This past spring, Dr. Laurie Paarlberg, Charles Stewart Mott Chair on Community Foundations and professor of philanthropic studies, taught the course Nonprofit and Public Policy. Master’s student Amanda Keating became interested in how public policy impacts and develops alongside nonprofits during her first semester, and knew she wanted to take a course specifically focused on… Read more »
By Suzanne Garment and Leslie Lenkowsky This article first appeared in the Chronicle of Philanthropy on April 17, 2019. The 2020 presidential campaign is already underway, and it’s likely to be an especially contentious one. That may lead the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to issue one of its recurrent reminders about what tax-exempt organizations, other… Read more »
By Martha Huber The weather has been wunderbar in Germany! On the third day of our study abroad program, we toured the vast Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) located in the center of historical Berlin. The two buildings housing the museum are attached by a quiet, yet massive courtyard. One building of the… Read more »
Where should people look for opportunities to volunteer in their community? To organizations — schools, religious bodies, the workplace, mutual societies (like Rotary or Kiwanis), neighborhood associations (like garden clubs or neighborhood watches), local chapters of national groups (like the Red Cross or the United Way), political and cause-oriented groups, and many others. Volunteering grows… Read more »