How would your own organization function under this stress?
Lessons Nonprofits Should Never Forget
A Tough Year to Come for Baton Rouge Nonprofits
Recovery from recent flooding may shift significant Baton Rouge fundraising away from other causes. Area nonprofits are looking at futures that will be very difficult—if not in some cases, impossible—to endure.
Duke University Sues Donor’s Estate for $10 Million
When a nonprofit sues a benefactor, it’s not always a bad thing. However, care must be taken because it sure sounds like bad news.
Baton Rouge Struggles to Rebuild after Historic Flooding
Emotions run high as the recovery effort gets underway, and the Red Cross is taking the brunt of many people’s frustrations.
What Not to Do When a Nonprofit Crisis Hits
Surprise is never a good management strategy, as the closing of a center for adults with disabilities illustrates. Retreating to the “incident room” as board and senior staff is not always the most productive response to a rolling crisis. If this organization had reached out to its field of colleagues would we now be looking at a different outcome?
A Crowdfunding Campaign to Save the Home of Langston Hughes Takes Strong Root
Langston Hughes was one of this country’s most celebrated poets, but his house, now uninhabited, was also a hub of artistic activity in Harlem. Will this group of locals be able to make it sing again?
Student Loan Debt Highest at Modest Colleges
Malcolm Gladwell has been critical of the tendency of the very rich to give to universities that are also already very rich. Why not give to institutions that need it to ensure that it spreads the educational opportunity?
Why Are Patient Advocacy Groups Silent on 400% Rise in EpiPen Prices?
Where is the outrage? Life-saving medication for children and adults suddenly becomes cost-prohibitive and patient groups advocate coping rather than an outcry when it might actually do some good.
The 20th Anniversary of “Ending Welfare As We Know It”
On the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton’s historic legislation, two opposing views on the state of welfare reform in America today.
Between Gladwell’s Scorn and Municipal Frustration, What’s a Super Endowed University to Do?
Billions in endowment may help a university’s bottom line, but how the money is used—or not used—can make big schools a target.
Charity as Parting Shot: Depp/Heard Divorce Yields 2 Major Donations
Amber Heard’s multimillion-dollar divorce settlement goes to two targeted charities, making a serious personal statement.
Impossible Choices: Dismantling the Hippocratic Oath in Times of Rationed Care
Researchers ask the general public which lives should be saved in times of crisis and limited resources to prepare national protocols.