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Department of Wish-I'd-Said-That: Why "Black Lives Matter"

Department of Wish-I'd-Said-That: Why "Black Lives Matter"
Why “Black Lives Matter” can’t be dismissed with “all lives matter.“
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October 23, 2015 at 11:34 am
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Stop giving charity and start giving jobs

Stop giving charity and start giving jobs
A word to the corporate wealthy: stop giving charity and start giving jobs. Or, perhaps even more to the point, stop withdrawing jobs so that people are compelled to accept your charity. If you, like the Nonprofiteer, wouldn’t have thought to look to a travel writer for the most clear-sighted account of corporate philanthropy-or-do-you-say-hypocrisy, you... Read more »
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October 6, 2015 at 1:27 pm
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New research on the subject of doctors soliciting donations from patients

New research on the subject of doctors soliciting donations from patients
Here’s some new research on the subject of doctors soliciting donations from patients.  Query whether the ‘discomfort’ many doctors report in soliciting donations from patients is distinguishable from the discomfort most people report in soliciting donations in general.  Who likes to ask for money?  And especially in hospitals, it wouldn’t be unreasonable for doctors to... Read more »
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October 1, 2015 at 11:13 am
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Donations by wealthy patients: why not?

Donations by wealthy patients: why not?
The Nonprofiteer is shocked, shocked! that some medical centers are asking doctors to help secure donations by wealthy patients.  Because after all, with every possible medical need met by our current system, why should hospitals even think about getting additional money? What’s that you say?  There are still unmet needs?  Then asking people who have... Read more »
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September 29, 2015 at 10:42 am
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Gender gap in nonprofits, the sequel: we're worse paid, AND there are fewer of us

Gender gap in nonprofits, the sequel: we're worse paid, AND there are fewer of us
More gender gap! GuideStar reports that there are fewer women running nonprofits this year than last, AND that we’re paid worse.   No wonder we do this work!  
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September 17, 2015 at 10:53 am
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Gender Gap in Pay Persists in Social Enterprise--but women are happy!

Gender Gap in Pay Persists in Social Enterprise--but women are happy!
A study from the UK shows that the gender gap in pay persists even in social enterprises, but that women social entrepreneurs are nonetheless happier than their male counterparts.  The Nonprofiteer wonders if this means that women are particularly stupid, or if we’ve just learned to be content with the crumbs we get. We find... Read more »
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September 15, 2015 at 1:17 pm
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State Payments to Nonprofits during the Illinois Budget Impasse: An Update

State Payments to Nonprofits during the Illinois Budget Impasse: An Update
State Payments to Nonprofits During Budget Impasse The Executive Service Corps reports: In a conference call on Tuesday, September 8 with 23 members of her Nonprofit Advisory Council, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger talked about the process that nonprofits can follow to request and expedite payments from the state. . . . If you are... Read more »
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September 10, 2015 at 4:29 pm
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"Don't ask for grants when the stock market is down, because rich people are easily frightened"

"Don't ask for grants when the stock market is down, because rich people are easily frightened"
This article suggesting that nonprofits not ask for grants when the stock market goes down may simply be a bit of friendly common-sense advice: don’t ask people for money when they’re frightened.  But it reads to the Nonprofiteer like a really offensive demand that operating nonprofits have sympathy for foundations which have many multiples of... Read more »
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September 1, 2015 at 12:32 pm
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Effective Altruism Probably Isn't

Effective Altruism Probably Isn't
Last Sunday’s New York Times included a column by economist Tyler Cowen lauding the currently fashionable notion of “effective altruism.”  The Nonprofiteer responded to Professor Cowen in an e-mail she reproduces here in full: Dear Mr. Cowen, Your August 16 article lauding “effective altruism” failed to note the central weakness of this form of economic... Read more »
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August 23, 2015 at 7:17 pm
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Overtime Regulations: Nonprofits Object. Don't.

Overtime Regulations: Nonprofits Object. Don't.
The Nonprofiteer is irate (so new?) about the response of some nonprofits to the Department of Labor’s proposal to adjust overtime regulations, so workers are entitled to overtime if they make $50K a year or less. (The current ceiling is less than $24K, below the Federal poverty level.) As reported by our indispensable colleague Rick... Read more »
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July 29, 2015 at 1:38 pm
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