Environmental justice is the meaningful and fair involvement of all people in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental policies, regulations, and laws. Community Benefit ...

The Renaissance Center fight isn't really about Dan Gilbert. It's about whether Detroit can finally stop treating investment ...

Philanthropic organizations offer a specialized approach to managing proceeds from community benefit agreements struck between counties and energy companies.

A Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) is a legally binding contract that is developed as a means to ensure local residents and neighborhoods directly benefit from large development projects or ...

Not-for-profit hospitals are required to provide community benefits to improve the well-being of their communities. However, hospitals’ community benefit spending has remained mostly flat despite ...

When a renewable energy developer announces a new project, there’s one big question mark – how will nearby communities react? Community pushback has scuttled many renewables projects. Sometimes, ...

Three Northeast Ohio health systems—University Hospitals, MetroHealth System, and Summa Health—collectively reported spending $1.23 billion on community benefits in 2024. A fourth, the Cleveland ...

Hospitals that qualify under IRC 501(c)(3) must satisfy both general exemption criteria and additional hospital-specific requirements. Exemption under Section 501(c)(3) depends on complying with the ...

The nonprofit hospital community benefit spending (CBS) program—a U.S. tax program offering breaks to nonprofit hospitals in exchange for initiatives and interventions that aim to promote the health ...

University of California Health’s (UCH) academic health centers and faculty practices delivered nearly $3.9 billion in community benefits during the 2019-2020 fiscal year. This figure includes a 25 ...

An oversight subcommittee hearing centered on tax-exempt hospitals' "mission creep" and provider consolidation, with calls for more stringent reporting of required community spending. (House Ways and ...