Pulled down by an embezzlement scandal and a lightning rod for right-wing attacks, the deeper tragedy at Acorn is how Wade Rathke turned community organizing into a personality cult that prevented the emergence of a new generation of leadership.
Restructuring after the dismissal of founder Millard Fuller has some affiliates longing for a more grassroots approach, but a glance at form 990s and trends in U.S. housing reveals more fundamental perils facing the organization's mission and methods in its home country.
A tiny nonprofit operates a web site that allows citizens to weigh in on local issues like zoning changes without attending city council meeings. But there are complaints of ballot stuffing in online polls, which a little analysis shows is a credible claim.
A tiny nonprofit and an unincorporated group kept the pressure on the National Park Service to tell the story of how President George Washington held on to his slaves in the original US capital after Pennsylvania abolished slavery.
And yet, despite initiatives in community development, gay & lesbian rights, and immigration policy, large civic gestures still define the principal foundation of the Haas family.
IRS safe harbor rules enables the organization's board to award over a million to its retiring chief, who shut down charity projects while opening more retail stores.
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.
California ferret advocacy group releases poll results showing that people are overwhelmingly opposed to legalizing the little creatures as pets. Other advocates say that sometimes it might be better just to keep your mouth shut.
After the criticism of the Smithsonian for its CEO's compensation, a comparison raises doubts about the reasonableness of another institution's top salary.
