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The Education Department will reportedly allow two for-profit colleges to convert to nonprofit colleges. The sales of the schools—Kaplan University and the Art Institutes—were approved by the Education Department, according to emails obtained by BuzzFeed News. Kaplan is being bought by Purdue University in a deal brought about by former Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R), who now serves…

The onset of sudden disasters, such as Harvey, always results in an outpour of support from people all over the world—people who want to know where they can donate, how they can volunteer and what they can send to help the individuals and families who have been affected recover from such tragedy...

When gauging your nonprofit’s success, relying on gut instinct is foolish. It’s necessary to study metrics and see how they change over time. There are several especially worthy measurements that can tell you how your nonprofit stacks up...

Given the recent string of catastrophic events, amplified by nonstop media coverage, you certainly can’t fault people for beginning to feel compassion fatigue. After making personal or workplace donations to charities helping out in Texas, the Caribbean, Florida and elsewhere, it’s understandable that donors might begin to feel worn out...

The campaign arm of House Democrats has posted its highest off-year August fundraising haul ever, the group told NBC News. While their Republican counterparts haven't yet released their August results, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has outraised Republicans each of the three previous months—a result Democrats say bodes well for their prospects of winning…

You know how it feels to be treated shabbily. You buy something, there’s a problem and you might as well be a pile of sawdust when you try to get someone to help you solve the problem. It feels terrible. And you would never treat anyone that way yourself...

We’ll explore how you, your staff, and your nonprofit will be transformed by using data over the next few years.

Back in 2010, Jeffrey Rosen and John Graham were developing a game called "Overgrowth" and wanted it to get noticed online. If that was ever going to happen, they needed to do something innovative. "We wanted to come up with the craziest and best promotion we could think of," Graham said. The result was Humble…

In the past three weeks, we’ve felt the fury of two record-breaking hurricanes and a magnitude 8.1 earthquake. The consecutive disasters devastated large parts of Texas, Mexico, the Caribbean and the Florida Keys. Photo and video tell the story far better than words...

In the past three weeks, we’ve felt the fury of two record-breaking hurricanes and a magnitude 8.1 earthquake. The consecutive disasters devastated large parts of Texas, Mexico, the Caribbean and the Florida Keys. Photo and video tell the story far better than words. With thousands displaced and entire cities destroyed, the need is enormous. Victims […]