Arts Institutions Could Benefit From Embracing Digital Media
Creating high-level jobs and setting a strategy for reaching people through social media, smartphones, and other technology are increasingly essential.
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
Technology Start-Ups Don’t Hold All the Answers for ‘Broken’ Nonprofits
Lack of good journalism about nonprofits and strong professional training at business schools and elsewhere perpetuates dangerous myths.
By PHIL BUCHANAN
Contributor
As Donors, Our Obsession With Safeguarding Funds Blinds Us to Real Grantee Needs
Too many projects are doomed before they start because grant makers are unrealistic and shortsighted.
By LAURIE MICHAELS
Contributor
Nonprofits Win Key Victory in Overhead Battles With Government
A little-noticed new rule could add new money for administrative expenses to government grants and contracts charities receive.
By DIANE YENTEL
Contributor
Opinion: Aid Charities Must Weigh Value of In-Kind Gifts
A top official with Partners in Health writes for NPR that aid groups conducting disaster relief should take steps to discourage or reject unsuitable or unsolicited in-kind donations that can hamper relief work.
Satire Can Be a Powerful Message for Nonprofits
A tragic but important lesson from the Paris attacks is that comedy gets across a message that makes a difference.
By Justin Korda
Contributor
Opinion: What a Gates Admission Says About School Reform
The Washington Post’s Answer Sheet education blog considers Bill Gates’s acknowledgement in a recent speech that his foundation’s “Grand Challenges” project to mobilize scientists to develop innovative health-care solutions in the world’s poorest regions has not yet had a significant impact despite a $1-billion investment.
Opinion: the Problem With Venture Philanthropy
Venture philanthropy like that which recently produced a $3.3-billion windfall for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation shifts decisions on life-saving medical research from public institutions into private, profit-minded hands, according to a New York Times column
Opinion: Raising Minimum Wage Puts Nonprofits at Risk
As minimum-wage hikes take effect in more than two dozen states and cities, the demise of a charity-run restaurant in a small Michigan town highlights the dangers the mandated pay raises pose for social-service organizations, according to a Wall Street Journal column.
Opinion: What Went Wrong for ‘Kony 2012′ Nonprofit?
The Washington Post examines the rise and fall of Invisible Children, the organization behind the viral “Kony 2012" video that last month announced plans to wind down its operations.