One reason capitalism does not collapse, despite its many weaknesses and valiant opposition movements, is the nonprofit sector.

Despite our national self-delusions, it is clear that class matters—just as race, gender, and other accidents of history matter—in shaping the opportunities and life experiences of Americans.

Floyd Hunter developed a discipline for mapping who might be in these pivotal roles, and published his findings in the 1953 book Community Power Structure: A Study of Decision Makers. It and other work that flows from it provide a way for nonprofits to study their own environments to identify power actors.

Whoever is paying for the evaluation from the organization is not going to want really bad news, and this fact is rarely lost on the evaluators, who are keen to be rehired in the future.

In a painting worth at least the proverbial thousand words, Alice Neel offers any number of trenchant insights into the often hidden dynamics of philanthropic social welfare investigation.

Whether you believe recent alarms about an impending leadership crisis or not, the Lights point out important considerations that should engage nonprofit leaders now.

These 14 practices are object lessons to convince organizational development consultants to do no harm to the communities served by their nonprofit clients. And if they inspire some greater ability to laugh at ourselves along the way, so much the better.

Accolades for the Gates Foundation and the contributions of Warren Buffett may be warranted, but they also want to pass over vital questions around impact and accountability.

Accolades for the Gates Foundation and the contributions of Warren Buffett may be warranted, but they also want to pass over vital questions around impact and accountability.

Phil takes a ride he'll never forget and learns that some people's good works are other people's "sheltered workshops."