Do aggressive fundraising practices, the exploitation of vulnerable people, and single-minded pursuit of organizational growth at the expense of charitable objectives threaten what remains of the public’s trust in nonprofits?
The infrastructure in the UK charged with regulating fundraising is far more sensitive to the nuances of the abuse of donor interests than any related body in the United States. Ethical fundraisers in the United States can use these questions as a guide to judge their own practices.
India’s Supreme Court pushes for a new law to regulate NGO fund utilization, but is it time for wider nonprofit sector strengthening to ensure not only accountability, but government impartiality as well?
The nonprofit status of a certain group in Bermuda has become a very public issue—and who knows what that will mean for an island dependent on tourism?
Requiring board members to “excel in their roles and provide better leadership” might have cut NPQ’s nonprofit meltdown stories in half over this past year or two. But it also contains real promise—read on for five points to consider.
Donor list sharing, wealth screening, data matching, and other fundraising practices are outlawed in the UK without explicit donor consent.
In the face of a loss of public confidence, 45 charities in the UK have paid the startup costs for a new entity designed to help regulate overzealous charity fundraiser behavior. But this effort hit a snag when some organizations protested the plan to pay board members governing the project.
Public confidence in UK charities is at an all-time low, with a precipitous plunge of 10 percent over the last two years. U.S. nonprofits can learn some serious lessons from this decline.
Britain’s vote to leave the European Union raises countless questions from sovereignty to continuity of social programs and climate initiatives. Brexit fervor in the UK is also reflective of U.S. political and social divisions.
The UK charity regulator doesn’t have an anti-Muslim bias…or does it?
