The state embraces a model where nonprofit support is a joint responsibility of corporations, donors, and government—but working human service nonprofits have their own, separate organization.
Declines in funding and a public perception of institutions as boring are leading to a crisis that threatens their extensive, behind-the-scenes scientific research.
Executive director fired—it might be due to complaints from groups on the ground or from a financial company targeted in a divestment campaign. Competing rationales pit the New York Times against the Boston Globe.
Informal after school program prepares to wind up shop after declining due to competition from programs that raise reading and math test scores. But there are behind-the-scenes hints that direct competition with a for-profit science program and executive transition issues could have played a role, too.
