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Hey, you want nonprofits to act more like businesses? Treat them like businesses.

Business

Either nonprofits are fully businesses, with all the rights that entails, says this Seattle nonprofit leader, “or else we are beautiful and complex snowflakes of equity and justice and need different considerations.” But stop judging the sector by the standards of business when it doesn’t get many of the benefits of the for-profit sector.

What to consider when you are considering donating

Global Politics

Climate change denial organizations funded in secret by wealthy conservatives

Environment

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and shady election money

Global Politics

Charitable deductions cap may hurt nonprofits

Where Can I Give?

Deciding which charity to donate to requires doing a little homework.

What Kind of Aid Does Japan Really Need?

More than 600 nonprofits have offered relief goods and materials to the people of Japan since the earthquake and tsunami. But with the exception of twelve countries with specialized search and rescue teams and a handful of international aid organizations, the Japanese government is politely turning them down. The Japanese Red Cross Society has yet […]

The World

Work: finding a job and becoming a do-gooder

Business, Economics and Jobs

With many Americans scrambling to find work after layoffs, and millions more who will have to work longer because of losses in the stock market, we talk about whether it’s possible in today’s competitive job market to find a job that is meaningful.

The World

Cap on Charitable Giving Deductions Could Hurt Nonprofits

Global Politics

One of Obama’s strategies to increase tax revenue is a cap on the rate that high-income taxpayers can use to claim charitable deductions. That news is sending shudders through the nonprofit and philanthropic world. The Takeaway has the story.