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Nonprofit funding: Ordering a cake and restricting it too

by Vu Le / Forum

Nonprofit funding: Ordering a cake and restricting it too

Too many nonprofits spend too much time navigating the complex maze of funding restrictions, time that could be better spent delivering and improving on services.

Practicalities

Who needs donor research tools?

BY Elizabeth Palla

Good research can mean the difference between going into a meeting feeling at ease or on edge. Here are some of the best donor research tools out there.

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How can funders support scholars with an alternative point of view?

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Funders interested in supporting intellectual diversity should pay attention to the ideas of social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and academic organizations doing their part to encourage alternative points of view.

Forum

Consumption philanthropy and the quest for coherency

BY Nathan Washatka

John Ruskin’s keen observations on living coherent and integrated lives sheds some light on our modern practice of “cause marketing” and “consumption philanthropy.”

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How can funders support scholars with an alternative point of view?

BY Martin Morse Wooster

Consumption philanthropy and the quest for coherency

BY Nathan Washatka

John Ruskin’s keen observations on living coherent and integrated lives sheds some light on our modern practice of “cause marketing” and “consumption philanthropy.”

Charities take digital money now – and the risks that go with it

BY Philip Hackney and Brian Mittendorf

Harvesting gains from digital money by giving some of it away can be better for donors than the nonprofits they support.

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Should the NRA fear losing its 'nonprofit status'?

BY Philip Hackney

More likely dangers include administrative hassles and fines.

For-profit thrift store chain gets sued for dressing like a charity

BY Martin Morse Wooster

The attorney general of Washington state sued largest thrift retailer in the world with what amounts to deception and acting like a fake charity.

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