A standoff in the four-year battle over the accessibility of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park on New York’s Roosevelt Island pits ADA priorities against design integrity.
GuideStar Introduces Program Metrics Section for Nonprofit Profiles
GuideStar’s new tool allows nonprofits to fight the overhead myth by reporting impact-based data.
Entrepreneurial Nonprofits: Van Gogh Museum’s Ambitious Consulting Program
As funding from public dollars fades and tourism decreases, the Van Gogh Museum has come up with a creative solution to bring in revenue and maintain its position as one of the foremost museums in the arts sector.
Critics Tackle Proposal to Replicate Detroit’s “Grand Bargain” in Other Midwest Cities
Would the “Grand Bargain” that helped Detroit through its unprecedented bankruptcy—where private philanthropy helped bail out the city—work elsewhere? A report from the Manhattan Institute says cities like Chicago could go down a similar path, but other experts say the Detroit model cannot be easily replicated elsewhere.
Weighing the Risks…Before It’s Too Late
VOICES FROM THE FIELD:
Too many nonprofit institutions across the country are facing major financial hurdles that put their survival in jeopardy, but too few have systems in place to know just how close they are to the brink.
Corporate Branding of National Parks: The Disturbing Link between Philanthropy and Privatization
The National Park Service plans to aggressively solicit corporate sponsorships using agency personnel as fundraisers. However, many object vehemently to the effort to brand this particular benefit to the public.
Can a Nonprofit Preserve the Best of a Gentrified Neighborhood?
Why does LISC think it can help prevent the gentrification of the African American community east of the Anacostia River in D.C.?
Germany’s Art Community Innovates to Integrate Refugees
A pilot program in Berlin trains refugees as guides in museums to help provide their fellow migrants tours in Arabic as an innovative effort to integrate Germany’s massive refugee population into its society.
Price-Gouging the Sick to Grow Your Endowment Turns Out to Be a Bad Bet
The nation’s second-largest university endowment lost money on its investment portfolio when Valeant Pharmaceuticals’ price gouging caught up with it.
Former Head of Charity Navigator Takes Over at Troubled NY Arts Charity
Lawsuits, firings, alleged and actual financial crimes by employees, and violence against the CEO put a New York arts nonprofit at risk.
Nonprofit Hospital Disputes its Top Medicare Profit Ranking
A Wisconsin hospital system objects to one of its hospitals’ recent ranking as the most profitable in the country. Could it be that the data are both correct and flawed at the same time?
DOJ and North Carolina File Lawsuits over NC’s Controversial LGBT Law
In a powerful move, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch did not mince her words as she announced a federal civil rights lawsuit against North Carolina for its anti-LGBT law, which she contends “harms innocent Americans.” Meanwhile, North Carolina seeks judicial guidance on what it sees as administrative overreach by the federal government.