Eager to help local communities during the 2008 financial crisis, Claire Dunning, then a fresh college graduate, took a program assistant position at a Boston foundation. A historian by training, she was struck by the nonprofit ...
Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2017
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Nonprofit organizations that have declining expenditures—an indication of reduced operations—are more likely to seek new leadership, according to a new study.
Economics & Business
Aug 24, 2017
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The oldest member of the small population of endangered Puget Sound orcas has been missing for months and is now likely dead, bringing the toll of dead or missing whales to seven in 2016, researchers in Washington state reported.
Plants & Animals
Jan 3, 2017
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The nonprofit organization that wants to build a giant telescope atop a Hawaii mountain has selected another site in case it can't be built on land many Native Hawaiians consider sacred.
Space Exploration
Oct 31, 2016
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During the past decade, law enforcement agencies across the country have confronted the alarming trend of sex trafficking. The crimes often take place in hotel rooms, with perpetrators widely sharing photos of the victims ...
Other
Sep 7, 2016
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A rare herd of ghostly white deer that multiplied at a World War II weapons depot under the protection of the U.S. Army is now being nurtured by the site's new owner.
Ecology
Jul 5, 2016
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According to University of Toronto research, having the face of a leader may depend on whether the enterprise being led is a for-profit business or a non-profit organization.
Economics & Business
Jun 22, 2016
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New research from North Carolina State University finds that turnover among executive leaders at nonprofit organizations is often plagued by problems - with very few transitional periods mirroring the scenarios painted in ...
Economics & Business
May 24, 2016
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Messaging matters, and tailoring communications to resonate with a target audience can pay off for a nonprofit organization seeking new support.
Social Sciences
May 4, 2015
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If craft seller Etsy goes public later this year it will be a test of how well the company can balance an explicit social mission with shareholder expectations for making money.
Business
Mar 5, 2015
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