A Mild View of Philanthropy
…sector is crucial, Buchanan insists. Conflating the two can lead to public- policy decisions that hurt nonprofits. It can draw donors into a fruitless search for “a simple universal performance measure” that…
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A World Vision
…Pierce, as his daughter wrote years later, “went to China a young man in search of adventure, but came home a man with a mission.” Today, the humanitarian mission he…
A Firm Foundation for Charters
…moments when Berlin’s team almost threw in the towel, but a couple board members stepped forward with seven-figure commitments to keep the search and fundraising alive for almost five years….
The Chronicle of Philanthropy Highlights Elise Westhoff’s Accomplishments at the Roundtable
…the board launches a search for a permanent leader. Today, The Chronicle of Philanthropy published an article commemorating Westhoff’s achievements at the Roundtable, highlighting her tenacity in leading the organization…
California Data Refutes Calls to Restrict Donor-Advised Funds
…are in search of problems and will mean less resources for charities … and the most vulnerable in our communities. 2. Private Foundation DAF Gifts Assertion: Kennedy proposes the government…
Saving Free Speech
…search of the best solutions to problems. Funders of the anti-polarization charity Braver Angels are trying to build what they call “patriotic empathy” across our political divides. Other donors ranging…
Toward a Philosophy of Philanthropy
…harm us if we don’t use it as it’s meant to be used and handled as it needs to be handled. Hanna’s search for the meaning of money introduced him…
Universities and Identity Politics
…fairness and achievement; the search for justice in an inherently unjust world. Philanthropists have one great Hippocratic duty in this situation: Don’t make things worse by funding the supercilious ignorance…
De-Nationalizing Community
…be discovered rather than developed, but we should quicken the search. The scope of what we call policy research needs to be greatly enlarged. Over the last two decades, we…
Spartan Donors
…upon their first deployment,” explains Col. Mike Meese, head of the academy’s department of social sciences. Academy research indicates that West Point’s cultural immersion programs “significantly increase overall cadet cross-cultural…
Panning Some Gold Out of Brown
In search of trust….
Summer 2016 – Briefly Noted
…funding from Pierre Omidyar, and built up with further support from Steve Beck, David Weekley, Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, and Mark Zuckerberg (who recently contributed $10 million). Research a few years earlier…