This article by Jon Pratt is the first in an NPQ series about nonprofits and tax policies at the local, state and federal levels. This piece, which should be very useful in advocacy, clarifies a threshold point: being tax-exempt does not mean nonprofits do not contribute to the tax base.
Aaron Tanaka, director of the Center for Economic Democracy and cofounder of the Boston Ujima Project, describes a new approach for economic development centered on the concept of “social justice enterprise,” which seeks to create a more just society by following “three pillars”: stakeholder ownership and control; social impact and community benefit; and worker and community power.
In this article, Mark Hager and ChiaKo Hung explore the popular truism that nonprofits should as a matter of course diversify their revenue streams as much as possible. They lay out the pros and cons, based on some different scenarios, to help practitioners determine when and in what contexts diversification may or may not be a good thing.
NPQ’s Spring 2019 magazine issue focuses on Nonprofits & Democracy: A View from the Current Century and Nonprofits, Taxation & the Public Trust.
When is a nonprofit merger a good idea? What are the potential challenges and rewards, and how should one plan for such an undertaking? The Nonprofit Whisperer surfaces the threshold and most essential questions someone contemplating a merger should consider.
