When the Department of Justice investigated the criminal justice system in Ferguson, Missouri, it found many practices that created antagonism and distrust between residents and the police and courts. Under these “debtor prison” practices, the poorer you are, the more likely you are to be imprisoned.
The presidents of the California Endowment, California Community Foundation, and Weingart Foundation have penned a letter of concern regarding the Broad Foundation–backed plan for the schools and its bypassing of parental involvement.
Using kitchen scales, harvest logs, citizen science and a nifty new database, urban gardeners and other small-scale growers are learning to slice and dice data to demonstrate the impact of their efforts and to shape policy.
Planned Parenthood’s advocacy and political armed has proved itself to be formidable during presidential election years but much of its capacity is due to its closeness to its base.
During his keynote address at the Ontario Nonprofit Network’s conference in October, Rick Cohen talked about the danger of the “casualization” of nonprofit work.
In June, Nevada enacted the nation’s most sweeping school choice initiative yet.
Two crowdfunding campaigns propose to increase access to famous art by bringing painted images into relief.
Last month, HUD’s office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity issued new guidance to help define what constitutes harassment in rental housing.
The pro- and anti-panhandling battle continues, with nonprofits active on both sides of the issue.
The mayor of Roanoke wants to stop local agencies from providing support during the refugee crisis. His justification comes from what’s considered one of the more shameful moments in U.S. history.
The London Zoo was in the news this past week for trying to recruit an unpaid graduate intern for six months for an international project. British rights group Intern Aware called the idea was “unacceptable” and said, “Anyone doing real work deserves to be paid.”
Total assets in donor-advised funds now total more than $70 billion and represent the fastest growing charitable giving vehicle in the United States. With so much potential funding now housed in these funds, how can nonprofit organizations best position themselves to be on the receiving end of the largesse?