Sales at nonprofit thrift stores are notably more brisk, sparking an expansion in the field, but the larger market shift that appears to be at play is interesting in itself
Nonprofit Goodwill chapter in Detroit decides that promoting dignity and independence in the workplace requires more than a job—and that making employees owners of their own companies is one strategy for achieving that broader goal.
NPQ has been following Goodwill of Omaha’s recovery from scandal for just under a year. The agency is now turning another corner with the installation of a new CEO, but the process of righting itself with its community will go on for a while.
The practice of nonprofits and for-profits paying workers with disabilities less than minimum wage, permitted by a 1938 law, is declining, but not fast enough.
Goodwill Omaha was basically on probation in its community, needing to show improvement before it is released from public loss of confidence.
Are you acting like a nonprofit, or should we just take that property tax exemption away?
Goodwill Omaha’s executive salaries and other practices have led the Douglas County Assessor’s Office to consider denying property tax exemption to thrift stores.
An ethical stitch in time could have saved Goodwill Omaha a good deal of time, money, and public trust.
As is typical when investigating charity misdeeds, the media leads and the government follows. At Goodwill Omaha, the Nebraska AG is “reviewing,” but what is being reviewed or to what end remains unknown.
Often, mere disclosure and recusals do not suffice to prevent either the appearance or the actuality of conflicts of interest on a nonprofit board. It is best to avoid such relationships.
