A California tenant leader decries a partnership between the state’s apartment owners’ association and the United Way as a “bizarre perverse twist of fate,” but it makes sense given the composition of United Way governing boards.
Fundraising, Income Inequality and Mental Models
I remember when I was a young executive director, not having a clue about how to do what I had to do from financial management and reporting to fundraising.
The Fake Vet Nonprofit that Sponsored Trump’s USS Iowa Speech on Veteran’s Issues
Whether Veterans for a Strong America had or lacked 501(c) status, there is little question that the group is yet another phony veterans charity. Did Trump know his speech at the U.S.S. Iowa was sponsored by a group that, whatever its legal status, was a fake? Shouldn’t he have? Shouldn’t we be able to expect more from presidential candidates?
Is Crowdfunding the Right Response to the Louisiana Public Defender Funding Crisis?
In New Orleans, the public defenders’ office is facing severe budget cuts, highlighting an underlying constitutional crisis. Are clients who utilize public defenders being appropriately served? Many think not.
L.A. Supervisors Reject Nonprofit Exemption in New Minimum Wage Law
The supervisors went in the opposite direction of the Los Angeles City Council, which approved exemptions for nonprofits when it adopted the $15-per-hour minimum earlier this summer.
In “A Swamp of Our Own Little Bay of Pigs” at the JFK Library
The JFK Library has seen a third of its staff leave in the last eighteen months, and this has been topped off with the resignation of the library’s longstanding leader. The words “toxic”, “cruel,” and “incompetent” are being used to describe the current style of the library foundation’s executive.
U.S. Nonprofit Stands Up for United Nations Whistleblowers
Whistleblowers face a tough time everywhere, even at the United Nations, but nonprofits like the Government Accountability Project exist to provide truly important assistance.
University of Miami to Develop Gender-Inclusive Housing
The University of Miami’s new president has a plan to elevate the school’s rank in the Campus Pride Index by creating gender-neutral campus housing.
Canadian Activists and Celebrities Issue Manifesto for a Green Canada
The LEAP Manifesto outlines a path to a fossil-free, renewable energy-dependent Canada, but makes connections between changing energy policies and other issues: corporate taxation, military spending, austerity government policies, and the rights of Canada’s indigenous peoples.
Nonprofit Sector, Heal Thyself: Gender and Racial Inequities Persistent and Pervasive
GuideStar just released its latest compensation report, which aligns in most ways with other studies we have been following in terms of gender pay equity. The overall patterns are disturbing in a sector where many of the country’s social equity and civil rights organizations live.
When a School Markets Students as Charity Cases
Scouting Millennials in Their Own Habitat: More on Generational Differences in Giving
“The kids today” aren’t any different from previous generations, but how they engage influences everyone.