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Investigating organizations and the people who run them

 
SSIR blogger Kelly Kleiman, who blogs as The Nonprofiteer, is principal of NFP Consulting.

Education

The Rich Get Richer, Once More

If institutions of higher learning want to maintain their tax-favored status, they should abolish legacy preferences.

By Kelly Kleiman | Jan. 20, 2011
 
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Philanthropy

Citizens United and New Rules for Nonprofits

The most important issue for the social sector in the United States in 2011 will be the effects of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

By Lucy Bernholtz | Nov. 9, 2010
 
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Nonprofit Management

Volunteer Bill of Rights

A call for openness and innovation between organizations and volunteers.

By Perla Ni | 2 | Oct. 29, 2010
 
SSIR blogger Kelly Kleiman, who blogs as The Nonprofiteer, is principal of NFP Consulting, which provides strategic planning, Board development and fundraising advice to charities and philanthropies.

Government

An Appraising Stare Down the Gift Horse’s Gullet

Self-governing societies can’t operate on noblesse oblige, and societies that do aren’t truly self-governing.

By Kelly Kleiman | Aug. 31, 2010
 
SSIR blogger Kelly Kleiman, who blogs as The Nonprofiteer, is principal of NFP Consulting, which provides strategic planning, Board development and fundraising advice to charities and philanthropies.

Nonprofits

Are You a Tax-exempt Charity? Sure About That?

A look at re-evaluated nonprofit tax legislation in Illinois.

By Kelly Kleiman | Aug. 18, 2010
 
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Nonprofits

Suing for the Cure?

Is it ethical for a nonprofit to sue another nonprofit over a branding issue?

By Loreal Lynch | 10 | Aug. 11, 2010
 
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Foundations

New Florida Legislation: A Slap in the Face to Nonprofit Diversity Advocates

The philanthropic community has no public opposition to a new, ill-advised piece of legislation.

By Rosetta Thurman | 2 | Jul. 1, 2010
 
SSIR blogger Sean Stannard-Stockton is CEO of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors. Strategic Philanthropy

Philanthropy

The Meaning of the Gates-Buffett Giving Pledge

The importance of this news is not the actual money that many billionaires are likely to pledge, but the cultural ramifications of the campaign.

By Sean Stannard-Stockton | 1 | Jun. 29, 2010
 

Microfinance

Deception in Microfinance: Is Talk of Mission Just Window Dressing?

Only organizations that place the mission of helping borrowers improve their economic circumstances above profits should be considered microfinance practitioners.

By Eric Weaver | May. 6, 2010
 
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Philanthropy

How the Now Generation of Leaders Can Change Philanthropy

"One thing I don’t want to see is young people come in and accept things as they are.”—Bill Somerville, president of the Philanthropic Ventures Foundation

By Rosetta Thurman | Apr. 26, 2010