The sale of nonprofit health insurer Fidelis to the for-profit Centene led to the formation of a questionable statute that may impact the future of nonprofit conversions in New York state.
In the news media, tolerance of staff cutbacks is fraying, sparking an intensifying search for new business models, including a growing number of calls for nonprofit ownership.
Have you heard of the large and often anonymous LLC-based funder that just bought majority shares in The Atlantic?
This account of the care needed when making a nonprofit acquisition in good faith is a positive but cautionary lesson for those considering these kinds of organization-changing affiliations.
We’ve heard of flipping houses—but hospitals? What is going on with this for-profit health network and all its nonprofit hospital acquisitions?
Funders who believe that a field may be well served by a merger or two would do well to watch their language and make a pot of capital available for explorations. How about making those explorations a little less charged?
The shift to managed care and tighter government funding has put pressure on the nonprofits in the health field. For some organizations, the new operating environment will prove too difficult.
This appalling story reinforces why states are supposed to step in on behalf of the public when the assets of a nonprofit are liquidated.
Conversion foundations tend to have special relationships to their local communities.
An agreement between the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University will transfer control of the Museum School to Tufts, providing potential benefit to both institutions and students. This will be a partnership to watch!
