Three years ago, the state of New Mexico defunded and drove out of business nearly its entire field of behavioral health nonprofits for no substantive cause. Since then, the number of those seeking services has doubled. Maybe the state should have to step up with the necessary capital to rebuild.
Yet another study finds that for-profit hospice providers are exploiting vulnerable patients and the public by overbilling Medicaid for inappropriate services at a far higher rate than government or nonprofit-run facilities.
In the community of Patchogue, and on Long Island in general, residents struggle to keep their community whole and thriving despite the constant drumbeat of xenophobic rhetoric from politicians at the national and local level. This story provides a peek at the problem as it is experienced in that one community and the response.
Former students of East-West University earn less than high-school dropouts.
Can state law limit the scope of advocacy a membership nonprofit may engage in, or can an association take a stand on any issue its members agree to support?
CVS and the Cleveland Clinic are taking the trend toward drugstore access to clinic services and adding telehealth to the mix. Is this a good or a bad development? As always, technology takes us places and ethicists and legal scholars follow.
This report is an excellent reference point for any nonprofit actively doing online fundraising—but caution is advised.
Universities go out of their way to nurture living donors who are growing businesses, but what if those businesses are built on fraud? What happens when a major donor turns out to be a crooked businessperson hijacking investors’ funds to support your institution? It’s not difficult to rename a building, but returning gifts to a court-appointed receiver is tough.
A project in Philadelphia aims to train 60 to 70 barbers as “civic engagement agents” who provide customers with accurate information about civic life and politics and hopefully get them to participate in the general election.
The world is remembering Prince as not only a great musician and performer, but also as a social activist.
The recent revelation of a sizeable operating budget deficit and the danger of that figure quadrupling if allowed to remain unchecked have led museum officials to construct a new plan for austerity. But will layoffs and programming cuts be enough to guide the Met back onto its feet?
In a time when use of cash is decreasing, the latest redesign of U.S. paper currency is proving that symbolism is still as relevant as ever.