Advocacy and protest is often difficult, but should never be life-threatening. For those seeking to protect and improve the environment, 2015 was a particularly deadly year. Globally, the brutal murder of indigenous environmental activists, meant to warn off others who would take their place, hit an all-time high—and a watchdog group thinks the number is likely even higher.
The notion of a common agenda is often taken for granted as a core need for building collective impact, when in fact it poses a real stumbling block for networks in their early stages.
The old adage is that no publicity is bad publicity. But if you’re a member of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church intent on spreading hate and not looking ridiculously outnumbered and out of touch, you might start to realize that publicity just helps people prepare to counter your protest.
Giving support to the idea that this is overwhelmingly being treated as a campaign to be won, the nonprofit Great Public Schools Now has launched an advertising effort redolent of a political race that calls the district out for failure to provide a quality education to more than 160,000 students. Clearly, Los Angeles students deserve better than this.
The business publication Barron’s has discovered that “joint cost allocations” are problematic. But it is wrong when it suggests this means nonprofit accounting practices are generally more prone to hiding chicanery.
Promoting diversity in symphony orchestras is not at odds with the goal of promoting artistic excellence. We need to rethink our paradigm in order to promote lasting change in classical music.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is shedding some of its professional staff as it begins an effort to cut costs to address a looming deficit. Do the roles of the staff contain clues to its thoughts about what went wrong?
A report released by the Knight Foundation observes that the nonprofit form, though not a “cure-all,” offers some key advantages: reduced profit margin expectations and a diminished likelihood of being sold or dismantled.
The appointment of Sandra Edgerley and Linda Mason to The Boston Foundation’s board of directors represents the first time women have occupied both top roles.
VOICES FROM THE FIELD: For many years, people with time on their hands have argued with the use of the word “nonprofit” to define our sector. Perhaps they have missed the point: The term “nonprofit” works perfectly to denote a motivation that donors and volunteers want to see in addressing causes about which we all care passionately.
The Red Cross continues to resist efforts to evaluate its Haiti relief programs, and a key U.S. Senator has had enough.