When you think of the Red Cross, the Boys & Girls Club, and Girls Who Code, what do they have in common? They are all nonprofits organizations that rely on fundraising as part of their revenue to accomplish their missions. In the United States, about 50% of nonprofit revenue is donated or granted. Many organizations… Read more »
What are you gonna do about it? If you were offered a $100,000 all-paid-for exclusive vacation by a multibillionaire, would you take it? It is certainly a hard offer to turn down, so difficult that when two US Supreme Court Justices, Justice Alito and Justice Thomas, were put in this exact “hypothetical,” they took the… Read more »
Anyone notice how women’s basketball kind of ate in 2024? An average of 19 million people tuned in to the women’s tournament this year compared to 15 million for the men’s tournament. You know what else is interesting? The women’s tournament wasn’t even branded as March Madness until 2022. As far as the NCAA was… Read more »
In the wake of the recent Supreme Court Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade and the subsequent rise of the Evangelical pro-life movement, I sought to answer just how influential clergy members are. I hoped that researching abortion attitudes of clergy members could reveal how these individuals balance their personal experiences and opinions, and their… Read more »
In 2021, 91% of Americans used social media. That means that if you’re reading this, you’ve likely created a social media account at some point. If we’re being honest, when you were opening that account, you probably clicked “I agree” to a privacy policy before reading a single word. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Privacy… Read more »
When Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry drew the state’s Congressional districts in a way that would benefit the Democratic-Republican Party in the year 1812, he couldn’t have anticipated that his last name would go down in history through the use of the term gerrymandering. Gerrymandering, according to a 2019 study led by researcher Alex Keena, is… Read more »
Throughout the world, there is growing pressure to lower global carbon emissions and implement cleaner energy systems. While the development and implementation of solar panels, wind turbines, electric vehicles and more is encouraged by various stakeholder groups as a key piece to addressing environmental concerns, supplying the necessary mineral inputs to build these technologies is… Read more »
California is seen as an extremely progressive state, especially when it comes to marijuana policy. It was the first state to legalize marijuana for medical use and legalized marijuana for recreational use 8 years ago. Still, there are thousands of marijuana convictions in the state’s criminal history database. Even after a person has served their… Read more »
Image courtesy of Charity Defense Council In the United States, nonprofit organizations are often praised for spending high percentages of their budgets on program costs. Nonprofit watchdog organizations, such as Charity Navigator, even reward organizations that have higher program spending by giving them higher charity ratings. While seemingly harmless, this leaves nonprofits in a position… Read more »
Have you ever considered how exactly nonprofits stay in business? I mean, if the whole point is to *not* turn a profit, how exactly are they funded? And who’s job is that anyways? This study takes a look at state grants, their requirements, and how they actually impact nonprofits on the daily. Many nonprofit leaders,… Read more »