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Hot Residential Market a Sudden Boon to Some NYC Nonprofit Property Owners
The Nonprofit Quarterly has written a lot about the problems caused for many nonprofits by owning their buildings. Even in today’s newswires, there is a story about serious building problems among a...
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Knight Report Shows Dynamics of Revenue and Rich Mix of Investors in...
“Civic leaders and funders are increasingly exploring the potential for technology to promote healthy, vibrant communities. Though activity and investment in civic tech has grown over time, a lack of...
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Minnesota Orchestral Association Finally Comes to Terms with Musicians
The epic lockout of the musicians at the Minnesota Orchestra has lasted more than fifteen months and involved some moves by the musicians and the orchestra’s donors to establish an alternative...
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R.I. Urban League Sued by Employees of Its Homeless Shelter
The Urban League of Rhode Island is in one of those public organizational tailspins that require a strong board. Where is the board in this situation?
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Doctors’ Cooperatives as Social Enterprise: A Transferable Model?
A tradition of general practitioner cooperatives in the UK indicates how much we might be able to learn from looking abroad for models of social enterprise.
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What Do Social Enterprises Have to Do with the Construction Industry?
As more companies take an interest in sourcing services from social enterprise groups, the Wates Group has seized the opportunity to establish the UK building industry’s first national brokering service.
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Antisocial Social Enterprises and Insights on Real Collaboration
An anonymous “social entrepreneur” shares the secrets behind successful collaboration.
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Entrepreneurship Run Amok: Seattle’s $2,000 Homelessness Tour
A so-called “social entrepreneur” in Seattle wants to offer tours of Seattle’s homeless life for $2,000 a pop. Really?
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Death, Monks, and Social Enterprise
The word of the U.S. Supreme Court “puts the final nail in the coffin” of the attempts by the Louisiana Board of Embalmers and Funeral Homes to stop the Benedictine monks of St. Joseph Abbey from...
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Proof that Social Enterprise Can Succeed as It Fails
The Montreal-based nonprofit that helped established many big-city bike-sharing programs has declared bankruptcy. What are the takeaways?
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What will Toms Shoes’ Leader Bring to Lululemon?
One potential benefit of running a successful social enterprise is a personal brand with a higher social consciousness. Did that weigh on the scales of Lululemon’s new choice for CEO?
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Three Tips from 3 Established Social Enterprises
Choose your friends wisely, be honest and straightforward, and produce great quality—three suggestions for social entrepreneurs (and just about anyone else).
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MBA Programs Increasingly Incorporate Social Goals
Students seeking to “do good” are turning to MBA programs, not just nonprofit management programs. MBA programs are adjusting their curriculums to reflect the changing demands of students.
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Revitalization Through Social Enterprise: Mouraria of Lisbon
The mayor of Portugal’s capital city is fighting against the nation’s devastated economy by encouraging and funding economic action by coalition groups in a hard-hit neighborhood.
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Why This Small Social Enterprise Failed
Despite the best of intentions, Prairie Harvest Mental Health will close the small luncheonette it operated in Grand Forks, Michigan. Here’s one view as to why the 4th Street Eatery met its end.
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Legal Aid Takes a Step up in the 2014 Appropriations Deal
For the first time in a long time, the budget of the federal Legal Services Corporation is seeing a small but noteworthy uptick. However, this increase in FY2014 is still millions of dollars short of...
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This Organization’s Demise Has Lessons for All Nonprofits
When nonprofits adhere too strongly to the notion that boards should keep their distance from management, it can lead to irretrievable losses.
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Due Process Rights for Nonprofits? Don’t Count on It
What the heck was behind the shuttering of 15 behavioral health organizations in New Mexico last summer? Due process and transparency are definitely not the watchwords of this situation!
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Doing Business with the Government: Administrative Challenges Faced by...
Nonprofits face many administrative challenges on a day-to-day basis, ranging from managing donations and fundraising relationships to making sure the bills are paid. However, those organizations...
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Will Detroit Foundations Save the Nation’s Largest Black Museum, Too?
Detroit’s Wright Museum houses the nation’s largest African-American historical collection. Will the Wright also be saved in the Detroit fiscal bailout, or will it be a museum “stepchild” overlooked in...
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