North Carolina Charities Appeal to State Pride to Temper Budget Cuts
A new advocacy campaign by a coalition of 120 organizations seeks to persuade state officials in North Carolina to preserve a wide range of social programs.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Why State Officials Step In to Clean House at Nonprofits
When boards and nonprofit CEO’s don’t ask tough questions and demand excellence, state regulators often step in and demand change.
By Bob Carlson
Contributor
Community Block Grants Cuts: More Details Emerge
The Obama administration’s budget director says carrying out a proposed five-year freeze on much domestic spending will mean cutting many programs close to the president’s heart, including those that reflect his past a community organizer, The New York Times reports. Among the “tough calls” cited…
By STACY PALMER
Contributor
A Small Health Charity Takes On California in Legal Battle
A nonprofit that helps people with disabilities is suing the State of California over cuts in aid in a case that has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Charities in many other states are also facing struggles as governments trim spending.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Meeting of New White House Panel on Social Change Streamed Live
The new White House Council for Community Solutions is holding its first meeting today, and you can eavesdrop by watching the live stream on the White House Web site. The panel, appointed by President Obama in December to advise the federal government on ways to promote innovative social projects…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Deceiving Donors and Putting Victims at Risk: a Recipe for Trouble
A Missouri official explains why the state took the harsh measure of shutting a domestic-violence charity.
By Bob Carlson
Contributor
Obama’s Community-Action Spending Plans Trigger Concern
President Obama singled out community-action programs as a place for budget cuts in his State of the Union address, so now nonprofit leaders are mobilizing to figure out how to fight back.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Republicans Propose Big Cuts in National Service and International Aid
A group of conservative Republicans has proposed eliminating spending on national service, international aid, the arts, and many other efforts that support nonprofit groups.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
$1.4-Billion in Federal Grants to Homeless Programs Announced
Nearly 7,000 charity programs will receive money to provide housing, job training, and other services to the nation’s homeless.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Boards Can’t Just Abandon an Insolvent Nonprofit
Board members can face legal hassles and other problems if they don’t take the proper steps to dissolve a nonprofit in financial trouble.
By Janet Kleinfelter
Contributor
Breaking the Poverty Cycle: a Washington Community’s Battle Plan
See statistics and figures from The Chronicle’s report on the D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Medical Van Brings an Added Dimension to an Education Effort
An effort to improve public schools in one of Washington’s most impoverished neighborhoods gets a boost from a mobile health program.
By Derek Lieu
Contributor
New Illinois Tax Increases Offer Only Modest Relief for Unpaid Charities
Illinois’s human-services charities can expect some help from the state’s efforts to deal with its deficit, and many are excited about a new $400-million state fund to provide aid to the needy.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Embezzlement Happens. It’s What Charities Do Next That Matters
If charities want donors, regulators, and the public to trust them, they need to do more to punish employees who steal from their coffers, writes Bob Carlson, who oversees regulation of nonprofits in Missouri’s attorney general office. With this post, a new team of state regulators joins The Chronicle’s Watchdog blog.
By Bob Carlson
Contributor
A New Team Joins ‘The Watchdog’ Blog
State regulators offer their advice to charities in The Chronicle’s Watchdog blog.
By Bob Carlson
Contributor
California’s Safety Net Faces More Fiscal Strain
The new governor of California, Jerry Brown, says the state needs to cut spending on social services as part of massive plan to reduce costs and raise taxes.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor