San Diegans are being encouraged to “get adrenalized and stimulated” to voice their vision for the community. TED and the San Diego Foundation are leaders in this initiative.

Several weeks ago, investor and philanthropist Warren Buffett wrote an op-ed in the New York Times calling for higher taxes on himself and his billionaire and millionaire brethren. Now President Obama is taking Buffett up on his suggestion, going so far as to name a part of his plan for him.

The nonprofit executive pay saga continues in New York. The latest news is that Laurence Belinsky, a long-time associate of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s father Mario as well the spouse of the governor’s cousin, is stepping down from his well-compensated job at an agency serving homeless people as the task force turns its attention there.

Some rabid fans of the NFL’s Denver Broncos want Tim Tebow to be the starting quarterback and are willing to spend $10,000 to buy billboard space saying so. Tebow says don’t bother, just give the 10 grand to his charity instead.

There are tens of millions of volunteers in the U.S., increasing numbers of whom are younger college students who perform community service. But some nonprofits don’t necessarily benefit as much as others from the volunteering boom.

Are breast cancer charities unusually vulnerable to hucksters and crooks who raise and then purloin donations meant for breast cancer research? Or do examples of shady breast cancer fundraising groups add up to a situation no more problematic than that affecting any other charitable sector?

With fall on the way, street-canvassing season is wrapping up in cities and college towns across North America. But an ad agency in Boulder, Colorado isn’t resting easy just yet. As a public service, the firm offers a collection of decoy clipboards to passers-by to help them fend off even the most persistent sidewalk fundraiser.

Seniors in Ravenna, Ohio face displacement by October if a private developer proceeds with plans to convert their apartment complex into student housing. An anti-poverty agency is prepared to intervene and preserve the complex as affordable housing for seniors—and the seniors understand what that means.