Charity Governance

A VERY PRIVATE COLLECTION IS CORRECT: SO WHY WRITE THE ARTICLE?

DATELINE: June 12, 2008, Chicago

Angela Valdez's article on Mitchell Rales' private museum is fascinating, seemingly well-written, and completely misguided. A Very Private Collection: Billionaire Mitchell Rales Runs the Best Modern Museum You Can't Get Into, Washington City Paper, June 4, 2008. It aptly demonstrates one of the problems about how some members of the media...

FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT RULES AGAINST THE STATE OF WISCONSIN’S REQUIREMENT THAT RELIGIOUS GROUPS SIGN NONDISCRIMINATION AGREEMENTS BEFORE THEY CAN PARTICPATE IN GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED WORKPLACE GIVING PROGRAM

Several months ago, the State of Wisconsin was sued; specifically the Department of Administration.  The plaintiff was the Association of Faith-Based Organizations, a Virginia-based nonprofit.  It claimed that Wisconsin denied several faith-based organizations their constitutional rights when it denied the organizations the opportunity to participate in Wisconsin’s version of the Combined Federal Campaign (known as Wisconsin’s State Employees Charitable Campaign).  The Department of Administration apparently barred participation because these organizations refused to sign a nondiscrimination statement. 

On Friday, September 29, 2006, Judge John C. Shabaz, of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin,...