Republican Focus on Planned Parenthood: A 25-Year Trend of Partisan Action

By John Brothers 2

In the excitement of the budget negotiations, a nonprofit organization was again thrust into the national spotlight.

ACORN, NPR, Planned Parenthood, and the Sector’s Challenges in Protecting Itself

By John Brothers 1

There should be greater concern over who is protecting nonprofits that find themselves in situations like that of NPR, which recently lost its federal funding.

2012 Budget May Reflect President Obama’s Attempt to Reconcile His Nonprofit Sector History

By John Brothers 3

The debate on the 2012 budget and the President’s own history with the nonprofit sector gave me a better understanding as to why the President might have made some of his decisions.

US-China Relations: Leadership Lessons on Confrontation and Dialogue from Nonprofits

By Sonia M. Ospina

Investing in leadership development represents a prerequisite to a new US foreign policy that is more in accord with today’s unstable and volatile times.

The Era of Abstract Philanthropy

By Sean Stannard-Stockton 4

It would be a great thing for an era of Abstract Philanthropy to open our eyes to understanding the very essence of the philanthropic act.

Back to the Future: Will We See a New Generation of Nonprofit Organizations in 2011?

By Rosetta Thurman 1

There are new leaders coming into the nonprofit sector with ideas that have the potential to change the way social change happens. It’s time to ask some new questions.

Cohort Capacity Building: Is the Sector Ready?

By Anne Sherman 3

Earlier this month I had the privilege of learning from four really smart and experienced people who participated in a panel discussion that TCC Group, a global management consulting firm.

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Citizens United and New Rules for Nonprofits

By Lucy Bernholz

The most important issue for the social sector in the United States in 2011 will be the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission (FEC).