Wednesday May 22nd, 2013
ALL THINGS CHARITABLE
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… MORE >>
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 who cannot afford them.… 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 >>
Investigating Locks of Love, who can blame reporter for “combing through evidence,” mention of “hair-raising” amount of $6 million in donations?… 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 >>
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 >>
A new truck, trailer, and golf cart: What director spent $100,000 on from funds embezzled from NJ nonprofit for developmentally disabled.… 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 >>
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 >>
Buried in IRS apology for targeting “Tea Party” and “patriot” nonprofits is quote from their commissioner claiming “absolutely no targeting” was done.… 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 >>
UK peer Lord Ashcroft elaborates on taking the Giving Pledge — and in the process, gives us a look inside a billionaire’s reasoning.… 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 >>
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 >>
When my husband and I moved to the suburbs of Westchester in 2005, we had…
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…
