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Nonprofit NewswireRead our most popular newswire here: The lack of concerted effort on recruiting and placing Latinos on foundation boards exacerbates the problem.

altRead our most popular newswire here: Fundraisers are likely to be poring over a new report that identifies preferred giving methods of donors by age and demographics.

According to the New York Times, the Social Innovation Fund has agreed to release the ratings of its review panels, a move that will very likely help observers understand why some groups about which there were questions, proceeded through the process to become grantees despite the fact that they received the lowest ratings from some panels. We believe this is a major step towards restoring attention to the substance, rather than to the process, of the SIF's work.

Questions of Transparency Cloud the Social Innovation Fund

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Rick Cohen, Aaron Lester, and Ruth McCambridge

The Obama administration has promised the American public that it would be the most open and transparent administration in U.S. history. To date, that promise has been contradicted by the design and implementation of the Social Innovation Fund, the administration’s flagship program for the nonprofit sector.

Boards and Leadership Hires: How to Get It Right

From the Archives
Deborah Linnell

How a board handles a leadership transition can have powerful and long-lasting effects. This article discusses how the board’s handling of this pivotal moment can result in long-lasting problems—and what your board can do to get it right. 

Last week the Nonprofit Quarterly issued a call for transparency at the Social Innovation Fund and yesterday the SIF issued an answer to that call, albeit one that still falls short of the openness that the Obama Administration promised to observe. 

Youth Villages: A Research-Rich Organization

From the Archives
Ruth McCambridge

A new report says that in Tennessee, the system of care for foster children has been able to reduce the number of children in foster care over the past ten years by a staggering 34 percent. The outcomes are the result of a new approach that was informed by the research driven practice of Youth Villages. Read our profile of the group first published in our Spring 2006 issue.