Coast to coast, cities are looking for ways to promote the development of affordable low-income housing. In Maine, city officials are using a consensus-building approach to manage the housing economy to make room for a variety of income levels. In Oregon, politicians are offering short-term emergency solutions to longstanding needs in a “hot” rental market.
The Association of Art Museum Directors announced on Thursday that they have developed a set of protocols for a safe haven program for artwork and antiquities that are endangered by terrorism, violent conflict, or natural disaster.
Here’s a glimpse of what it looks like to watch a nonprofit disappear into the gaping maw of its own for-profit subsidiary. Though the enterprise never made any money for the parent organization, it was kept alive for at least 16 years, with a lot of attendant publicity about the wonder of it all.
In 2011, Hillary Clinton described Iraq as a business opportunity for U.S. corporations, some of which were or became donors to the Clinton Foundation.
The alliance between Republican political financier and Nevada gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson and Democratic donor and Hollywood power broker Haim Saban to support nonprofits opposing Israeli divestment campaigns seems to have come to an end.
Can brand trump performance? And what does this mean for your organization?
Journalist Dale Russakoff’s new book, The Prize, delves into Mark Zuckerberg’s mission to turn around Newark, New Jersey’s ailing school system. In 2010, the Facebook founder contributed $100 million to the effort, which was announced on The Oprah Winfrey Show. We spoke to Russakoff about her new book.
When Rep. Chaffetz began to grill Cecile Richards on her salary, he may have thought he was exposing an embarrassingly lavish compensation package, but in fact her salary is significantly lower than her peer group’s average.
An ambitious campaign aims to overturn gender inequality by 2030. But will the impassioned pledges made by world leaders be followed up with concrete actions on the ground?
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is enthusiastic about the deal the city is cutting with Ted Leonsis, the owner of the Wizards, Mystics, and Capitals, for a new basketball arena at the abandoned St. Elizabeth’s hospital campus, but the Leonsis payment will be made, according to the deal, in charitable contributions.
Motivating the tech industry to solve global warming holds promise, but can millions of dollars in prizes really save the planet?
This latest round of Chicago budget cuts comes after the start of the educational year, leaving some public schools scrambling to reorganize. Is this really what we want for our children?