27 July 2010, 8:24 pm
Nonprofit Newswire | WikiLeaks—Breakthrough Innovation by a Nonprofit

Read our trending Newswires here. Today: WikiLeaks offers, perhaps, a great example of how real breakthrough social innovation can at times be uncomfortable and fraught.

27 July 2010, 9:19 am
Nonprofit Newswire | Who's Owed What by Deadbeat Illinois

If you want to see how a state’s fiscal crisis affects the nonprofit sector, just look at the list of 136 nonprofits that are owed $1,000,000 or more by the state of Illinois.

23 July 2010, 7:12 am
Nonprofit Newswire | Rare Criticism of Harlem Children's Zone

The Brookings Institution issued a report that mildly suggested that the HCZ doesn’t quite deliver as advertised.

21 July 2010, 8:00 pm
First Round of Social Innovation Fund Grantees Named

The first round of Social Innovation Fund grantees was announced today.  The eclectic mix of regrantmaking intermediary grantees were funded for programs addressing economic opportunity, health care, youth development, and school support. We want to know what you think.  Give us your reactions to the Social Innovation Fund program and grantees. Read on for updates from the press conference.

21 July 2010, 11:41 am
When Knee Jerk is Not Enough -- White House to Review Sherrod Firing

 When a flap arose about a speech given by  Shirley Sherrod, the head of the Department of Agriculture’s rural development office in Georgia, the Obama Administration’s knee-jerk reaction was to throw Sherrod under a bus. But it’s not too late for the president to undo the damage.

11 July 2010, 10:37 pm
The LeBron James Charity Show

Are you tired of the LeBron James spectacle yet? We are too. But not because LeBron didn’t have the right to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the talent-rich Miami Heat. Our concerns, on the other hand, are the connections between the “LeBron Show” and journalism and charity.

30 June 2010, 9:33 pm
UPDATE: Time's Up! What You Need to Know about Your 990, Redux

A major deadline for most small nonprofits to file their Form 990-N, also known as the e-Postcard, came and went on May 17, 2010. Nearly 200,000 nonprofits did not meet the deadline and had their tax-exempt status revoked. The fate of these organizations remains uncertain.

29 June 2010, 11:00 am
Anticipating the Third Leg of Warren Buffett’s Philanthropic Journey

Warren Buffett’s collaboration with Bill Gates to promote a “Giving Pledge” by billionaires of half of their fortunes to charity is the second public leg of an extraordinary philanthropic journey by the world’s most admired and resourceful investor. Buzz Schmidt, the founder and president of GuideStar International, lays down his predictions of where the the third leg of Buffet's journey will take us.

28 June 2010, 10:32 am
Promise, Potential, and Pitfalls in Promise Neighborhoods

This afternoon at 4:30, the first heat in the Promise Neighborhoods Olympics will be over. Applications for the Promise Neighborhood planning grants—dividing $10 million among 20 cities—are due. And nonprofits are  lining up and letting agency decision-makers and Congressional representatives know that they’re ready, willing, and able.

21 March 2010, 8:24 am
The Way We Write Is All Wrong: Fixing the Broken Discourse of Fundraising