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assets and liabilities

The Promise and Risks of Receiving Appreciated Assets

By Jim Schaffer | October 4, 2018

It’s not enough to focus on return; you must also take risk-adjusted return into account.

economic trends

Organizing Our Economy as if We Lived on a Single Planet: A Conversation with Douglas Rushkoff

By The Editors and Douglas Rushkoff | July 10, 2018

If efficiency requires us to send slaves into caves to extract metals and create toxic waste that destroys the planet, notes Douglas Rushkoff, then maybe we should be less efficient. This interview, the second article in a four-part series on rebuilding the economy, explores the inherent problems with our current extractive economy and calls on nonprofits to promote an economy that is both sustainable and equitable.

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Cryptocurrency Philanthropy Rises Sharply at Fidelity Charitable and Elsewhere

By Jim Schaffer | February 15, 2018

When the value of a unit of currency increases by a factor of seven in six months and then falls by nearly two-thirds in two months, only to rise 50 percent again, that might be a sign of high risk and volatility. Nonetheless, charitable donations in the form of “cryptocurrencies” such as Bitcoin and Ethereum can be expected to continue to rise.

Nigerians

Blockchain Offers Nonprofits a Software Solution for Accountability

By Marian Conway | August 21, 2017

Blockchain software is a decentralized ledger that cannot be changed, can be viewed by anyone, and has entries that are verifiable and trustworthy.

cryptocurrency

While Bitcoin is On the Rise, Is it Time For Your Nonprofit to Adapt?

By Jim Schaffer | June 14, 2017

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are gaining favor as an alternative means of exchange.

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Chaos at Bitcoin Foundation Sparks Move to Bifurcate

By John Godfrey | April 9, 2015

Even when you are doing very innovative work, some pitifully recognizable organizational development sinkholes can open up to bury you.

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