IRS Raises Questions About Charity Status of Mozilla Foundation
IRS raises questions about charity status of Mozilla Foundation
Using Games to Solve Gritty Social Problems
Ruby Wood has just died, leaving a very special bequest: $6-million for the six people who helped take care of her in her old age to give away to other people who care for others as well as other people in need of care. That’s the basic story at the center of a new online game to be unveiled by…
Nonprofit Groups Discuss How Elections Affect Their Organizations
Nonprofit groups on Sunday got an optimistic view of how the historic 2008 presidential elections and the administration of Presdent-elect Barack Obama, a Democrat, will effect their organizations. Independent Sector, a nationwide association of foundations, and corporate giving programs, kicked…
What’s Needed: a Dow Jones Index for the Nonprofit World
With the whole world watching the indices that follow financial markets second-by-second, Alan J. Abramson, a scholar of the nonprofit world, wonders why there’s not a similar index tracking the nonprofit world. At a meeting of the Independent Sector here, Mr. Abramson suggested that charity…
Amid Challenges, Nonprofit Leaders See Big Opportunities
Charity leaders at the Independent Sector’s annual meeting, which opened in Philadelphia today, turned what could have been a doom-and-gloom discussion about the financial challenges facing nonprofit groups into a feel-good look into what a new presidential administration might mean for nonprofit…
Economy’s Downturn Unlikely to Cause Big Decline in Foundation Grants, Report Predicts
Economy’s downturn not likely to harm grant making, report says