In a pointed op-ed, as one “newspaper owner” to another, Becky O’Malley of the Berkeley Daily Planet advises the Amazon CEO that there’s no money in papers anymore; the only reason to run one is the public good.
The most important part of Peter Buffett’s op-ed from July was that it pointed out the complicity of many wealthy donors in the problems they’re spending money to solve. To get real change, it’s important to keep the people most affected in control of the big decisions.
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The Turtle Creek Chorale’s attempts to write and enforce a social media policy have left members feeling unheard and resentful. While there are few best practices in how to craft a social media policy, respect is key.
With increased interest in “Pay for Success,” the Federal Reserve of San Francisco highlights the challenges behind the hype.
In the midst of the fiscal and civic nightmare Detroit is living through, Fast Company journalist Chuck Salter has taken a multilayered approach to animating true stories about social entrepreneurs bent on being part of the solution to the city’s myriad problems.
CEOs are community leaders, especially in the nonprofit sector, and social media has become the new soapbox upon which they should stand.
Mike Meyers, a former business writer for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, questions one of the underpinnings of the modern nonprofit world: tax-exemption..
Catholic Charities’ loans to families from their pool of more than $1M have a 90% payback rate.
William Shawcross, head regulator for charities in England and Wales, stands accused of hypocrisy in calling out the salaries of aid organizations rather than the UK’s tax-exempt schools.
Philanthropists and activists gathered online to discuss potential foundation responses to the killing of Trayvon Martin and the jury verdict acquitting shooter George Zimmerman. For institutional philanthropy to do something major and important in response not just to the trial, but to the underlying issues of racial disparities in the United States, it will require more than statements of remorse, regret, and hope. As some foundations are demonstrating, there are concrete actions that foundations can and should pursue, putting real money behind the words.
In 2007, EMCF launched GCAP, a pilot project focusing on just three, “big bet” grantees. The goal? To help them expand their impact, improve their evaluation methodologies, and reach their “sweet spot.”