Where Most Needed

Small Charity Fights Rare Disease (with Millions from Bill Gates)

The complex reality of disease dispels the fantasy of small organization saving the world.

Charities Face Off in Montana Range War

New money favors return of vast buffalo herds, crowding out ranchers that old money charity wants to preserve. 

Tsunami Report Calls for Accreditation of Charities

Trouble is, this huge, collaborative effort at evaulation of the tsunami response received scant attention in the US. 

Activist Group Stiffs Staff on Wages

Landlords and tax collectors also want payment—not a good position for a group that specializes in housing. 

Jury Finds Fraud, not Theft in $550 Million Baptist Foundation Collapse

Attempts at covering up losses leads to convictions of leaders of the organization once audited by Arthur Andersen. 

Oxfam Report Decries In-Kind Food Aid, A Mainstay of US NGOs

And the US agencies face the challenge of finding an alternative funding mechanism. 

Mid-sized Charities Dominate Fund-Raising

New charts show that large scale charities are still significant players and small charities are not, even though they are the most reliant on contributions. 

Author Indicted for Conspiracy to Sell Overpriced Guns to Museum

Huge firearms museum in Louisville is personal project of an heir of the Jack Daniel's whiskey fortune. 

Separation of Church and School

Baptist colleges find that disaffiliation with the denomination can be difficult.

The Professor Looks but Doesn't Leap at Small Nonprofit

Johns Hopkins Professor Lester Salamon, a champion of civil society studies, decides to stay put.