Monday May 20th, 2013
ALL THINGS CHARITABLE
Last night I attended a fundraiser for the Washington Conservatory of Music (WCM), sponsored and hosted by K&L Gates law firm. The proceeds will fund music lesson scholarships for students… MORE >>
Adam Grant is the wunderkind of business professors, a Harvard and University of Michigan graduate who, at 31, is the youngest tenured faculty at Wharton Business School. He has just published Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success, which explains how good guys can, after all, finish first.… MORE >>
NY Times’ take on IRS debacle: Focus on minutiae of conservative applications meant complaints filed about large “political” nonprofits went ignored.… MORE >>
After outpouring of donations for Boston Marathon causes, area nonprofits deal with charity fatigue affecting their fundraising.… 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 >>
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 >>
A new truck, trailer, and golf cart: What director spent $100,000 on from funds embezzled from NJ nonprofit for developmentally disabled.… MORE >>
Minnesotans who don’t itemize may be looking at change to state tax code whereby current deduction becomes a “charitable tax credit” instead.… 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 >>
Can charity fill in the gaps? Not to the extent big government can, like the $80 billion in SNAP funds for the hungry.… 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 >>
Nonprofit MA Manufacturing Extension Partnership helps Worcester-area companies update with the times, from “lean manufacturing” to workforce training.… 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 >>
Buried in IRS apology for targeting “Tea Party” and “patriot” nonprofits is quote from their commissioner claiming “absolutely no targeting” was done.… MORE >>
Jerry Garcia Amphitheater is threatened with rechristening (and overhaul) by nonprofit group; parks dept.… 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 >>
UK peer Lord Ashcroft elaborates on taking the Giving Pledge — and in the process, gives us a look inside a billionaire’s reasoning.… MORE >>
Albertan who made his fortune in oil posthumously revealed to be record-setting donor to Calgary Foundation — to the tune of $117 million (Cdn.)
“Daryl K.… MORE >>
It just so happens that big corporate gifts coincide with big events (and big disasters) in corporation’s hometown.… MORE >>
Now FL nonprofit hospitals are coming under the microscope — and community asks if they’re giving back as much as they gain in tax breaks.… MORE >>
Perth, Australia newspaper notes that Western Australia has lowest giving stats in nation, “even though WA is one of the richest states.”
Local philanthropists leapt to WA’s defence, saying the results were limited, because they relied only on credit card, debit card, direct debit, BPAY and Eftpos donations.… MORE >>
Blackbaud’s study of UK giving shows older generation 27% more generous than Gen X, and 38% more generous than Boomers.… MORE >>
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…
In their op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on May 14 (subscription required), Manhattan Institute…
