Using the Whole Whale - A Nonprofit Podcast
Business:Non-Profit
April Nonprofit news summary.
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Faces Scrutiny Over Spending & TransparencyQuestions have arisen over how the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF) has spent and reported on charitable contributions, as reported by New York magazine. The organization, which serves as an umbrella organization for some local BLM organizations (though not all organizations with BLM in their name) faces criticism for the purchase of a $6 million dollar home in California, as well as the appearance of lack of transparency stemming not submitting a form 990, as required by their tax exempt status granted in 2020. While right-wing and far-right news outlets are seizing on this story as an angle of political attack, Candid co-founder and former CEO of GuideStar Jacob Harold is quoted as responding to the reporting as a “very legitimate critique.”
Read more ➝In a reversal of a previous Biden administration moratorium, the Interior Department is opening up 144,000 acres of onshore land to new leases for oil drilling, as reported by Mother Jones. While the announcement comes as bad news to environmentalists, surging oil and gas prices have put the Biden administration between a rock and a hard place as supply chain issues and disruptions stemming from the Russia Ukraine war have continued to increase prices globally. The Interior Department has responded by saying that the new leases only open up 20% of what the oil industry asked for, and the royalties that the oil companies will have to pay the government will go up from 12.5 percent to 18.75 percent, the first increase in a century.
Read more ➝Summary
105: (short) Don't build that app!
104: Keeping Nonprofit Brands Current
103: What to do with Facebook Fundraising
102: Crafting a digital strategy for TFA
101: Lyft-ing up Social Impact: Inside CSR at Lyft
100: Seth Godin on nonprofit strategy & parenting
099: Earworms for good: Music for social impact
098: Crisitunities & other story telling campaigns tactics
097: How GuardianX is leveraging tech for social change
096: How to #win at Facebook advertising
095: How Cystic Fibrosis Foundation builds rad online communities
094: How Fair Trade Certified is building on 20 years of impact with lean digital practices
093.5: (Short) Phishing for Cyber Security
093: All about GDPR with Stanford PACS
092: Saving the Internet with the Mozilla Foundation
091.5: Things We Learned from #18NTC
091: Sasha Samochina on how NASA fuses science and art (Live from SXSW)
090.5 CFC drops $66M - news update from America's Charities
090: CERN — Doing the things a particle can with James Beacham (Live from SXSW)
089: Lean Data with Emma Lalley and Twisha Mehta (Live from SXSW)
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