ethics at Stake When the Church Is Your Landlord?
Some sacred places are also seats of big business; when that happens, there are issues.
Intermission Is Over: It’s Back to Work, and This Time, with Actors’ Equity
The agreement reached between Actors’ Equity and the Broadway League includes a one percent share of a show’s profits to be shared among the workers who participated in the development of creating a new show.
Puerto Rico Finalizes First Debt Restructuring, but at a High Cost
The first Puerto Rico debt restructuring deal to go final provides the island with some debt forgiveness, but investors clearly did far better than Puerto Rican residents.
Nonprofit AF: Race, Funder Fragility and Frustration
Vu Le knows that his opinions can upset people working in philanthropy, nonprofits and fundraising. “We perpetuate the savior complex, the othering of people, poverty tourism,” says the NonProfit AF blogger and executive director of Rainier Valley Corps, a nonprofit in Seattle whose mission is to bring more leaders of color into the nonprofit sector.