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Nonprofit Newswire | Keeping Faith, Courting Conservatives

Rick Cohen

Why did President Obama continue the practice of his many predecessors by attending the National Prayer Breakfast organized annually by something called "the Fellowship Foundation?"

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Nonprofit Newswire | City Stems Funding in N.H.

Rick Cohen

In Manchester, New Hampshire, the city has been cutting back on its funding of nonprofits. Mayor Ted Gatsas believes that it is not the city's responsibility to finance nonprofits at all.

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Nonprofit Newswire | $1.2B Deficit in Minn.

Rick Cohen

Minnesota's year starts with a $1.2 billion deficit, a Republican governor pledged against tax increases, and an opposing legislature disinclined to make program cuts.

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Nonprofit Newswire | Real Losses for Nonprofit Arts in N.J.

Aaron Lester

A review of dozens of financial records and interviews with arts officials in New Jersey show the economic downturn was more devastating than anticipated for arts organizations there.

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Nonprofit Newswire | In a changing landscape, whither the 501c3?

Rick Cohen

In her Philanthropy 2173 blog, Lucy Bernholz provides consistently astute, challenging analysis on where the nonprofit sector might be headed.

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Nonprofit Newswire | TFA for Sustainable Schools?

Rick Cohen

Teach for America is a powerhouse organization, a brand name that everyone knows about from poignant press stories of highly motivated young TFA teachers, but most people don't know the dimensions of how much TFA influences specific school districts.

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Nonprofit Newswire | February 8, 2010

The Editors
February 08, 2010
Nonprofit news from around the country and the world. Today, keeping faith, courting conservatives, city stems funding in N.H., $1.2B deficit in Minnesota and more.

Saving Children: Helping or Exploiting in Haiti?

Rick Cohen
February 08, 2010
By now, everyone has heard of the church group that was stopped and arrested by Haitian authorities and charged with abducting Haitian children. To the Haitians this was kidnapping. To the missionaries this was a humanitarian effort.

Unraveling Development: Talking to Donors. Talking to Other People Too

Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE, Joyaux Associates
February 04, 2010
Yes, go right up to someone you don’t know. Introduce yourself. Say hi. Engage in conversation. This isn’t rocket science. And it isn’t a promo about your agency. It’s a conversation.

Dr. Conflict Is In

Ruth McCambridge
February 03, 2010
When things get heated, turn to Dr. Conflict. We do!

The Philanthropy Pageant

Michael Edwards
February 01, 2010
Why do beauty contests in philanthropy get up my nose so much, like the recent rash of rankings in which business-oriented foundations appear at or near the top in Foreign Policy and Barron's ? And why do only ‘philanthrocapitalists’—the name given to Gates, Omidyar, Skoll and the rest by journalist Mathew Bishop—seem to be favored in these rankings at the moment? Is it because they really are better than the rest?