More Troubles for the March of Dimes
During the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt, it was not widely known that, as a younger man, he had been stricken with polio, then called infantile
Public Service Loan Forgiveness: Glitches
Back in 2007, when the Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program was established, it seemed like an excellent way to help both struggling college
The “Big Bet” Social Change Movement
One of the most hopeful developments in the past few years has been the philanthropy community’s increasing openness to reexamining the roles of donors as
Time for Nonprofits to Engage on Overtime Proposals
For several years, we’ve followed and reported on the saga of significant changes in federal labor-law rules that were put in place in the last
Conflicts Scandals at Major Medical Centers
Major scandals at two prominent nonprofit medical institutions erupted in the fall of 2018, capping an already tough year that had seen “an endless stream
New Medicaid Work/Volunteer Court Ruling
There’s so much governmental action – (or inaction, when action is necessary) directly or indirectly affecting the nonprofit sector and charitable beneficiaries, it’s hard to
The Fringe Benefits Tax: Hope for Repeal
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) made sweeping changes in the federal tax code affecting almost all entities and individuals after a whirlwind
A Different Kind of Donor-Advised Fund Story
The proliferation of the donor-advised fund (DAF) model of charitable donation has been one of the biggest recent trends in philanthropy. In both news and
More Groups Want 501(c)(4) Status
There is a discernible trend in the current political climate by liberal organizations away from the traditionally favored 501(c)(3) public-charity, tax-exempt status. More than a
Rethinking Nonprofits’ Disaster Planning
Recently, Bryan McQueenly raised a provocative issue to his neighbors in an op-ed in the Ventura County Star. In The Real Costs of Disasters for
Hot Issues for Nonprofits in 2019
In the philanthropy sector – as in every other – the start of a new year marks an avalanche of fortune-telling: which issues that were
Cause-Related Marketing: New Aggressive Enforcement
In the 1980’s, the American Express company tried out an advertising technique that had not been done before. The financial services giant joined with