fundraising ethics
Kleptocracy and Philanthropy: Viral Tainting among the Elite
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Len Blavatnik left Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union, turning to philanthropy as a channel to respectability.
fundraising ethics
Grateful Patient Philanthropy? Some Fundraising Ethics Shouldn’t Need to Be Taught
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Every now and again, we are surprised by some realm of fundraising practice, and this one is a doozy.
veterans charities
FTC Launches Major Initiative to End Veteran Charity Fraud
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In a historic move, last week the Federal Trade Commission and state charity offices announced a full-bench press response to the longstanding, widespread, and vile problem of charity fraud in the name of veterans.
fundraising ethics
The Next Chapter in the Case of the Nonprofit Fundraiser’s Finder’s Fee
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The board at this HIV nonprofit has completed its investigation and found no wrongdoing or breaches in its CEO’s behavior. However, “kickbacks for donations” remain problematic, and taking this stance could end up breaking the public’s trust.
Nonprofit Management
Food for the Poor: Questionable Tactics Threaten its Credibility and Reputation
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Food for the Poor exists in a subsector of nonprofits that have historically had problems with creative accounting, so it should have known better than to engage in some of the practices that are currently being exposed by regulators and media outlets.
fundraising ethics
Nonprofit Criticized for Authorizing CEO to Take Cut of Large Donations
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An AIDS clinic in Baton Rouge signed a contract with its CEO to give a “cut” of donations over $50,000 to the CEO. What’s wrong with this picture?
Overhead costs
Not a Penny for Overhead? If It Sounds Too Good to Be True, It Probably Is
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The leader of a Boulder, Colorado-based refugee charity took at least two wrongheaded notions about nonprofits and quickly ran the organization into the ground, breaking laws and violating the expectations of many stakeholders in the process.
Fundraising
Pittances Left from Long-Running Charity Scams Passed on to Veterans Nonprofits
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Pennies on the dollar are finally released to veterans charities after two long-running scams are closed down.
Fundraising
In Historic Move, 25 Attorneys General Finally Force VietNow to Close
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In a historic move that’s long overdue for nonprofits and donors, 25 states’ attorneys general coordinated to sue and close VietNow after 30 years of controversial and exploitive fundraising practice.
fundraising ethics
The Questionable Ethic of an Opt-Out for Recurring Donations: A Caution for Nonprofits
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So-called “innovations” in fundraising can spread ahead of any real considerations of ethics, so we might try to avoid this recent bright idea in use by political campaigns.