NEDRA Industry News Blog

Pinterest, the fast-growing social network that allows people to share information on virtual bulletin boards, has become a hot topic of conversation among nonprofits in recent months.

http://philanthropy.com/article/Using-Pinterest-to-Raise/131766/

You would think major media outlets might have someone focused on philanthropy, a reporter who can read 990s and spot new trends. Instead, The New York Times eliminated the philanthropy beat, one of the last daily newspapers to employ a full-time reporter to cover national nonprofits, according to a piece in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.

http://www.getreligion.org/2012/05/did-the-philanthropy-beat-disappear/

Inside China's little-known struggle to accommodate both charity and Communism.

http://www.minyanville.com/business-news/editors-pick/articles/china-china-charity-chinese-economy-eileen/5/4/2012/id/40793

"...What can we do to stabilize funding for the arts? Can we learn from other countries’ examples?"

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/05/01/how-to-fund-the-arts-in-america

... For years, Japan was Asia’s richest and most powerful economy. It was the first Asian economy to industrialise, and the emerging Asian tigers - Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and later China - merely followed in its tracks. Now, however, Japan is steadily being overtaken.

http://www.economist.com/node/21553498

The combined wealth of the 1,000 richest men and women in Britain has risen to record levels in the past year, despite the country's continuing economic slump.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/9233605/Sunday-Times-Rich-List-2012-Wealth-of-richest-grows-to-record-levels.html

As gas prices reach record highs across many parts of the country, Americans have been blaming oil companies. But as much as they are disliked, the oil and gas industry is also an indispensable part of many states and an asset to their local economies. 24/7 Wall St. has identified the 10 states with the most oil reserves, or the estimated amount of oil in the state, and examined the effects that the industry has on their economies.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-oilrichstates/?cid=hero_media

America’s greenest cities, based on the percentage of people who think and act in an eco-conscious way AND the percentage of people who do not think and act in an eco-conscious way and may have a negative attitude toward environmental issues; the percentage of people who make a conscious effort to recycle; the number of public-transportation trips per capita for the fourth quarter of 2011; and the percent of households that that use solar heating.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/news-greenestcities/?cid=hero_media

The Occupy movement has brought economic inequality to the headlines.... While this has captured the public’s attention, differences in wealth have always existed, and states have tried to level the playing field by redistributing money through education spending, unemployment benefits, health care, welfare, and other means. 24/7 Wall St. has examined government spending by state in a number of categories to identify those that give the most and least in money and benefits to their residents. These are the states that give the most.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-statesspreadwealth/?cid=hero_media

Fundraising at colleges and universities is not unlike the madness that surrounds the NCAA’s annual basketball tournament. The big, major conference schools can dominate at times but the smaller, so-called mid-major schools often give their bigger rivals their comeuppance in a shocking upset.

http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/article/detail/east-coast-vs-west-coast-public-vs-private-4583