With the scandal of a few years ago not yet firmly in the rearview mirror, the IRS Exempt Organizations unit may be more careful and exercise less discretionary power. The guidance of the ACT report reflects that reality, even if it is dealt with less than explicitly.
NPQ’s “hot off the press” webinar review of the 2016 Findings of Giving USA.
The U.S. hate-based murder rate of LGBTQ individuals has climbed 20 percent from 2014 to 2015. Of the 24 known homicides, 67 percent were people of color, and 54 percent were transgender women of color. Next year, of course, that number will have ballooned. Is this part of a backlash to advances finally made in the civil rights of LGBT community members?
The notion of a universal basic income is so very un-American and so very important to discuss as the economy changes in response to technology.
Even in the wake of unrest, city-funded youth programs have been the footballs for a larger skirmish between Baltimore’s mayor and city council.
The latest study from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute reveals that 44 percent of philanthropists give to women’s and girls’ issues. The growing pool of research on the demographics and motivations of these donors aims to increase understanding about why gender matters in philanthropy.
Liberia is encouraging for-profit education companies to supplement poor and poorly performing school systems. There are dangers the for-profit schools will take the best teachers and spend too much money, creating a two-tiered education system.
Two Minneapolis nonprofits team up to ship a complete hospital to civil war–torn Somalia.
The media often allows elected officials to play both sides of issues involving marginalized people. After an attack on the LGBT community, Florida’s attorney general was quick to boost her pro-gay bona fides—even though she led the charge against same-sex marriage in the state. Anderson Cooper would have none of it.
In New York, state law says government must process contracts with its nonprofit partners within six months or explain why. So why are most state contracts with nonprofits failing to meet their deadlines—up to 100% of the time?
Local, national, and international charitable support is pouring in for victims of the recent Orlando mass shooting. By yesterday evening, a GoFundMe campaign had accumulated an unprecedented $4 million from more than 87,000 donors.
What will the Internet look like in the U.S.? The FCC believes it should be a utility without slow and fast lanes based on market conditions, and an appeals court agrees.