Firing an Employee: Making Your Decision
Five questions you must answer when deciding whether to terminate an employee.
By Pratichi Shah
Contributor
Livestrong Taps Former Komen Executive as New CEO
Chandini Portteus moves from one financially troubled nonprofit to another, taking the helm of the onetime juggernaut created by now-disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
Green Groups Call on Science Museums to Cut Koch Ties
Leading environmental organizations, including the Sierra Club and Greenpeace, are sponsoring a petition drive urging the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum and the American Museum of Natural History in New York to remove industrialist David H. Koch from their boards, Inside Climate News and The New York Times report.
Hospitals Saved $7.4 Billion on Charity Care in 2014
The Department of Health and Human Services study issued Tuesday estimated that hospitals spent $27.3 billion on uncompensated care last year, $7.4 billion less than what the cost would be if the rate of uninsured Americans had stayed at its 2013 level, Reuters writes.
‘Race Together’ Spotlights Starbucks CEO’s Brand of Activism
The Wall Street Journal looks at Starbucks boss Howard Schultz’s sometimes controversial penchant for injecting social activism into his leadership of the giant coffee chain. The article comes after the firm backpedaled somewhat on an effort to spark a broad public conversation about race relations.
Alamo Nonprofit Sues for Control of Artifacts at Texas Site
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which managed the Alamo for 110 years before the state of Texas announced plans to take over operations, is suing to retain ownership of more than 30,000 books and artifacts at the historic San Antonio site’s library, the Associated Press reports.
Ill. Charity Official Pleads Guilty in $500,000 Theft Case
The former finance director of a Chicago-area Muslim school and foundation faces up to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing from the organization, the Chicago Tribune writes.
Background Checks Vary but Need to Be Robust and Fair
Experts share their advice on what to look for in the pre-employment review of a job candidate.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Nonprofit Mailers Scramble, Again, to Fight Postal-Rate Increases
The Postal Regulatory Commission gave nonprofit magazine publishers extra time to lobby by twice rejecting a proposed new pricing structure.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Suitors Line Up for Newly Available Nonprofit Hospital Chain
Several potential buyers are interested in purchasing some or all of the six Daughters of Charity hospitals following the collapse of for-profit Prime Healthcare Services’ bid to take over the entire California chain, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
Gates Fund Held $1.4 Billion in Fossil-Fuel Stock in 2013
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has identified climate change as a major global threat, had hundreds of millions of dollars invested in large oil, gas, and coal companies in 2013, The Guardian writes, citing an analysis of the $43 billion fund’s most recent available tax return.
Billionaire’s Nonprofit Will Rate Firms on Good Works
Speaking at a TED conference in Vancouver, hedge-fund mogul Paul Tudor Jones outlined plans for an effort to broaden corporations’ missions beyond profitability by soliciting public input to rank companies on the basis of social responsibility, Bloomberg writes.
Clinton Health Program Did Not ID Donors Until This Year
A Clinton Foundation spin-off organization did not disclose its donors while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, apparently breaching her pledge to the Obama administration that the charity would fully reveal its funding sources while she served in the cabinet, Reuters reports.
March Madness Means Fundraising in Indianapolis and Louisville
The annual Brackets for Good tournament uses competition to inspire charitable donations.
By Rebecca Koenig
Contributor
Helene Gayle to Lead Nonprofit Started by McKinsey
The chief executive of CARE USA has been named the first leader of a nonprofit that has received $70-million from the consultancy.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Management Questioned at U.S.-Backed Mortgage-Aid Nonprofit
Bloomberg reports on allegations of questionable management and procurement practices at NeighborWorks America, a nonprofit that has received some $2 billion in federal money since 2007 to help homeowners battered by the mortgage crisis.