The Best Way to Stop a Bad Gun Lobbyist Is With a Good Gun Lobbyist
Gun-safety advocates are fighting the powerful National Rifle Association using some of its own tactics.
By ABBY LEVINE
Contributor
Opinion: Book on ‘Good Rich’ Misses Key Points on Philanthropy
Book reviews in The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg offer criticism of Robert Dalzell Jr.'s The Good Rich and What They Cost Us, a study of philanthropy by the wealthy from colonial times to the present day.
Price of Board Inaction: $5.5-Million for One Charity
A case in New York sends a clear message that trustees must pay closer attention to insider deals and questionable compensation arrangements.
By michael peregrine
Contributor
Opinion: Boston Arts Groups Must Pay Their Share for City Services
Big Boston cultural institutions lag far behind nonprofit hospitals and universities in heeding the city’s call to contribute payments in lieu of taxes for receiving police, road, and other public services, a Boston Globe columnist writes.
Opinion: Little to Show From Haiti’s Charity Influx
The hundreds of millions of dollars that have poured into Haiti through international aid groups since the devastating January 2010 earthquake have done little to secure the country’s economic future, according to a Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
It’s Time for Charities to Hire Women CEO’s and Pay Them Fairly
The path of women in the Jewish world shows a problem facing all nonprofits, where men who hold top jobs still earn much more.
By Jane Eisner
Contributor
How Charities Won a High-Stakes Battle on Donor Tax Breaks
Threats to the charitable deduction ignited a more powerful brand of advocacy than nonprofits typically wage but future battles could be marred by rifts among key players.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Donors and Charities Need Protection as Secret Political Spending Grows
New York is taking an important step to force new disclosure rules on social-welfare groups that spend a lot on campaigns, in part because the Internal Revenue Service has failed to act.
By David Earley
Contributor
Donors Aren’t Always Right. Here’s How to Sidestep Their Misguided Ideas
Fundraisers should tell rich people to top meddling in charities’ internal workings, putting money into buildings, and creating their own foundations.
By Felix Salmon
Contributor
We Can Do Better Assigning Roles to Charities and Government for Fixing Social Ills
Not every challenge should be met by enlisting federal aid, but here’s a way to decide what can be done by private and public entities.
By PAT NICHOLS
Contributor