Human Rights
Poverty Persists Because of Us
In Poverty, by America, sociologist Matthew Desmond argues that America’s welfare state doesn’t help those who need it the most.
Review
Tag: Tax Reform
Economic Development
Using New Markets Tax Credits to Build a Home for Healing for the Coquille Indian Tribe
Twenty years ago, New Markets Tax Credits began transforming America’s underserved communities. While some question the federal program’s impact, one rural Oregon tribe has made them a cornerstone of better health and cultural restoration.
Nonprofits & NGOs
The Paradox of American Health Care
Nonprofit hospitals have long commercialized their services to cover their costs. A research article in the Summer 2020 issue.
Collaboration
How 11 Humanitarian Organizations Collaborated to Strengthen Indian Americans’ Giving and Impact
Two years after nearly a dozen India-focused organizations in the United States began discussing how they could combine forces, they have launched the India Philanthropy Alliance and revealed insights into making complex collaborations work.
Foundations
End Bloated Salaries in the Nonprofit Sector
Taxpayers should not have to subsidize excessive pay for executives at charities meant to serve the public good.
Business
French Law Revisits Corporate Purpose
A new French law is about to revamp the country’s civil code and its 200-year-old definition of the corporate purpose.
Philanthropy & Funding
Philanthropy in the Service of Democracy
Plutocratic biases are baked into the policies that structure charitable giving and big foundations. We must overhaul philanthropy to make it better serve democratic ends.
Government
The Johnson Amendment: Fact-checking the Narrative
There is more to the story of the Johnson Amendment than is generally being presented to the nonprofit community.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Does the Tax Code Define Civil Society or Vice Versa?
Civil society wasn’t invented by the tax code, but changes in the law can have serious, if unintended, consequences on the public good. Nothing is final, however; with change comes new opportunity.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Today’s Charitable Sector and Its Roots and Challenges
Like all of civil society, the American nonprofit sector is a living thing. Its recent evolution has created a large and diverse force for good, but faces distinct challenges ranging from identity to sustainability.