All the News That’s Fit to Finance
The most widely accepted rationale for the existence of nonprofit organizations is that they fill important public needs that the market and government are unable or unwilling to meet. If there were ever a case for a vital unmet public need in contemporary American democracy, it is the gaping hole…
By Bruce Sievers
Contributor
Charities and the Shibboleth of Accountability
Rhetoric emanating from public and private sources suggests a big problem with non-profit accountability. In fact, despite a few well-publicized cases to the contrary, there is little evidence of significant wrongdoing or irresponsible behavior by non-profit organizations. Nor is there a lack of…
By Bruce R. Sievers and Bruce Sievers