schooling and black youth
Morehouse Graduates Stunned When Robert Smith Pledges to Cover Their Student Debt
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A black billionaire gives recent Morehouse graduates an education debt-free start, something we should all have.
admissions policies
Scandal Sparks Review of University Fundraising/Admissions Overlaps
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Some who watch philanthropy say there is a difference between bribes and donations, but not everyone agrees.
Philanthropy
A New Kind of Mega-Grant Announced to Connecticut Public Schools
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A Connecticut family that made its wealth off of hedge funds offers to ante up $100 million to improve outcomes in the state’s low-income public schools.
Philanthropy
The Road Ahead: Will Philanthropic Critique Change Philanthropic Practice?
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A spate of critiques of philanthropy in our nation’s Second Gilded Age have gained broad attention. But what will it take for that attention to affect mainstream philanthropic practice?
donation ethics
Concerns about Large Donor Dependence Heat Up as Small Donorship Wanes
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As the dependence of nonprofits on high-net-worth individuals has increased, so too have the abuses that this power asymmetry brings.
billionaire philanthropy
Anand Giridharadas: “Plutocrats Are Going to Plute…It Is Our Job to Democracy”
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Speaking at the opening plenary of Harvard University’s 20th annual social enterprise conference, author and social critic Anand Giridharadas called for jettisoning impact rhetoric and placing our energy instead into social movements, political activism, and structural change.
social capital
Power Shift: How Will Nonprofits Respond to the Rise of the Mega-Donor?
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Do we need a statement of ethics for the recipients of donations?
mega-donors
What 2018’s Drop Means to the Dynamics of Mega-gifts
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Looking at mega-gifts in isolation from their sources and the dynamics they set up makes little societal sense.
philanthropic influence
Does Wealth Guarantee Wisdom? Persistent Questions about the New Mega-Donor Era
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More funding for the nonprofit sector sounds like good news, but there is an underside, says one commentator after another. What’s the big deal, anyway?
Giving Tuesday
About #GivingTuesday: Will Larger Trends Show Up as Reduced Community Revenue?
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Will the increasingly prominent trend of declining small donations make itself felt today, on #GivingTuesday?