https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-provides-safe-haven-for-modern-day-slaves/
There are slaves among us, women, men and children who are sexually exploited and forced to labor unpaid. Nonprofits provide an escape and lifeline for these...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/new-rule-will-require-states-rate-teacher-training-programs/
Concerned about the quality and effectiveness of colleges and programs that prepare teachers, the federal government is requiring states to assess...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/voices-from-the-field-reflections-on-the-decision-to-sell-our-building/
The board and staff of a program serving adults with disabilities recently asked themselves if they really needed the building and grounds that had served the...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/gov-demands-medicaid-transformed-into-block-grants/
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and other Republican governors recently demanded that Medicaid, the state-federal health program that covers 50 million poor and...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/san-diego-city-council-hears-appeal-by-white-knights/
The board of the San Diego Opera has decided to close it as financially nonviable despite the fact that it has not run a deficit in three decades. Stakeholders...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-importance-of-social-safety-net-programs/
You, too, are likely to be poor sometime in your life. It ought to remind you of the importance of the social safety net programs you might need to tap should...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/pick-a-sector-please/
There are good reasons why the level of pay for top executives of nonprofits must be reported. It is part of ensuring accountability to the public, in whose...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/disruption-is-hard-the-limits-of-stakeholder-capitalism/
A Harvard business and public policy conference on disrupting the status quo ironically reveals some of the reasons why the status quo is often so difficult to...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/times-and-guardian-urge-clemency-for-snowden/
Is Edward Snowden an outlaw or a valuable whistleblower who should be protected? The New York Times and the Guardian in the UK both ran editorials asserting...
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https://www.devdiscourse.com/news?tag=civic+engagement
Latest News on civic engagement, Read more information on civic engagement
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/can-a-nonprofit-preserve-the-best-of-a-gentrified-neighborhood/
Why does LISC think it can help prevent the gentrification of the African American community east of the Anacostia River in D.C.?
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/does-the-first-amendment-extend-to-vehicle-license-plates/
While many nonprofits use them to fundraise and to raise awareness, state governments across the country are deliberating the approval of special interest...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/petition-to-strip-nfl-of-nonprofit-status/
Do sports leagues and similarly wealthy marketing-oriented organizations hide under nonprofit status in order to avoid paying federal taxes?
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/one-heroic-nonprofit-revives-17-libraries-in-west-philly/
A local nonprofit forms to reopen shuttered public school libraries in Philadelphia.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-public-sector-union-debate-continues/
Negative poll numbers on public sector unions, even if a little biased, suggest that unions have to get a grip on their brand management problem.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/washington-town-revives-local-currency-as-covid-19-relief/
A lot of the response to the pandemic has been very local, but this unusual measure stands out for its attention to local health in a broader sense.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/why-you-should-run-your-business-like-a-nonprofit/
In a world of fast-diminishing customer and employee loyalty, businesses (and even many nonprofits) can learn substantial lessons from the best of nonprofit...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/respect-the-poor-by-reducing-gun-violence/
Rick Cohen responds to Scott Walter's piece in Philanthropy Daily, "Respect for the Poor," with a thoughtful discussion of guns, untimely deaths, and his own...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/how-lgbtq-advocates-and-groups-are-combating-book-bans/
Amid book bans across the South, LGBTQ+ advocates and groups are pushing back to ensure youth have access to banned books.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/the-ethicist-summer-2005/
The Nonprofit Ethicist helps readers untangle the problems faced by those in nonprofits. Send your submissions for inclusion in our next issue.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/philadelphia-school-advocates-mobilize-with-funding-shortfall/
The Philadelphia school system is facing a budget shortfall of $304 million, leading the Public Interest Law Center to wonder if the state would be able to...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/unreal-donation-leaves-small-oakland-nonprofit-in-a-tailspin/
Sometimes, especially when receiving art donations with uncertain value, it pays to take a financial look before you leap, as a small Oakland nonprofit learns...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/boards-and-racial-equity-are-we-going-about-it-the-right-way/
The Community Leadership Pipeline Initiative preps individuals from underrepresented LGBTQ communities for board service, but the buck does not stop with...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/calling-people-forward-instead-of-out-ten-essential-steps/
With all of these tools in your possession, you are well equipped to take greater responsibility, make the vision of ending racism a reality, and play a bigger...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/demand-for-student-journalism-programs-remains-strong/
A recent national study reveals a growing interest in high school journalism programs in spite of continuing attacks against the media and job cuts at news...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/meeting-jennifer-lopez-for-5-a-charitable-endeavor/
A relatively new entrant in the celebrity charity auction field brings a degree of egalitarianism to a philanthropic staple that was long out of reach for most...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/asian-american-labor-group-decries-wage-theft/
The Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance provides a venue for exploited immigrant workers to tell their stories. Compelling tales of wage theft and other...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/lifting-the-federal-ban-on-needle-exchanges-is-it-enough/
While the ban on funding needle exchanges is now lifted, many questions remain.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/states-act-to-address-physician-shortage-in-rural-poor-areas/
Measures have included funding for med schools, new residency programs, financial incentives, and even changing the requirements to practice medicine.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/an-update-on-student-loans-for-nonprofit-workers/
Another federal student loan program audit finds bountiful evidence of lax oversight of loan service providers.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/race-and-health-and-doulas-for-social-justice/
This article from our special EDI series published in collaboration with YNPN helps explicate how racial inequities invade and taint every realm of nonprofit...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/welcome-summer-2000/
Welcome to our second national issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly. This issue debuts our new special departments. We have developed this section in response to...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/when-a-school-markets-students-as-charity-cases/
Fundraising in public schools is a growing, competitive industry, and it can be a precarious one for students and teachers. Philanthropic giving for K-12...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/what-nonprofit-wage-deficit/
"Nonprofit workers earn less than their counterparts in the for-profit sector." Right? New data suggests that we might have to retire this hoary chestnut to...
