Evaluating Programs? Ask Clients What They Think
Charities lose out on valuable insight about programs because they’re reluctant to ask clients for feedback, argues a nonprofit consultant.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Philanthropists Can Promote Democracy: Buy a Daily Newspaper
Grant makers and wealthy donors need to recognize that they can’t promote their goals to improve society if the nation’s daily newspapers keep cutting back.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Court’s Health-Care Ruling Offers Little-Noticed Threat to Nonprofits
The legal logic in the majority opinion makes it far easier for lawmakers to increase government control of tax-exempt groups and limit write-offs for donors.
By Suzanne Garment and LESLIE LENKOWSKY
To Build Better Programs, Charities Must Listen to the People They Help
Too much money and time are wasted when nonprofits don’t seek out feedback from clients.
By PERLA NI
Contributor
Regional Grant Makers Hold the Key to Containing Health-Care Costs
Small amounts of money and strong coalitions of businesses, government, and nonprofits can promote big reductions in wasteful spending.
By Mark R. Kramer
Contributor
Donor-Advised Funds: How to Unlock the Money and Avoid Abuses
Two foundation officials respond to an opinion piece suggesting that grant makers are skirting payout rules by giving to the advised funds, and another nonprofit official wonders how charitable the commercially run funds are.
A 5-Point Plan for Grooming Future Nonprofit Leaders
Training new executives doesn’t have to take a lot more time or money, but it does require a deliberate approach that starts in the CEO’s office.
By Preeta Nayak
Contributor
June’s Elections Offer a Warning Shot for Progressive Nonprofits
Elections in California and Wisconsin show that voters don’t want to sacrifice much-needed services to pay exorbitant pension costs for government workers.
By WILLIAM SCHAMBRA
Contributor
Opinion: Social Impact Bonds Show Promise in Addressing Ills
A New York Times blogger takes a detailed look at the first social-impact-bond project—a privately financed effort to reduce criminal recidivism in an English city.
Opinion: U.Va. Firing Flap Shows Growing Sway of Rich Donors
A University of Virginia media-studies professor writes in online magazine Slate that the controversial firing of the school’s president show the downside of U.S. colleges’ “addiction to philanthropy.”