A short-lived fundraising cultural phenomenon led to real advances in ALS research.
Ice Bucket Challenge Outcomes: Incremental Discoveries Flow from Sudden Funding
Remote Alaska Communities Struggle with Effects of Climate Change
We continue our exploration of communities experiencing the firsthand effects of climate change in Alaska, where the rural inhabitants are now struggling to survive on the subsistence foods that had sustained them for hundreds of years.
Planned Parenthood & Tumblr: Nimble Nonprofits Need Online Engagement
Online giving and engagement continues to increase, especially among younger generations born into a tech-driven world. As millennials and other young activists, donors, and volunteers call for more time-efficient and user-friendly options for engagement, organizations are making wise investments to stay afloat during this demographic shift.
Vets with PTSD Wait Years for Service Dog due to VA Study Delays
What’s taking so long? VA support of service dogs for veterans with PTSD awaits a troubled multiyear study.
Pennsylvania Nursing Homes: How Unsafe Are They? Who Knows?!?
A state auditor’s report finds glaring deficiencies and gaps in Pennsylvania’s monitoring of patient abuse and neglect in nursing homes.
Nonprofit Checks and Balances vs. Fraud: Reaping the Results of One Lost Struggle
A South Dakota nonprofit demonstrates fiscal controls and oversight can be defeated when people lie consistently. It also shows that executive directors of small nonprofits sometimes go to jail.
Physician and Medical Student Depression and Suicide
Here’s the hidden reason why one million Americans lose their doctors each year.
“If I’m Being Honest”: Vulnerability and Other Collaborative Reflections
This article in our ongoing EDI series is a messy and beautiful search for transformational answers in a collaborative born out of power and privilege.
Behind the NPQ Curtain—More Stories of Surges
Sometimes these readership runs are based as much on what is not happening as what is.
“Mothers of the Movement” Feature at Democratic Convention
Possibly the most dramatic moment at the Democratic National Convention was when seven black women took the stage and stood in a semicircle. Each had lost a child to gun violence.
Daleiden Walks Away from Sting Charges but Civil Suits Await
Sting video purveyor David Daleiden has been cleared of the charges flowing from a grand jury indictment, but he still faces a number of civil suits.
Losing the Farm: Insult Added to Injury in Nonprofit Eviction Fiasco
This Boston Harbor island was once the site of a number of local nonprofits working together to address homelessness and addiction, but these were unceremoniously evicted two years ago for safety reasons. Now, a for-profit corporation has been granted access.