In Pittsburgh, as in many cities, the nonprofit sector faces a pending generational change in leadership. This provides nonprofits an opportunity to hire more people of color into leadership roles, but will they rise to the occasion?
Asking for donations of toilet paper, canned goods, and diapers is common sense, yet nonprofits and donors alike cringe at the thought of talking about sanitary pads and tampons. With millions of women lacking access to such an essential part of basic hygiene, it’s time for nonprofits to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.
As the New York Daily News, once New York City’s highest circulation daily, sees its editorial staff cut in half to fewer than 50 people, New York City journalists are looking to nonprofit models to preserve local news coverage.
The publisher of the New York Times is pilloried as a representative of responsible journalism on the carnival ride of a dangerous and erratic, but now increasingly predictable, presidential tweet storm.
A full-time job is no guarantee that rent can be paid. As housing becomes more expensive, the feds expect local government and nonprofit organizations to solve the problems.
Most local nonprofits apparently do not understand the implicit “giving code” embodied by new high-tech donors. Likewise, many of these donors do not take the time or have the interest to understand local needs.
For generations, American Indian communities have struggled to maintain their cultural heritage. Here, a nonprofit seeks to use charter schools to preserve language and culture.
Questions are being raised about the salary of the CEO at the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
There’s a new wrinkle to the 501c4 dark money game. A progressive umbrella nonprofit is acting as fiscal sponsor for numerous groups spending millions to influence US House races this year.
Exhibitions at two public universities demonstrate that thoughtful planning and a measured response to objections can underscore the significance of art that invites “difficult dialogue.”
Denver and Asheville launched community land trusts to preserve resident housing in neighborhoods with high risk of displacement. However, such efforts are often under-resourced, and this is no exception.
At a national gathering of hundreds of advocates for a more democratic economy, a call is made to link social movements to institutions that can provide the infrastructure to support a more democratic economic system.