West Virginia
A Politician, a Golf Course, and Old White Charities
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Old White Charities has two board members making six figures. One of them is the governor of West Virginia.
technological fluency
Constituents Sue New Nonprofit for Failure to Keep Job Training Promises
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One year old, and this nonprofit may be the respondent in a proposed class action suit. It is a dramatic example of starting off on the wrong foot.
Policy & Government
Who’s the WV Governor Who Switched Parties at a Trump Rally? A Philanthropic and Business Profile
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Last night, Democratic West Virginia Governor Jim Justice announced his switch to the Republican Party. NPQ has reported on Jim Justice previously as a man known as a showy philanthropist who doesn’t necessarily pay out the money he pledges.
billionaire philanthropy
A Familiar Pattern: Businessman, Philanthropist, Politician—But Where is the Civic Accountability?
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There’s a coal mine owner who makes large pledges out of money he’s made running mines that are consistently far less safe than average, and then does not pay them off. He’s running for governor in West Virginia.
“placemaking”
WV Nonprofit Scales State’s Artisans as Economic Development Strategy
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Artists and artisans receive help from a nonprofit dedicated to building a national market for works made in West Virginia.
Nonprofit News
In Wake of Recent Consolidation, WV Red Cross Performance Under Fire
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A recent article in a West Virginia paper provides a peek into unraveling relationships between local emergency service officials and the regional office of the Red Cross.
Nonprofit News
10 States Enforce Lifetime Food Stamp Bans for Drug-Related Felonies
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Missouri is contemplating modifying, though not eliminating, its ban on food stamps for persons convicted of drug-related felonies. If the bill passes, it would still leave nine states with these punitive lifetime bans.
Board Governance
Intimidation of Nonprofits: Republicans Scare Off Nonprofit Navigators
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One of the nonprofit groups that received a navigators grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to help consumers in making purchases on the health insurance exchanges has been scared off by an intimidating letter from its state attorney general—at least that’s the way we read it, and so does West Virginian senator Jay Rockefeller.