Word: nonprofits
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...trouble is that many donors may not be aware of the risks. Judy Norsigian, executive director of the Boston-based nonprofit Our Bodies Ourselves, says that when her organization makes presentations on college campuses, she consistently finds that women who are considering egg donation - or worse, those who have already donated - are uninformed about the potential health risks associated with the procedure. (Read "How Much Is a Year of Life Worth...
...recent op-ed in The New York Times by Yale chief investment officer David Swensen and his associate Michael Schmidt encouraged turning newspapers into “nonprofit, endowed institutions—like colleges and universities… [to enhance] autonomy while shielding them from the economic forces that are now tearing them down.” This is incredibly foolish, not to mention expensive: The last thing we need populating the news business is hundreds of lumbering, immortal white elephants sucking the talent out of the business of economically reporting news. Most damagingly, newspaper bailouts, endowments, and other artificial...
...number of uninsured Americans rapidly grows, this so-called hidden tax could be much higher than the findings suggest. In December and January alone, as many as 14,000 people per day lost their insurance coverage, the CAP study shows. A second report, released earlier this month by the nonprofit Families USA, found that about 87 million people - roughly 1 in 3 Americans - went without health insurance for some period between 2007 and 2008. "The huge number of people without health coverage is worse than an epidemic," says Ron Pollack, executive director of Families USA. "Almost everyone in the country...
...Good. Get a Reward. Kimpton Hotels' new Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria, Va., is celebrating its opening partnering with Dress for Success, a nonprofit dedicated to helping women transition from welfare to work by providing interview suits and office attire. Guests who donate gently used accessories will receive a 10% discount off their stay, and 10% off massages and facials at the spa. Special opening rates start at $139; after April 30, rates start at $269. The Dress for Success discount is given at check-in. 1600 King Street, Alexandria...
...valuable as handing over cash. Indeed, the charity world puts a cash value on volunteers' time--$19.51 an hour, estimates Independent Sector, a think tank for charities. But food banks still need supplies to distribute, and volunteers' shift toward time, not money, is only part of what threatens nonprofit budgets for years to come. Traditional bastions of financial support have plenty of their own problems. Corporations and foundation endowments have been crushed by the stock market. State governments, a key source of fee-based support, are seeing slumping tax revenues. On top of all that, Obama has proposed to reduce...