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2016 NPQ Articles

2016 Nonprofit Quarterly (NPQ) contributed articles by Michael Wyland
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Power Play Erupts for Leadership of New Pro-Trump Nonprofit – December 20, 2016

Trump Cabinet Nominations Almost Complete – December 19, 2016

NCRP Study Faults Foundations for Underfunding Social Justice Philanthropy – December 16, 2016

DIY Nonprofits? The IRS Will Not Let You Be Your Own Charity – December 14, 2016

Trump’s Choice for EPA: AG Scott Pruitt’s Track Record in Oklahoma – December 9, 2016

Independent Sector Downsizes: Another Nonprofit Landscape Shift – December 9, 2016

It’s Not Brain Surgery: Why Has Ben Carson Been Tapped for HUD, Again? – December 7, 2016

Why Isn’t This White Supremacist Nonprofit Required to File 990 Returns? – December 6, 2016

Price to Head HHS: Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid at Risk – December 1, 2016

Recounts, Our Democracy, and the Deeper Challenge to Civil Society – November 29, 2017

Trump Adviser Double-dipping from Breitbart and Nonprofit Foundation – November 28, 2016

Federal Judge Suspends Overtime Rule Changes – November 23, 2016

Trump Foundation Finally Reveals Self-Dealing on Newly Uploaded 990 – November 23, 2016

Pope Extends Capacity for Priests to Forgive Abortion – November 22, 2016

Bon Jovi Family Gives $5,000 to Repair Ben Franklin’s Gravestone – November 17, 2016

Joan Kroc Reminds Us Some Donors Give for Their Own Reasons – November 17, 2016

Retail Clinics Don’t Reduce ER Visits – November 15, 2016

Advocates Must Retool for an Overwhelmingly Republican Landscape – November 14, 2016

At Most Immediate Risk: Executive Orders and Regulations that Affect the Work of Nonprofits – November 14, 2016

Where Will Donald Trump Find His Policy Agenda? Clues for Nonprofits – November 11, 2016

Protests across U.S. in Wake of Trump Election – November 10, 2016

Are There Two Sides of Out-of-State Money in Politics? About those Embattled Ballot Questions – November 4, 2016

Wyoming Nonprofits Brace for State Budget Cuts and New Overtime Rules – November 3, 2016

Obama Cites New Pipeline Route Assessment as Protestors Blocked from Federal Land – November 3, 2016

Trump Shows the Gap Between Pledge and Gift Can Be a Gulf – November 1, 2016

IRS Scandal–Linked Nonprofit Gets Exemption after 7 Years – October 24, 2016

Candidate Charities Feature Prominently but Not Well in Final Presidential Debate – October 20, 2016

Working Conditions: Disease Cluster Comprises Nonprofit Mental Health Workers in Sioux Falls – October 19, 2016

IRS Work Plan for Nonprofits Focuses on Hospitals, Social Welfare – October 18, 2016

Clinton and Trump: A Tale of Two Foundations – October 17, 2016

Chelsea Clinton and Good Governance at the Clinton Foundation – October 13, 2016

Painting Purchased by Trump Foundation Is “Stored” at Trump Golf Resort Bar – September 29, 2016

Payments Owed to Trump Go to His Foundation Instead—But Who Paid the Taxes? – September 28, 2016

Lawsuits Filed to Block New Overtime Regulations – September 28, 2016

Fake WV Charity Scam Nets Millions for 7 Defendants – September 27, 2016

MacArthur Fellow Awards Announced: Unique Foundation Support Strategy – September 26, 2016

When Assumptions Prove Wrong: One Example from Integrated Healthcare – September 22, 2016

Under Impeachment Threat, IRS Chief Testifies in House Judiciary Committee Hearing – September 22, 2016

House GOP Reaches Deal on Koskinen Impeachment; Hearing Next Wednesday – September 16, 2016

IRS Commissioner Faces Impeachment Vote over Nonprofit Targeting Scandal – September 14, 2016

GuideStar Issues New Nonprofit Compensation Report – September 14, 2016

Other People’s Money: Trump’s Philanthropic Veil Worn to Tatters – September 13, 2016

House Mulls Koskinen Impeachment over IRS Scandal – September 9, 2016

Koch Brothers Fund Grassroots Conservative Workshops for the Long Haul – September 8, 2016

