Converting Programs and For-Profits into Section 501(c)(3)
Recent nonprofit news highlights a trend that many lawyers are seeing more frequently in practice. Programs lose government funding. Mission-driven…
McKinsey Report Misses Mark on Foundation Leadership
Advice on leadership is everywhere you turn but, unfortunately, a decent amount of it is not so helpful. Enter into…
IRS Criminal Investigation: What Nonprofits Must Know
For many years, nonprofit leaders have thought about the IRS as a civil regulator. The worst-case scenario was an audit,…
It’s Time for a Sector-Wide Reality Check
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP)’s newly released report, “A Sector in Crisis: How U.S. Nonprofits and Foundations Are Responding…
Four ‘Principles of Interpretation’ for Philanthropic and Nonprofit Leaders Navigating Crises
CEP just released a powerful and provocative survey of nonprofit and foundation leaders about the state of civil society during…
A Constitutional and Moral Reckoning: The Opportunity for a Third Founding — And Philanthropy’s Role
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men [sic] are created equal, that they are endowed by their…
The Best Corporate Grant Databases for Nonprofits: A Review
Each year, billions of dollars in corporate funding go unclaimed simply because nonprofits do not know the opportunities exist. For…
New Data Reveals a Sector in Crisis, But Steadfastly Mission-Focused
The importance of nonprofits’ work in the United States cannot be understated. In the words of one nonprofit leader CEP…
Listening (and Learning) Closely: Our Favorite Grantee Quotes of 2025
You’ve heard from some of my colleagues these last weeks with insights — directly from the mouths of donors and…
Neutrality is Not Viable: Leaders Across Sectors Must Speak Out in Defense of Basic Rights
The actions of federal agents in Minneapolis, and the federal government’s blatant lies about what occurred, have taken the crisis…