charity ethics
Is Value Village/Savers the Trump Foundation of Second-Hand Stores?
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The expensive dresser you gave Value Village or Savers may bring two cents to charity—if you’re lucky.
fake charities
A Made Man and His Six Nonprofits: An Ode to Regulators
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Some might see this as merely a bizarre and distracting story, but it actually has some meaning for legitimate nonprofits.
Fundraising
Kars4Kids: What the Jingle Leaves Out
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The Minnesota AG has issued a 300-page report on the group behind the catchy jingle. It‘s certainly not the first time the organization has been in the crosshairs of regulators—but why did its major grantee buy a synagogue?
Nonprofit Management
“Just Winging It”: Are Faux DIY Nonprofits a New Thing?
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The California attorney general seeks to dissolve two fraudulent nonprofits and ban the family that spawned them from darkening the doorways of other nonprofits.
Nonprofit News
The Ripple Effect of Faux Social Enterprise
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The broad realm of social enterprise and CSR includes some that combine empty rhetoric with a lack of accountability.
Nonprofit News
I’m Not a Philanthropist, But I Play One on a Reality Show!
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In the world of Bravo TV, the real housewives seem to wander from one charitable gala to another with lots of pre- and post-drama, but even a halfhearted attempt to look into many of those “charities” takes us into Never Never Land.
charity scams
A Veterans Day Call for Cleaning Out the Scamming Veterans Charities
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It’s Veterans Day 2015, and veterans still suffer from a number of charities that scam the public claiming to serve the men and women who served in the military. It’s time to change that.
Nonprofit News
The Fake Vet Nonprofit that Sponsored Trump’s USS Iowa Speech on Veteran’s Issues
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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?