Unpaid Internships Influenced by Recent Court Decision – September 2, 2016

Closing of Rockingham Park Hits New Hampshire Nonprofits – August 30, 2016

Top 10 Nonprofit Transparency Dodgers List: Is this Watchdog Chasing Its Own Tail? – August 26, 2016

Duke University Sues Donor’s Estate for $10 Million – August 25, 2016

Student Loan Debt Highest at Modest Colleges – August 25, 2016

Prairie Playground for Special Interests to Test Campaign Finance Initiative – August 18, 2016

Malaysian Money Scandal Touches Leonardo DiCaprio Charity and California Community Foundation – August 18, 2016

Aetna Plays Hardball, Joins Major Insurers Fleeing Obamacare Exchanges – August 17, 2016

Virginia Home Renovation Nonprofit Works without Structure – August 16, 2016

Court: IRS Must Prove Nonprofit Targeting Has Stopped – August 8, 2016

Koch Political Donors Split over Refusal to Support Trump – August 4, 2016

What Does It Mean to “Act Like A Nonprofit”? – August 1, 2016

Medicare-based Hospital Star Rankings Released amid Controversy – July 29, 2016

Nonprofit Checks and Balances vs. Fraud: Reaping the Results of One Lost Struggle – July 28, 2016

Daleiden Walks Away from Sting Charges but Civil Suits Await – July 27, 2016

What the DNC Can Teach Nonprofits About Donor Relations – July 26, 2016

Couple Withdraws $3 Million University of Michigan Gift – July 25, 2016

South Dakota Refuses to Seek Accreditation of State Mental Hospital – July 20, 2016

Wright State Rescinds Offer to Host Presidential Debate – July 20, 2016

Anti-Obama Draft GOP Platform Presents Stark Differences and Few Surprises – July 15, 2016

Endangered Nonprofit Health Insurance Co-ops Dwindle – July 14, 2016

College Business Offices Face Generational Turnover Crisis – July 11, 2016

Pope Says Church Must Apologize to LGBT, Poor, Other Mistreated Groups – June 29, 2016

U.S. Warehouses $7B in Disaster Health Supplies—But Who Will Use Them? – June 28, 2016

Washington State Court Rules Public Hospitals Must Provide Abortions – June 24, 2016

Which Nonprofit Fields and Cities Receive Most from Donor-Advised Funds? – June 23, 2016

IRS Advisory Committee Report on Nonprofit Oversight Unit Sidesteps Elephant in the Room – June 17, 2016

Baltimore Mayor Restores Youth Funding, Cuts Other Services – June 16, 2016

Maryland Health Co-op Sues over “Flawed” Obamacare Requirement – June 15, 2016

Casino’s Loss of Nonprofit Tax Status Would Hurt Charities – June 14, 2016

What Is and Isn’t Board Micromanagement: A Charter School Story – June 13, 2016

Hartford Public Schools Face Daunting Budget Cuts – June 9, 2016

After a 3-Year Wait, IRS Releases List of Groups Targeted in Scandal – June 7, 2016

Trump Donation to Vets Charity: One Grantee’s Experience – June 7, 2016.

Trump’s Veterans Event Giving Eclectic and Troubling – June 2, 2016

Does Defunct Second Mile Charity Need a Second Look by State Investigators?  – May 27, 2016

Nonprofit Community Hospital Mulls Becoming For-profit—At What Price? – May 26, 2016

State Regulators and Watchdogs Object to Changes in Donor Disclosure by Nonprofits – May 25, 2016

Iowa Casino’s Nonprofit Status May Hang on 400-Year-Old Law – May 25, 2016

Did NPR Sacrifice Its Mission Integrity with Ploughshares Funding? – May 24, 2016

Native American Student Files Class-Action Lawsuit in Education Scandal – May 23, 2016

Prosecuting Nonprofit Fraud through Exec’s Personal Tax Return? – May 20, 2016

Nonprofit Hospitals Acting Like Big Business by Wooing Bond Investors – May 18, 2016

Is Facebook Manipulating the News? – May 17, 2016

Did Evenly Split Supreme Court Promote Contraception Compromise? – May 17, 2016

Some Obamacare Funding Declared Illegal by D.C. Federal Judge – May 13, 2016

GuideStar Introduces Program Metrics Section for Nonprofit Profiles – May 11, 2016

