Sen. Chuck Grassley is putting the heat on the Red Cross for what some believe to be a lack of accountability, and now he’s looking for names.
Sen. Grassley “Taking Names” on Red Cross’s Reported Lack of Cooperation with GAO
Arizona Medicaid Waiver Proposal Wages War on the Poor
Governor Ducey of Arizona seeks to limit Medicaid in his state to those who are working or looking for work and to impose a five-year cap on eligibility.
The Philanthropy of a Corporate Cheat: Volkswagen
If you’ve been the beneficiary of philanthropic support from Volkswagen, the news that the company has brazenly lied—for several years—to car-buyers, the public, and the U.S. government as a whole about the emissions levels of its diesel cars might make you question exactly what Volkswagen was trying to achieve with its corporate giving.
Congressional Grilling of Planned Parenthood’s CEO More Like Flailing
With so many declaring they would spearhead investigations into Planned Parenthood’s alleged sales of fetal tissue, one would think that’s what the questions to CEO Cecile Richards from a House oversight committee would have been about. It was far more confusing than that..
Looking for Nonprofit Leaders among MacArthur Geniuses
This year, like nearly every year, leaders in the nonprofit sector are prominent among the MacArthur Foundation’s “genius” award winners.
University Medical Research in UK Under Threat
A UK Government medical research spending review could mean pharmaceutical companies move abroad.
What Might Republican Fundraising Teach Us about Timing of Online Asking?
One platform that GOP candidates for president use for online fundraising discusses important issues of timing. Do their trends apply to you?
Research about Doctors Soliciting Donations from their Cancer Patients
A University of Michigan radiation oncologist, Dr. Reshma Jagsi, has published remarkable research on some doctors’ solicitation of charitable donations from grateful patients.
Harvard Loses 2 Staff Members for an Annual Savings of—Hmmm—$18M
Harvard’s endowment saw a mere 5.8% investment return for fiscal 2015. After natural resources were cited as an area that underperformed, the heads of natural resource investments and alternative assets “decided to leave.”
Redlining as a Product of the Racist/Classist Pseudoscience of Eugenics
As North Carolina does the right thing by trying to compensate some of the victims of its state-sponsored, forced sterilization program that started in 1929 and didn’t end until 1974, we are reminded that eugenics, a pseudoscience promoted in the early 20th century by some major U.S. foundations, influenced many public policies, including the federal government’s design and implementation of mortgage redlining.
Bank Redlining on the Upswing: Old and New Challenges for Nonprofits
The Justice Department and CFPB’s record-breaking settlement with Hudson City Bancorp over the lender’s redlining practices indicates that the old problem of redlining hasn’t gone away, but may actually be on the upswing.
NLRB Rules Canvassers are Employees, Not Contractors
The NLRB has reversed an administrative law judge and ruled that the canvassers that raise the money for Sisters’ Camelot in Minneapolis are employees and can unionize.