Foundations
Keeping the “Community” in Community Foundations
A response to the recent article "Redefining Community Foundations" and why community foundations need to stay focused on local impact.
Tag: Tax Reform
Nonprofit Management
To Get to the Good, You Gotta Dance With the Wicked
There may not be one resolution to wicked problems and nonprofits can’t—and shouldn’t—do it all.
Review
Cities
Manifest Density
Investment in "hyperdense" cities is, according to one writer, the key to solving many problems that afflict US society.
Nonprofits
A Better IRS Code
One simple change to the IRS code would ensure that nonprofits assemble diverse boards that truly represent the organizations’ owners: the community.
Socially Responsible Business
Mandatory CSR in India: A Bad Proposal
Looked at from the perspective of the political right, and the left, and the center, the proposed law making CSR mandatory is a really bad idea.
Review
Philanthropy
Philanthropy and Inequality
The disruptive force of the "new philanthropy" holds the promise of helping to reduce inequality. But will it actually do so?
Government
Sequestering the Sector
With the threat of a sequester looming, the charitable sector risks being boxed in.
Government
Liberating 990 Data
Sharing nonprofits’ Form 990 tax data in a comprehensive and easy-to-access manner may open the door to more collaboration and innovation within the sector.
Philanthropy
The Billionaire vs. “Free-riding” Multimillionaires
Philanthropy is not sufficient and taxation is necessary.