The Social Innovation Fund’s Challenge: Helping Nonprofits Survive Failure
A new federal experiment provides all the ingredients needed for innovations to spread across the nonprofit world. Now the question is whether government and charities will have the courage to deal with the inevitable bumps that accompany true innovation.
By CLARA MILLER
Contributor
Let’s Find a New Way to Recover From Crises
Why the nonprofit world and other institutions need to find new ways to deal with disasters and other crises.
By Brian Reich
Contributor
Why Nonprofit Groups Should Talk More About Money
A new blog from the Nonprofit Finance Fund and The Chronicle seeks to expand the conversation about how nonprofit groups manage their money.
By CLARA MILLER
Contributor
Lessons From the Gulf Oil Spill
Why the Gulf of Mexico oil spill represents a missed opportunity for nonprofit groups and companies to change the culture of disaster response.
By Brian Reich
Contributor
Guest Post: The Role of Business in Solving Social Problems
Businesses can have a positive role in shaping social change, writes the head of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy.
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Solving Problems Requires a New Definition of the Social Good
Corporations, charities, and individuals need to resolve to work together in new ways to solve America’s toughest problems and redefine what good citizenship means.
By Scott Henderson
Contributor
Charities Can Expect More Money to Flow From Donor-Advised Funds
As the stock market recovers, one of the first beneficiaries could be donor-advised funds -- and that could well mean more money for many charities.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
After 2 Years of Tough Losses, Donor-Advised Funds Are Surging
Donor-advised funds are back in growth mode after two years of bruising losses, adding new hopes for an increased flow of money to charities, a new Chronicle survey has found.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Smaller Nonprofit Endowments Outperformed Larger Ones in 2009, Chronicle Survey Finds
Find information about endowments at dozens of groups in our searchable database.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Federal law bars foundations — but not charities — from making loans to their officers and directors. The practice is prevalent enough that two influential voices in the charity world reacted sharply to The Chronicle’s findings.
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor