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New Report Sheds a Clarifying Light on Patterns of “Enterprise” in...
The Knight Foundation’s latest report lays out the state of enterprise for the field of digital news sites based in nonprofits in a way that we think may be useful to all nonprofits. We spoke to Mayur...
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Washington Post Investigates “Significant Diversions” of Nonprofit Funds as...
If hundreds of billions of losses are being claimed by large nonprofits, how much is actually going missing?
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Indian Tribes Try to Cope with Shutdown
Columbus Day gives unfortunate glory to the acts of Western Europeans who nearly exterminated the indigenous peoples of the American continent, which Christopher Columbus purportedly “discovered” in...
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Real Nonprofit Execs of the O.C.
Watching the more-moneyed never gets old, but when we do so as regards highly paid execs in this sector, it has a different slant.
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“Not for Profit” Is Not “For Profit”
If this simple statement is true, the implications are far more serious than are ever acknowledged.
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Head Start Children: Government’s Go-To for Cuts
Thousands of children across 20 states lost access to Head Start on Tuesday as a result of the government shutdown.
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Nonprofits Begin Coping with Government Shutdown
Not only will federal employees and national parks be impacted by the government shutdown—nonprofits will, too.
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Should New York City Opera Board Be Held Accountable?
You might not go quite as far as Manuela Hoelterhoff’s recommendation that they “should be pilloried,” but you do have to wonder about the board of the New York City Opera.
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Would a Merger with Canada Save U.S. from Ourselves?
American right wing’s predilection for disastrous federal government shutdowns.
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Washington Post Diversions Piece: What it Really Means
Sometimes organizations perpetrate fraud, sometimes they are victims. In the Washington Post’s investigative report on “diversions” of nonprofit assets, the nonprofits involve look more like victims...
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From Black Boxes to Random Acts of Culture: Opera Companies Find New Ways to...
Necessity just may be the mother of new opera, as companies around the globe experiment with smaller venues, opera in unexpected places and other innovative ways to nurture new audiences and emerging...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Small Survey of Foundations on “Hot Button Issues” Shows Little Hysteria
The findings from a recent survey of private foundation donors reveal that many foundations are not very alarmed by the current array of philanthropic "hot button" issues.
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