Former Head of Charity Navigator Takes Over at Troubled NY Arts Charity – May 10, 2016

Nonprofit Hospital Disputes its Top Medicare Profit Ranking – May 10, 2016

Half of US Hospitals Lose Money on Patient Care – May 3, 2016

Schwan Foundation Case Heard by SD Supreme Court – April 28, 2016

Federal Grant Scandal Becomes Learning Project for University Students – April 28, 2016

Obama’s $1.9 Billion Zika Request: Slush Fund or Needed Flexibility? – April 21, 2016

Louisiana Senate’s Scholarship Contingency Plan: Everyone Gets Some Money – April 21, 2016

Schwan Foundation Loses $600M and Sons Demand Answers – April 20, 2016

When Does Collaboration Tip Over into Antitrust Activity? Suit Filed against 2 Nonprofit Hospitals – April 19, 2016

Bipartisan Charity Bill Would Revise IRS Rules on Deductibility and Transparency – April 13, 2016

In Tense Meeting, Tribal Leaders and Indian Health Service Talk Health Access – April 13, 2016

Pope Francis’ Letter on the Family: Attitudes May Change, But Doctrine Won’t – April 12, 2016

Law School Named for Antonin Scalia with Koch Foundation Gift – April 5, 2016

Anti-Payday Lenders Group Targets DNC Chair Rep. Wasserman Schultz Using Public Charity – March 30, 2016

Federal Appeals Court Rebukes IRS, Allows Tea Party Class-Action Lawsuit to Proceed – March 24, 2016

Struggling Maine Health Insurance Cooperative Not Allowed to Close – March 24, 2016

Three Charged in Federal Education Grant Scandal – March 18, 2016

Redefining Bad Debt and Charity Care – March 18, 2016

The Charity Defense Council & Wounded Warrior Project Connection: Follow the Money – March 18, 2016

Will Garland Get the Opportunity to be Borked? – March 17, 2016

Armed Teachers? One South Dakota School District is Close – March 17, 2016

What Is A Charter School? Confusion on the Campaign Trail and Elsewhere – March 16, 2016

PA Judge OKs Closing of Sandusky’s Scandal-Plagued Second Mile Charity – March 15, 2016

State Budget Shortfall Threatens Privatization Plans and Care at LSU Hospital System – March 9, 2016

Louisiana Hospital to Terminate Its IRS Nonprofit Status – March 8, 2016

The Death of Utah’s Health Insurance Cooperative – March 8, 2016

Former Provider Sues in New Mexico Mental Health Dispute – March 3, 2016

Health Insurer Sues for Billions in Lost Federal Payments – March 3, 2016

South Dakota Governor Vetoes Transgender Bathroom Bill – March 2, 2016

St. Louis Archdiocese Cutting Ties with Girl Scouts – February 24, 2016

State Legislation Tries to Shield This Hospital Merger from Federal Scrutiny – February 24, 2016

Death by a Thousand Cuts: The Flickering Lights of the U.S. Rural Hospital – February 23, 2016

Pope Francis Suggests Contraception Can Be Condoned in Zika Crisis – February 19, 2016

PA Nonprofit Leaders Launch Increasingly Blunt Challenges to Gov’s Priorities – February 17, 2016

What Does Antonin Scalia’s Death Mean for Nonprofits? – February 16, 2016

Check-Kiting Scam Targets Virginia Nonprofits – February 4, 2016

Catholic Contraception Teachings Tested by Zika Virus Warnings – February 4, 2016

Nonprofit as Whistleblower in NM State Commission Probe – February 3, 2016

Catholic Schools Use Outreach and Subsidies to Stem Enrollment Losses – February 2, 2016

Federal Grant Investigation Aided by Recovery of Missing Application – January 13, 2016

Draft Legislation Targets University Endowments for Scholarship Support – January 12, 2016

IRS Reverses Course on Nonprofit Contribution Reporting Rule – January 8, 2016

Widespread Form 1023-EZ Abuse Reported by IRS – January 8, 2016

Teach for America’s Focus on Recruiting Native American Teachers – January 7, 2016

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