If the lower courts rule against the clinics, Arkansas could once again be left an “abortion desert,” with one, limited-service option for the whole state.
Is Arkansas the State to Watch on Abortion Rights?
A Museum’s Transformation: Cleveland Museum of Art Goes Deep for Inclusion
The CMA has adopted an explicit racial equity lens in support of its vision to become “a global leader among museums.” The test, of course, is whether the organization follows through on its plan.
A Standing Ovation for the Oregon Symphony’s Take on Homelessness
In its “Sounds of Home” season, the Oregon Symphony took a risk with the world premiere of Gabriel Kahane’s oratorio, which examines homelessness and housing insecurity.
An Invitation to a Unique Course on Nonprofit Business Models
The fact that information on the management of variations on nonprofit business models is not already broadly available is a scandal and a problem for emerging and even many seasoned leaders.
Thriving Nonprofit Texas Tribune Alters Its Business Plan
A very successful—albeit well capitalized—nonprofit news operation builds out of a smaller niche into a larger and broader operation. What is there to think about?
Catholic Church Reaction to Abuse Shows Dangers of Slow Crisis Response
The more the church tries to gracefully find its way out with apologies absent real transparency and responsibility, the more moral and spiritual rot inevitably infects every fiber of the institution.
A Local United Way Has a Messy Divorce with Its CEO
If nearly half the staff depart en masse, something is likely awry with workplace culture. This may speak to leadership failures at both the CEO and board levels.
How to Build a Dashboard for Your Nonprofit: A Critical Strategic Tool Reveals Itself
This invaluable live workshop delves into the very different ways that two nonprofits, one a new merger and the other in growth mode under a founder, constructed their dashboards to reflect what each needed to track. The distinctions they make provide a peek into the richness of dashboards as a tool to focus specific strategic conversation among our various stakeholder groups.
No Nonprofit Is above the Political Fray
ACLU staffers question the decision to defend the NRA in a New York lawsuit, prompting renewed reflection on the organization’s role in a post-Trump activist landscape.
Brazil’s Queermuseu Takes up Residence in a Park after Being Evicted
An LGTBQ art show in Brazil has undergone a turbulent year, but it is staged this month in a public park in Rio de Janeiro.
Will “Disruptive” Philanthropy Learn to Listen to the People It Supports?
Hewlett Foundation president Larry Kramer notes that the “balance” between what grantees say and how foundations act is off and needs to be corrected.
Taxing the Rich to House the Poor: The Case of San Francisco’s “Twitter Tax”
No one disputes that homelessness is high in San Francisco. Will city voters in November choose to tax Twitter and other large employers to remedy that crisis—or will they blink in the face of business opposition, as Seattle’s City Council did earlier this year?