Delaying new rules helps for-profit schools—but students? Not so much.
DeVos Delays For-Profit School Regs, Leaving Students at Risk
The Exciting Embrace of Risk and Leadership: Thoughts for Today’s Activists
In an environment full of uncertainty, where significant advances can best be made through networks and partnership, leadership demands a higher level of self-awareness. Here, the great Meg Wheatley walks us through some practical questions nonprofit leaders should keep top of mind as we face the tumult.
Nonprofits Seek to Steer Donors to Give Cash, not Things
We’ve all heard the tales of parkas sent to Haiti when cash would be far, far more helpful. As hurricane-struck communities face rebuilding efforts, can nonprofits do better at moving donors to send cash this time?
Black Nationalism: FBI and Southern Poverty Law Center Paint Disparate Views
The FBI and Southern Poverty Law Center both released reports in August on the rise of Black Nationalism in response to the rise of white supremacy and police shootings of black people. The FBI report, however, seems seriously misdirected.
NYC Taps Nonprofit Developers to Meet Housing Goals
Mayor de Blasio announces investment in a fund that will open access to nonprofit developers as part of Housing New York.
Mission Haiku: the Poetry of Mission Statements
History has seen few more exacting wordsmiths than the great haiku poet. When writing mission statements, nonprofits can learn much from them.
Puerto Rico Experiments with Renewable Energy as It Rebuilds
Puerto Rico rides shifting energy tides, welcoming renewable energy while it rebuilds its electrical infrastructure.
Planners Struggle to Build Support for Regional Solutions to Climate Change
There are some problems that are not well served by a strictly local approach, and adapting to climate challenges is one of them.
Something Not So Special is in the Air: NAACP Issues American Airlines advisory
For the second time this year, the NAACP has issued or supported a national travel advisory.
Family Business Sells Ohio Grocery Chain to Its 2,100 Employees
Nonprofit economic development groups have been advocating for incentives that support the transition of businesses to employee ownership as business owners get ready to leave. This could have been a story about 2,100 people in Ohio losing their jobs; instead, they are gaining ownership of the business.
A Church’s Power May Not Come from Above
Want to foster energy independence in your community? Be aware that the energy powers-that-be might try to stand in the way, as this tussle of a North Carolina energy nonprofit with Duke Energy, now headed to the state’s supreme court, demonstrates.
Will We Finally Have Too Many Nonprofits? What’s Up at the IRS?
The percentage of rejections for tax exemption has plummeted, even as the number of submissions for approval has skyrocketed. Just what will this mean?