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https://www.rediff.com/news/report/nagpur-riots-key-accuseds-wife-wins-civic-polls-on-aimim-ticket/20260117.htm
Alisha Khan, wife of a key accused in the 2023 Nagpur riots case, has won civic polls on an AIMIM ticket. Her husband, Fahim Khan, is accused of involvement in...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/head-start-regulations-aim-to-reduce-rules-by-30/
Using evidence-based practices as a guide, Head Start makes big changes in performance standards.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-newswire-september-30-2009/
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, what's next for post-recession youth, and nonprofit CEO pay up despite the downturn.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/one-more-high-profile-exec-leaves-wounded-warrior-project/
Another exec has left the building at Wounded Warrior Project. Adam Silva was most recently the chief program officer at WWP, but he has at various times been...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/time-olympics-change-business-model/
As Olympic hopefuls focus on the high stakes of deploying their hard won skills in the most celebrated of athletic settings, conversations about the...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-newswire-march-26-2010/?option=com_content&view=article&id=2070:nonprofit-newswire--dame-suzi-leather-warns-of-the-financial-cliff-edge-for-uk-charities&catid=155:daily-digest&Itemid=137
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, immigrants can cheer and jeer for health care reform, foundation director in Oregon held...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/time-running-out-on-orphaned-lots-in-new-orleans/
Seven years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has paid approximately $86 million for the upkeep of 5,100 lots, but more than 3,000 orphaned lots still exist...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/syracuse-sports-scandal-envelops-the-oneida-ymca/
In the midst of the current sports cheating scandal enveloping coach Jim Boeheim and the Syracuse Orange, caught in the net by the NCAA investigators has been...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-newswire-december-18-2009/
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, lower power to the people, theology group reflects on impact of prosperity gospel, music to our...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/attorneys-organize-to-donate-services-to-tornado-victims/
In the wake of the tornados that devastated communities across the south last week, lawyers have mobilized to help provide free legal services and to prevent...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/harvard-prepares-to-pay-a-hefty-endowment-tax/
As a new excise tax on the endowment returns of a small sliver of elite universities comes due, it has become clear that the rules, past some basics, remain...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/henry-timms-picked-to-head-92y/
Replacing the scandal-tainted Sol Adler, the new executive director of the storied Jewish community and cultural center is the current interim director and the...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/torture-killing-gay-men-chechnya-draws-global-fire/
NGOs remind us that LGBTQ rights remain fragile in Russia and around the world.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-files-first-suit-against-emergency-declaration/
NPQ is reminded at times like these how critical nonprofit legal advocates are to preserving our civil and human rights. We remain impressed at their capacity...
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https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/article_83dae5ce-e4d9-4848-8224-43de8e1490e4.html
Forty-one percent of Kelowna city workers did not provide their gender on an employee survey aimed at ensuring fair pay between men and women.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/nonprofit-newswire-the-death-of-public-campaign-financing/
A Marquette law school professor reads the last rites to the idea of public campaign financing.
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https://www.torquenews.com/1574/how-winterize-your-honda-civic
Learn how to winterize your Honda Civic in a few, affordable and easy steps.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/places-to-intervene-in-a-system/
This article by Donella H. Meadows is one of the most passed-around and reprinted pieces on leveraging a system for change ever written.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/voices-from-the-field-can-co-ops-displace-the-gig-economy/
Control of data will dominate the 21st century, and monopolies hold much of the power. Platform cooperatives seek to reverse this trend.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/lawsuit-alleges-ny-school-funding-is-unconstitutional/
A recently filed lawsuit alleges that underfunding charter schools in New York is discriminatory against minorities.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/beyond-planned-gifts-last-gift-burial-site/
Green burials might be a new way to go green for conservation supporters and leaders.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/los-angeles-housing-health-program-saves-public-funds/
Providing stable housing for homeless individuals can improve health and save public dollars, according to a new study from the Rand Corporation.
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/corporate-economic-blackmail-and-what-to-do-about-it/
Aug 7, 2024 - Companies may throw a bone to communities, but it’s nowhere near the money they take and not enough to enable taxpayers to ever break even. And when costs...
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https://nonprofitquarterly.org/income-inequality-extends-well-into-retirement-age/
Research data shows that very few can retire comfortably as the savings of the majority of Americans dwindle to historic lows.
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