In its never-ending quest to market the hell out of every last space on the calendar — It’s President’s Day! Buy a Car! — America’s for-profit enterprise has seized upon today, February 29, Leap Day, as yet another chance to launch mindless promotions. (Nonprofits aren’t exactly immune to the affliction, either.) Me, I like to […]
Calling it “A Capitalist Jolt for Charity,” the New York Times breathlessly told the story on the front page of its Sunday Business section of a pair of married philanthropists who took the nonprofit they were supporting and transformed it into a for-profit venture because, shock of shocks, what they were funding was costing them […]
It’s one thing to give up Hershey kisses or M&Ms for Lent. A pair of bishops in the Church of England are asking their congregants to forgo excessive energy use between Ash Wednesday and Easter.
Bishops Richard Chartres of London and James Jones of Liverpool recently partnered with the U.K.-based nonprofit organization Tearfund (Jones is […]
A nonprofit Chicago film center’s concern about losing its tax-exempt status was enough to compel it to postpone its scheduled January screening of a documentary about Barack Obama’s 2006 trip to Africa. Now comes word that the IRS is investigating the United Church of Christ, of which Obama is a member, regarding the senator’s speech […]
The older I’ve gotten, the more libertarian I’ve become. In general, people should be able to do what they want, I believe, especially in their personal lives, as long they’re not misled about the risks involved and as long as their behavior doesn’t harm others. Gambling, for example, I’m fine with: I play poker every […]
“Operational excellence.” “Revenue streams.” “Differentiation.” “Cross-selling.” “Quantitative and qualitative research.”
Having learned well from their for-profit brethren, nonprofits now have much to teach, according to a Boston Symphony Orchestra official and a communications consultant. Writing in the current issue of Forbes, Mark Volpe and Roger Sametz argue persuasively a point I’ve been making since starting this […]
Corporations and environmental nonprofits have something in common: a love of green. Okay, granted, for one group the color refers to scratch and for the other Mother Earth, but as Alison Kriscenski points out, ever the twain shall meet.
With that in mind, here’s a belated shout-out to Greener Assets, last week’s b5 Business Channel Blog […]
Last week the New York Times published an incendiary piece that suggested Republican presidential candidate John McCain had had an affair with a lobbyist and had pulled strings on her behalf. Among a party faithful that places a premium on what are commonly called “family values,” the news could have been disastrous for the Arizona […]
Having ground the life out of mainstream journalism, Wall Street turns its attention to college papers.
How political corruption benefits nonprofits.
Back Bay budget problems? It’s all Harvard’s fault! And MIT’s, too!
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According to the federal Office of Minority Health, heart disease afflicts African Americans at a disproportionately high rate:
African American adults are less likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease, however they are more likely to die from heart disease. Although African American adults are 40% more likely to have high blood pressure, they are […]
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