Philanthropy

From The Chronicles Prospecting Blog Charitable Giving Might Not Melt Down, Philanthropy Scholar Predicts - Philanthropy.com: "The current crisis is similar to the conditions nearly a decade ago, said Mr. Havens, at a conference on “The Supply and Demand of Philanthropy in the 21st Century...  

I'll be a speaker at CEP's conference this year. I'm honored to be included in the killer line up of speakers: Matthew Bishop, Mike Edwards, Carla Javits, Gara LaMarche, Jim Canales, Perla Ni, Nancy Roob, Jim Collins, Greg Baldwin, George Overholser, Vince Stehle, Teri Behrens and Bill McCalpin...  

Presented each year in October to coincide with National Arts and Humanities Month, the awards honor individuals who have exhibited outstanding leadership in the visual and performing arts, arts education, advocacy, and philanthropy....  

Philanthropy: Stories of Giving Back: "To showcase a few of the many dedicated individuals who effect change in their communities, staff from nine non-profits were asked to give the name of one dedicated volunteer who has made a distinct impact within their organizations. The resulting...  

Election Giving Won't Take Big Toll on Charities - Philanthropy.com: "Election Giving Won't Take Big Toll on Charities While the economy is the biggest concern for most fund raisers, others are worried that election-relation giving could be diverting donations to charity. A new survey of 1,000...  

BBC NEWS | UK | Northern Ireland | Swimmer splashes charity cash: "A man who became the first person in 40 years to perform a particular feat of endurance swimming is in Bangladesh to distribute some of the cash raised. Belfast man Kenny Boyd swam the six miles from Rathlin Island to Ballycastle...  

The custom-built 1967 Lincoln Continental once owned by Manny Ramirez will be auctioned for charity.  [Boston Globe] A. Alfred Taubman announces a $22 million for the University of Michigan's A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute.  [Associated Press] The collapse of financial...  

The custom-built 1967 Lincoln Continental once owned by Manny Ramirez will be auctioned for charity.  [Boston Globe] A. Alfred Taubman announces a $22 million for the University of Michigan's A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute.  [Associated Press] The collapse of financial...  

Philanthropy work continues despite economic crisis: "Phoenix-based TriWest Healthcare Alliance has teamed up with T. Boone Pickens, but the effort has nothing to do with the oil man's well-publicized push for wind power. The military health insurer and the Texas billionaire donated $4 million...  

100,000 nonprofit fundraisers subscribe at $37 a year for list servs and articles drawn from subscribers ("colleagues"). Interesting to see a "user created content" site like this take off among fundraisers, as has Planned Giving Design Center, which caters to advisors. Now, I wonder, how might...  

A Wheaton man faces felony charges after allegedly soliciting charity donations this summer while representing himself as an officer with the city’s Police Department.  

BBC: The head of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers has told Congress that he took home about $300m in pay and bonuses over the past eight years.Yes, but he and his wife, Kathy, were also quite philanthropic:A foundation set up by Richard S. Fuld Jr., Lehman’s chairman and chief...  

The first in a series exploring the adaptability of several venture capital (VC) financing principles to foundation grantmaking. I was one of the reviewers of this report that looks at the potential of "co-funding": joining with other donors to fund different parts of a nonprofits growth cycle...  

Hoping to prevent drop in donations, some charities get creative | Inland News | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California: "When it comes to charity, every nibble counts in these uncertain times. Probably no one appreciates that more than Carol and John Carpenter...  

Imagine Canada is a national registered charity with offices in Toronto, Calgary and Ottawa that looks into and out for Canada’s charities and nonprofits. Imagine Canada est un organisme de bienfaisance national enregistré, qui dispose de bureaux à Toronto, Calgary et Ottawa, qui étudie...