Tag Archives: nonprofits

The presumption is that, in return for their enormous tax advantages, nonprofit hospitals will provide charity care to patients who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford it and provide other significant benefits that improve community health. 

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a crushing impact on the nonprofit sector that employs about 14% of the U.S. workforce, nearly half of which works for nonprofit hospitals and universities. The remaining half, working mostly for smaller and under- or un-endowed entities, has been severely impacted.

Over the past months, as needs have grown and our ability to respond has been limited, you may have wondered about what you can do to help. Rabbi Jeff and Mindy Glickman from South Windsor, Connecticut are addressing this question in a unique way. They are reimagining what it means to give locally.

OneTable announced today it has been named a “2019 Top-Rated Nonprofit” by GreatNonprofits, the leading provider of user reviews of charities and nonprofits.

In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and established a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Let’s put these new goals into a good news/bad news context.

Give children input into giving -- in too many families, philanthropic values are unilaterally created by the older generations.

An important new study finds that half of U.S. nonprofits are at risk financially -- facing inadequate cash reserves, negative income margins and technical insolvency.

2016 included record levels of giving and impact investing and more strategic approaches to charitable efforts. 2017 will likely launch its own unique trends.

Bruce DeBoskey talks about six trends that he's seeing in philanthropy that will help shape the field in the coming year.

When it comes to corporate giving, the news is encouraging. More U.S. companies are engaging in smart and strategic community investment initiatives.

Impact investing allows philanthropists to make more progress toward their charitable missions by using the engine of their philanthropically committed capital, rather than only the fumes. The IRS has just made that easier.

Nonprofit leaders have begun to successfully challenge the belief that high administrative costs reflect a charitable organization that is poorly run and not worthy of support.

Some personal relationships last a lifetime. Many of them end, however, and people move on.

Many people buy into myths about giving — myths that undermine their willingness to give (or give more) to worthy causes.

Many nonprofit organizations have made innovative social enterprises part of their daily operations to help them achieve their missions. Learn more.