Last month, members of the NAACP penned a resolution calling for a moratorium on the expansion of privately managed charters and a review of their disciplinary practices.
NAACP Drafts New Resolution Calling for a Moratorium on Charter Schools
Great Crowdfunding Model at New York’s Jewish Museum: “Take Me, I’m Yours”
This crowdfunding effort incorporates part of the art exhibit into the fundraising for its production.
U.S. Must Look in the Mirror before Condemning Brazil’s Inequality
A new book shines a glaring light on globalization’s winners and losers.
Alzheimer’s Association: Cooperation, Competition, or Consolidation?
Over the last decade, federations and similar networks of nonprofits have found themselves in battles as central offices have pushed to consolidate and local groups have defended their space. A nonprofit expert considers, in the wake of recent upheavals in the Alzheimer’s Association network, whether the work he did laying a framework for the chapter-to-central relationship actually “took.”
Think Tanks and their Corporate Funders: Who’s Selling What?
A devastating article has raised big questions about the intellectual independence of nonprofit think tanks in light of their sometimes too-cozy funding relationships with corporate interests.
Embattled Wounded Warrior Project Begins its Rehabilitation
WWP’s new CEO anticipates layoffs and other cuts but isn’t necessarily curtailing spending on advertising and fundraising.
Striving for Gender Parity in Sports: Women Go for More Than Gold in Rio
Gender roles in the Olympics give way to a broader discussion about the disproportionate representation of women in sports and athletic leadership positions.
Giving Circles’ Unique Role in Philanthropy to Marginalized Communities
Alice Hom discovered in 2009 that less than 1% of foundation funding went to LGBTQ-focused organizations for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. With the help of AAPIP, largely funded through giving circles, they created the Queer Justice Fund to increase funding and awareness.
University Student Protests Are Influencing Alumni Commitments
As campus protests continue, alumni find in some cases that they can no longer hold cherished traditions as value neutral. What does that mean for donations?
Source-of-income Housing Discrimination Alive and Well—For Now
By adopting a “no Section 8” policy, landlords can largely exclude prospective renters based on race, gender, and familial status because female-headed minority families are overrepresented in HCV programs.
Court: IRS Must Prove Nonprofit Targeting Has Stopped
The IRS suffers another courtroom defeat as the IRS targeting scandal’s investigations, FOIA requests, Congressional action, and lawsuits go on.
The Habit of Exclusion: Questions Raised by Activists on the “Chattanooga Way”
The following questions should be asked and answered by major philanthropies and nonprofits pursuing policy in every city in the country.