NPQ has long noted that there are different kinds of advocacy being done by nonprofit associations. Some of it only reflects the narrow self-interest of nonprofit institutions, but some goes beyond to reflect a concern about broader issues of social justice and human rights.
Funding for expensive preschool programs remains an obstacle. In discussions raising taxes or diverting finds from other programs, the discussion of whether early childhood teachers should have to subsidize the costs of their own programs is often missed.
Crain’s reports that some boards are looking at the market and trying to increase executive salaries to remain competitive and forestall expensive executive departures, while others are responding to stakeholder concerns about excessive executive salaries.
A Salt Lake City homeless services nonprofit shows lack of cohesive leadership in the siting of two shelters.
When 11 staff members leave your nonprofit in a 22-month period, your organization has hired four executives in a five-year period, and seven new board members have joined since 2015, something unusual and unsettling is going on.
Museums have a thing or two to teach nonprofits about the vigilant reinforcement of organizational identity—otherwise known as branding.
Various groupings of stakeholders—including donors, members, staff, and constituents—have staged revolts against decisions made by nonprofit leadership. Although social media may have aided the revolts, we think they have emerged from a changing attitude toward the accountability of institutions, including nonprofits.
Palestine Ace and associates ran a five-year scheme manipulating nonprofits to build personal wealth.
Among several potential solutions to the complex and seemingly perpetual puzzle of affordable housing are creative zoning measures, accessory dwelling units, and rent controls.
A local social service agency and an area church seek to build a tiny-home community on undeveloped land owned by the church. But the neighborhood where the project is located sees it as a social service program and not permitted under the city’s zoning ordinances.
The New York Fed’s recent report on consumer debt is a reminder that economic stability—for our potential clients and for our organizations—isn’t as stable as we might hope.
Yesterday, New York’s attorney general disclosed an arrangement with a Long Island community to end their discriminatory housing policies and practices.