- Liberals and conservatives should support the U.S. Census Bureau’s efforts to revise how it measures poverty, say Doug Nelson, outgoing chief executive of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Ron Haskins, a former adviser to President George W. Bush. In an opinion article in Politico, they say the revised method, while not official, will provide a more accurate picture of which populations need assistance and which antipoverty programs are working.
- People interviewed in the new documentary about the Barnes Foundation and its controversial decision to move make some questionable claims, says Christopher Knight, an art critic for the Los Angeles Times. His views appear in the newspaper’s arts blog.
- The nonprofit world “needs a major reset on the approach to outcomes — from how we think about them to how we assess them,” says Mario Morino, chairman of Venture Philanthropy Partners. On the group’s Web site, he says the questions he has raised about charity evaluation have stirred up positive and negative feedback.
