Opinion: Is Technology Helping People Do Good or Do Well?
As Silicon Valley moguls talk up technology’s promise to drive social change, six academics, futurists, and philanthropists consider whether the tech industry is improving the world or just improving bottom lines, in The New York Times Room for Debate opinion feature.
Why Taking Legal Action Against Charity Fraud Is So Hard
The recent 50-state case against four cancer groups was a milestone but highlighted the challenges facing state regulators.
By Robert E. Cooper Jr.
Contributor
Opinion: Art Museums Succumbing to the Lure of Commerce
Citing a growing number of collaborations among museums, for-profit galleries, art dealers, and corporations, a Los Angeles Times art critic laments what he terms the “relentless” commercialization of nonprofit cultural institutions.
Opinion: Some Wealthy Families Take Giving Local
A New York Times financial writer looks at heirs to business fortunes who are steering their philanthropy into the communities where their forebears amassed their riches and applying the results-focused rigor of impact investing to local causes.
Opinion: Sunshine Laws Should Cover University Foundations
The Columbia Journalism Review examines press-freedom controversies involving public universities’ foundations, which often maintain that they are distinct nonprofit entities exempt from states’ open-records laws.
Nonprofits Get Hurt by IRS Inaction on Political Groups
Charities should be pressing for the IRS to do more to clamp down on abuses and lack of disclosure rules for political donors.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Smart Donors Are Putting Nonprofits Back in Charge
Big changes in civil rights, poverty, or climate change won’t happen without strong — and well-financed — nonprofits.
By TOM WATSON
Contributor
Who Should Foot the Bill at a Nonprofit Retreat?
Not all board members or volunteers can afford to pay their way, but it’s a good idea to ask. Here’s why. And here’s how.
By CAROL WEISMAN
Contributor
Ohio U. Urged to Cut Ties With Donor Over Race-Tinged Email
Some student and faculty leaders are calling on Ohio University to remove from campus facilities the name of a multimillion-dollar donor who advised administrators to “play the race card” in a controversy involving the institution’s African-American president, The Columbus Dispatch writes.
Goldman Sachs Buys Impact-Investing Firm Imprint Capital
The Wall Street giant announced Monday that it has purchased Imprint Capital, a San Francisco investment house specializing in crafting portfolios that reflect clients’ environmental, social, and corporate-governance goals, Bloomberg writes.