The current professional standard is clear: Art museums must always use proceeds from the sale of art to buy more art. Is that the right standard for the field to have?
Museums and their Observers Debate the Field’s Deaccessioning Ethics
Journalism Philanthropist Gerry Lenfest Dies
The founder of the Lenfest Institute has died, leaving behind a legacy for the very field in which he made much of his money.
Bankrupt Nonprofit: A Nest of Nepotism
Nepotism and malfeasance abounded at this youth-serving nonprofit; in this case, we are not only asking where was the board, but what took regulators so long? Perhaps political ties had something to do with it?
What Does Environmental Racism Look Like? Come to Braddock, PA
The small town of Braddock, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, provides a microcosm of the devastating public health effects of environmental racism on communities of color.
What Came First—the Needles or the Addicts?
A battle over a nonprofit needle exchange on the front lines of the addiction epidemic.
A Public School That Not Only Keeps Children Safe, But Heals
While proposals to turn schools into fortresses in the name of safety are absurd, promoting true safety and a community of care is more challenging. A low-income neighborhood school in San Diego shows how it can be done. At Cherokee Point Elementary, teachers, administrators, and staff have embraced a “trauma-informed school” model—with dramatic results in terms of both disciplinary and academic achievement. It is a model gaining traction across the nation.
Can You Get Your Student Loans Forgiven by Working for a Nonprofit?
The Department of Education has indicated they may end the loan forgiveness program for nonprofit employees—so file those papers soon.
Momentum Grows in Movement to Eliminate Cash Bail
Nonprofit-driven research and alternative models indicate that the evidence supports eliminating the systematically discriminatory practices of the cash bail system.
What Is Behind the Shift of For-Profit Professionals to the Nonprofit Sector?
Nonprofits need to continue down the path of understanding that we are the venue for the next stage of our economy, and that includes providing the workplaces of choice. Can we live up to it?
With Charities: Watch the Cash; Ignore the In-Kind
Inflating the value of gifts in kind is distressingly common in the international relief community. One member of that community here discusses the damage that the practice does and who it benefits.
Questions Persist at Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Remarks by the interim president at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation might make us believe that the board is not yet getting to the essence of what might ail the charity.
New York’s MoMA Expands, But Seeks to Cut Back on Staff Benefits
Reflecting an all-too-common pattern, a major nonprofit institution, New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, has raised hundreds of millions for new buildings, but seeks to trim staff benefits.