New Nonprofit with $25M Budget Aims to Help Clinton Mobilize Minority Voters
The Every Citizen Counts social welfare organization will use its funds to help presidential candidate Hillary Clinton target African American and Latino voters. Is its mission really social welfare, or is it just another dark money group?
Boston Classical Orchestra Goes Under…But Wait!
Musicians seize remains of a classical orchestra that has expired. Can it be revived? If so, what will it take?
Knight Foundation Grant Request Tears at Wikipedia’s Community
A $250,000 Knight Foundation grant may help Wikipedia develop a search engine, but it has also roiled Wikipedia’s volunteers and made leaders defensive.
Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Nonprofit Wins 5-year Minneapolis Recycling Contract
Against a backdrop of falling recycling commodity prices, a nonprofit champions an approach that blends social, environmental, and economic benefits to win a five-year Minneapolis city waste recycling contract.
Multiple MSF-Affiliated Hospitals and Syrian Schools Bombed in Latest Airstrikes
These airstrikes will join the others on volunteer-run hospitals in the last few months that have fatally wounded or seriously injured volunteers from MSF along with patients.
Af-Am Church in SF Blocks Subsidiary Nonprofit’s Plans to Sell Affordable Housing
News of an impending sale triggered tenant and community fears of displacement, so in July, San Francisco’s Third Baptist Church sued its nonprofit development arm. A settlement has just been reached.
Rescue or Takeover? Board “Reconstitution” as a Condition for Financial Support
Lead donors and county officials in Miami required trustees of the cash-strapped Frost Science Museum to vote themselves out so funding plans to complete construction could proceed. But the overnight “reconstitution” of the Frost’s board may, over time, present a new string of issues relating to governance, which is not synonymous with fundraising or naming rights.
Another Stakeholder Revolt against Bad Governance: The Case of Suffolk University
It’s the same old “bad board” story: four (going on five) CEOs in five years and an almost absurd conflict of interest threaded throughout the organization. Boards are not the sum totality of governance, and your real governance base will on occasion remind you of that.
National Parks Artifacts among Newest Additions to Google Cultural Institute
Attending museums and viewing exhibits around the world from one’s own computer is getting a big boost from Google. But what about copyright concerns? And, will people still attend in person?
Kansas High Court Rules School Funding Schema Unconstitutional
In Kansas, defining educational funding equity has become a power struggle between the state Supreme Court and state government, with next year’s state aid in jeopardy.
Dumb CEO Behavior: A Bad Idea, Terrible Imagery, & Summary Firings—But the Board is Happy
“This is hard for you because you think of the students as cuddly bunnies, but you can’t,” Mr. Newman was quoted as saying. “You just have to drown the bunnies.”