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Funders that understand regional differences are better suited to help

by Martin Morse Wooster / Forum

Funders that understand regional differences are better suited to help

BY Martin Morse Wooster

A look at a recent Pew report on what unites and divides urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Practicalities

4 key elements for communicating successfully with your donors

BY Devon Ironside

The key elements to separate your wheat from the competition’s chaff when communicating with donors through mail.

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Charitable giving: from the heart or the mind?

Should you give to charity based on emotional ties or on calculated rational analysis?

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Philanthropy against democracy

BY Michael E. Hartmann

Hans Speier’s career and thought provide some penetrating insight into the roots of modern philanthropy’s anti-democratic tendencies — and the relationship between knowledge and power.

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Charitable giving: from the heart or the mind?

Should you give to charity based on emotional ties or on calculated rational analysis?

Philanthropy against democracy

BY Michael E. Hartmann

Hans Speier’s career and thought provide some penetrating insight into the roots of modern philanthropy’s anti-democratic tendencies — and the relationship between knowledge and power.

Philanthropy and America's "social capital" divide

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Philanthropy’s role in strengthening social capital will become clearer once we know what it is and what could be done to increase it.

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Stanley Baldwin asked Britain's rich to help pay off the national debt after WWI – but it didn't work

BY Kevin Stagg

The British government is trying to unblock £400m donated in 1927 by an anonymous donor who wanted it to help pay off the national war debt.

The spectacular failure of One Laptop Per Child

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Far better to give the poor things they actually need and want than invest in flashy tech initiatives that over-promise and under-deliver.

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