Where Most Needed

Bridgespan Misses the Path to Greatness

Some major changes in the charity industry are revealed by data on 144 very successful start-ups since 1970. 

Charity Restaurants Trade Work for Food

One World Everybody Eats in Salt Lake City and SAME Cafe in Denver try out different social venture models for feeding those in need. 

AT&T Classic: Charities Lost in the Rough

Federal filings leave doubts about how much charities benefit from this PGA tour golf tournament. 

New United Way Rules Devastate a Small Service Agency

A shift of priorities to teens and consumer credit counseling leaves people with disabilities behind.  It's too bad they can't keep up in a competitive world. 

Email Blasts Billion-Dollar IT Project at Nonprofit HMO

A project manager's rant focuses attention on problems with the conversion of the Kaiser system to electronic medical records. 

Merger Mystery with Pennsylvania Blue Cross

The two largest Blue Cross organizations in Pennsylvania, both still nonprofits, want to merge.  But why?

Michigan Court Redefines Charity

High court rejected the idea of defining charity by the numbers, so health care facilities are charities even when they provide very little charity care.  What's important is access to all. 

Fundraisers Make Sure Something is in It for Me

Savvy participants in fundraising events for medical research use their leverage to steer funding to research that benefits their own family members.

NTEN to Party Down in DC

A new generation carries on an old paradox: one thing that small charities do well is throw expensive parties. 

Report: The Charity Industry vs. The Nonprofit Sector

Report summarizes the employment, number of establishments, and revenue in 68 NAICS 6-digit industry sectors where nonprofit and charity organizations operate, according to the last US Economic Survey in 2002.