Give and Take: What Makes a Charity a Charity

What are the key elements that should be used to determine charity status? That is the question posed in one of the blogs highlighted in today’s Give and Take roundup of the most interesting opinions and ideas written about the nonprofit world.

Plus:

• How the health-care overhaul could affect nonprofit hospitals

• A philanthropist documents his travels on a peace mission in the Middle East.

• Why a new guide on giving misses the mark.

• The importance of resilience and other traits as young nonprofit leaders seek to thrive.