Thursday May 23rd, 2013
ALL THINGS CHARITABLE
It’s hard to find a “serious” commencement speech that isn’t about remembering that there’s more to life than power and money. And that the secrets of a successful life include… MORE >>
When my husband and I moved to the suburbs of Westchester in 2005, we had to start buying all the odds and ends that homeownership requires. Gardening tools, chairs for the deck, lightbulbs, shelf liners, etc.… MORE >>
A look at Dallas, TX’s richest citizens and a comparison with list of its most philanthropic: Where and how much do the lists overlap?… MORE >>
Want to follow the House IRS hearing as if you were there?… MORE >>
An in-depth profile of Laura and John Arnold, part of new wave of philanthropists who want to use “data analysis and science” to mitigate society’s ills.… MORE >>
Want to follow the House IRS hearing as if you were there?… MORE >>
MA auditor says nonprofit May Institute improperly spent state funds–including $138K in “reimbursements” to its president.… MORE >>
Obama announced departure of acting IRS head Steven Miller in wake of revelations, but he was leaving next month anyway.… MORE >>
After outpouring of donations for Boston Marathon causes, area nonprofits deal with charity fatigue affecting their fundraising.… MORE >>
Nonprofit head extrapolates from her organization’s IRS experience that there is more that needs to be fixed at the agency than politics.… MORE >>
With U.S. nonprofit sector “the size of India,” and a “murky” IRS historical record, Americans deserve to know more as current scandal unfolds.… MORE >>
The Senate “is going after NFL’s nonprofit status, and it’s about time,” says columnist.… MORE >>
A “tectonic shift” in conservative movement? Where immigration reform is concerned, think tanks diverge from “treasured ally” Heritage Foundation.… MORE >>
Here, from the ThoughtEconomics blog, an interview with two foundation heads–Jeff Raikes of Gates Foundation and Eli Broad–on some fundamental questions.… MORE >>
What we can learn from Martin de Porres, who made philanthropy personal — charity in small ways, not grand PR-attracting gestures, with heart and hands.… MORE >>
Save Our Science Funding: Foundations coalesce “to bulwark high-payoff basic research” and bridge gap left by federal funding cuts.… MORE >>
NQ’s Rick Cohen gathers up think pieces, effecting a one-stop, pros-and-cons symposium on capping charitable tax deduction.… MORE >>
“Top White House lawyer learned of IRS inquiry in April,” did not inform president in case it appeared admin was “meddling” with independent agency.… MORE >>
Prime Minister Harper’s chief of staff’s gave $90K gift to senator; Canada wonders, did generosity get the better of him or this an ethics violation?… MORE >>
NY Times’ take on IRS debacle: Focus on minutiae of conservative applications meant complaints filed about large “political” nonprofits went ignored.… MORE >>
Did IRS scrutiny extend to pro-Israel nonprofits? National Review says conservative groups might’ve had company in governmental focus.… MORE >>
After death of her husband, Laurene Powell Jobs is quietly flexing her philanthropic muscle on behalf of education and immigration reform.… MORE >>
An in-depth profile of Laura and John Arnold, part of new wave of philanthropists who want to use “data analysis and science” to mitigate society’s ills.… MORE >>
“Giving with Purpose” is online class designed to “teach the art of philanthropy” through application; Doris Buffett is supplying $10K for students to grant.… MORE >>
Happy 100th birthday, Rockefeller Foundation– whose founding motto is dauntingly global and fittingly c.… MORE >>
A look at Dallas, TX’s richest citizens and a comparison with list of its most philanthropic: Where and how much do the lists overlap?… MORE >>
Investigating Locks of Love, who can blame reporter for “combing through evidence,” mention of “hair-raising” amount of $6 million in donations?… MORE >>
Michigan State study tracked education grants from 15 largest foundations over a decade; it’s “more complex than a good vs.… MORE >>
It just so happens that big corporate gifts coincide with big events (and big disasters) in corporation’s hometown.… MORE >>
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Last night I attended a fundraiser for the Washington Conservatory of Music (WCM), sponsored and…
Adam Grant is the wunderkind of business professors, a Harvard and University of Michigan graduate…
