The Farm to Ballet Project not only makes ballet accessible to community members throughout the state, it also supports local farmers.
“Cultivating” New Audiences for Ballet—One Vermont Farm at a Time
The Rising of the States in Nonprofit Oversight
A nonprofit legal and policy expert explains why, in terms of state-based regulation of nonprofits, we can anticipate seeing more rather than less activity in the near future and possibly far more in terms of coordinated enforcement and information sharing across state boundaries.
Big Nonprofit Voluntarily Ups 200 Lowest-Paid Staffers to Living Wage
A healthcare system partially addresses its own contributions to poverty by implementing a living wage for its own lowest-paid employees.
Facebook Partnership Develops Software for Students to Curate Their Educations
The Gates Foundation’s latest brainstorm in education is in league with Facebook and a large charter school network. How will it fare?
Think Tanks Violating the Private Inurement Principle: In Need of Supervision?
Nonprofit think tanks run the risk of advancing funders’ specific interests rather than conducting and reporting independent research.
How Elite Colleges and Universities Help Perpetuate the Nation’s Income Inequality
Should wealthy colleges and universities spend more from their endowment earnings to help low-income students?
GAO Report Spotlights the Choice between Effective Work and Good Politics
When introduced, major legislation often tries to fix the problems in previous laws while not creating too many new issues. This is the case with the Every Student Succeeds Act and its adjustment of the federal role in K–12 education.
Veterans’ Group Gets $50,000 from Leftovers of Massive Charity Scam
After the charity scammers are found and prosecuted, there’s not much donor money left. How much regulation is enough to stop the criminals and allow legitimate charities to do their work?
Cardio or Charity? Maine Road Race Raises Eyebrows
Maine’s largest charity road race is devoting an ever-lower proportion of its profits to charities. Is that a problem?
Finally—DOJ Will Require Accurate Counts of Arrest-Related Deaths
Using an integrated model piloted by a UK publication, the Department of Justice will finally get really serious about tracking the deaths that occur at the hands of law enforcement.
Nonprofit Bankruptcy Leads to Destruction of Cancer Research
This appalling story reinforces why states are supposed to step in on behalf of the public when the assets of a nonprofit are liquidated.
Are Mobile Phones Part of a New Accountability Environment?
Some believe that the proliferation of mobile phones in Africa and the networking that can follow will lead to an increase in government transparency.