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Unlocking the Potential of Open 990 Data

Stanford Social Innovation Review

The social sector is using big data to enhance nonprofit transparency and knowledge more than ever before, and the opening of the Form 990 has made an essential contribution.

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Providence Nonprofits Reeling from Funding Cuts and Threats (And, Organizations—What You Can Do!)

NonProfit Quarterly

The fear is justified: Just weeks after the inauguration in January, the administration issued an executive order freezing federal funding for nonprofits. Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN) calls these efforts a coordinated assault on civil society and democracy.

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Free Press, Democracy, and the Threat of Trump’s Illiberal Regime

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, they must prioritize investigative journalism and explore alternative funding models reader-supported journalism, nonprofit financing, and worker-owned cooperativesto achieve editorial independence. I would say we need a diversity of tactics, and those tactics must have [diverse] revenue streams.