New migration numbers from Central America put the Obama administration’s detention strategies back in the spotlight
U.S. Detention of Central American Families and Unaccompanied Children on the Rise—Again
One Campaign to Build New Hive of Support around Refugee Resettlement
How do you convince people who’ve never really thought about a cause to join it?
What’s Really Going On in Your State’s Charity Office? Urban Institute’s Primer an Important New Resource
As the states’ charity offices arguably ramp up their oversight of the nonprofit and philanthropic sector, the Urban Institute has published a long-needed appraisal of what that landscape looks like now. But stay tuned for changes!
Skyrocketing Costs and Tech Talent Wars: The Problems Silicon Valley Nonprofits Face
For nonprofits seeking tech staff in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area in general, it’s by no means a buyer’s employment market.
House GOP Reaches Deal on Koskinen Impeachment; Hearing Next Wednesday
A compromise has apparently been reached on impeaching the IRS Commissioner over the conservative nonprofit targeting scandal.
Harvard Scientists and Sugar Industry Hook Up to Lead Public Down Dangerous Path
The systematic tainting of research by corporate sponsors does little to enhance the public’s faith in science—and that’s dangerous.
Public Losing Faith in Higher Education as a Jumpstart for Work Lives
We used to assume higher education was the key to professional success and personal enrichment. A new study indicates that a majority is now skeptical about the value of pursuing a college degree.
Census Shows Slow Rural Employment Growth—Most Gains in Urban Centers
Rural America lags in employment growth while its population ages and incomes fall. Will philanthropy pay attention?
Coalition Files Suit against Georgia for Violations of Voting Rights
Is requiring an exact match between a voter’s registration and their driving or Social Security records discriminatory? A coalition of Georgia groups think so.
College Education Insufficient to Close the Gender Wage Gap, Even at Nonprofits
Having an advanced education does not mitigate the gender wage gap for women leaders, and our own sector is not exempt.
Report: Human Service Agencies’ Contributions Soar but Retention Rates Plummet for All Nonprofits
According to this new report from the Growth in Giving Analytics Initiative, human services agencies have done well recently at maintaining the higher level of contributions set during the Great Recession, but retention rates for them and, indeed, all nonprofits are seriously waning.
A Little Working Capital, Please!
This coming Tuesday we are presenting the second in a series of two webinars on how to use an understanding of full costs to dig even the most stuck of organizations out of that rabbit-hole of self-enforced scarcity.