Smart Growth, Affordable Housing and Social Equity
Assorted articles by Rick Cohen
Rick Cohen, a popular writer and expert in housing and philanthropy, will join the Planning Board in April 2009 as part of its Growing Smarter speaker series. Read recent articles about the impact of the recession on nonprofits organizations as well as his take on the federal stimulus package.
Impacts of the Recession on the Nonprofit Sector
- Foundation Grantmaking during Economic Collapse: Pollyanna or Cassandra at the Helm? (March 19, 2009)
- Nonprofits Speaking for Themselves: The Impact of the National Economic Tailspin (March 19, 2009)
- How Corporate Giving Will Fare in This Recession? (March 19, 2009)
- Sector Can Avoid Bad Investments and Fulfill Obligations (March 17, 2009)
- Update on Greenlining Foundation Grantmaking in California: Big Progress or only the Appearance of Progress? (February 24, 2009)
Public Policy and the Nonprofit Sector
- Nonprofit Jobs Need Better Pay (February 26, 2009)
- Nonprofit Jobs Need Better Pay (February 23, 2009)
- Reading an Early Draft of the Stimulus Bill Conference Report: Compromise Provisions (Part II) – Safety Net Tax Relief (February 15, 2009)
- Reading an Early Draft of the Stimulus Bill Conference Report: Compromise Provisions (Part I) – Spending (February 14, 2009)
- Social Entrepreneurialism at the Public Trough (February 13, 2009)
- Big "entrepreneurial" nonprofits feed at public trough (February 16, 2009)
- STIMULUS: The Compromise Between House and Senate (February 12, 2009)
- POLICY MEMORANDUM: A Scan of Nonprofit Policy Recommendations for the Obama Administration (February 11, 2009)