‘Strategy’ Is Not a Bad Word: It Is Essential Even to Grass-Roots Movements
Achieving social change involves taking a long view while acting with a sense of urgency.
By AARON DORFMAN and PHIL BUCHANAN
Foundations Shouldn’t Fear Immigration Measure
Philanthropists are sorely overlooking the needs of the country’s vibrant and fast-growing Hispanic community.
Too Many Nonprofit Government Contractors Fail to Produce Strong Results
How can social-service programs continue to win public support if they can’t show clearly that they make a real difference?
By Harriet McDonald
Contributor
IRS Rules Against Lobbying Chill Nonprofit Participation in Democracy
After the IRS scandal, charities should seize the opportunity to fix problems that have prevented nonprofits from pursuing strong advocacy in the public interest.
By LAWRENCE OTTINGER
Contributor
Open Debate, Not Politeness, Is What Drives Nonprofit Innovation
Because nobody speaks out, money keeps going to nonprofits and ideas that don’t solve society’s problems.
By CYNTHIA GIBSON
Contributor
Grant Makers Need to Work on Resiliency to Climate Change
Disasters like Hurricane Sandy underscore the need for more philanthropic support to make communities better prepared.
By Karim Al-Khafaji
Contributor
Senate Finance Panel Outlines Ideas for Changing Charity Rules
Lawmakers release ideas they have gathered on ways to change the charitable deduction and regulation of tax-exempt groups.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Opinion: Why Is Nancy Brinker Still Komen’s CEO?
Ten months after Susan G. Komen for the Cure announced that Nancy Brinker would step down as chief executive, the breast-cancer charity’s founder remains officially in charge, a Washington Post columnist notes.
Opinion: Patty Stonesifer Gets ‘Boots Dirty’ at D.C. Charity
The former Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO’s transition from leading the world’s biggest philanthropy to running a small Washington, D.C., community organization is the subject of a New York Times column.
Opinion: IRS Official’s Silence Will Harm Search for Truth
Lois Lerner’s decision to plead the Fifth Amendment before a House committee is “a huge loss for anyone who really wanted to know what happened” in the IRS/Tea Party scandal, writes David Firestone in a New York Times commentary.