The struggles of humanitarian groups in Sudan continued this week as the Norwegian Refugee Council announced it was quitting the strife-torn country after repeated disruptions to its work, reports the Associated Press. The council had to suspend operations five times for over 210 days in a little…
NPR Faulted for Neglecting Classics
The National Endowment for the Arts has faulted National Public Radio for abandoning classical and jazz music in favor of more profitable formats, such as talk radio and news, reports The Washington Post. In a report issued last week, the federal agency said that when public-radio stations cut…
Law Cracks Down on Charitable Tax Breaks
Citing abuses by donors eager to rack up tax breaks, the federal government will begin to monitor such transactions more closely, reports The Wall Street Journal. A bevy of regulations, part of this summer’s pension-reform bill in Congress, will require donors and charities to be more accountable.…
$20-Million Pledge Withdrawn From Florida University
Florida university donor withdraws a $20-million pledge
Arkansas Voters Approve Bingo Fund-Raising Events
Arkansas voters allow charities to raise money through bingo games
A Charity Struggles When Founders Die
The Christopher Reeve Foundation got in trouble with a charity watchdog group during a tumultuous period when both of its founders died, The Wall Street Journal reports. The actor Christopher Reeve died in 2004, and his wife, Dana Reeve, died unexpectedly this year. In December 2004 the BBB Wise…
Discuss How the “Connected Age” Is Changing the Nonprofit World
In an era when people around the world interact with one another through Web sites, chat rooms, cellphones, iPods, and other gadgets and gizmos, nonprofit leaders must adapt to a new mind-set, argues Allison H. Fine in her new book, Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age. Learn more…
Philadelphia Fund Reaches Legal Agreement After Seven Years
Philadelphia health-care fund reaches legal agreement with the state