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RT @LIVEgoodpurpose: To Give Is To Gain: Bobby Sager's Philosophy Of Philanthropy #huffpost http://tiny.cc/Q8K0L. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Metro:
Students at the University of Mary Washington aren't just learning about philanthropy -- they're practicing it.
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today:
Children of privilege who inherit fortunes at a young age often struggle to find a moral balance between using their riches for personal benefit and meeting the social responsibilities they believe wealth confers, The Washing (Read More)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today:
Tim Ogden is challenging the thinking of two of the world’s most prominent donors — Bill and Melinda Gates — as self-described “impatient optimists,” notes Give and Take in its daily digest of the best blog posts about the no (Read More)
Tactical Philanthropy:
A documentary film called Saving Philanthropy is currently under production. The subtitle is “Moving from charity to social investing before it’s too late.”From the website: “Saving Philanthropy is a documentary film explorin (Read More)
AFP Blog: Youth in Philanthropy:
Phoenixville students honored in Philadelphia for philanthropy - The Mercury News: Pottstown, PA and The Tri County areas of Montgomery, Berks and Chester Counties (pottsmerc.com): "PHOENIXVILLE — Students of the Phoenixville (Read More)
Philanthropy Journal - All Articles:
Nonprofits funded by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation give it high marks for achieving its goals but wish it did more to communicate goals and strategies to grant recipients, says survey of over 800 Hewlett grantees by C (Read More)
Inside Philanthropy:
By Todd CohenA new way of doing business in the nonprofit sector is unfolding in Charlotte, N.C.Known as Project Hope and designed to help people living in long poverty find affordable housing and build financial stability, t (Read More)
Twitter / Philanthropic:
Would the funds that go 2 philanthropy be better spent as venture capital 2 create new products & jobs? ☛ http://bit.ly/6D99rd. (Read More)
Twitter / Philanthropic:
What R UR views on Corp #csr Giving: "self-servingfree marketing or betterthannothing.." http://bit.ly/59sXTM #philanthropy. (Read More)
PHILANTHROPY 2173:
How often have you heard the complaint "There are too many nonprofits?" This is one of those issues - like politics and religion - that can be so divisive that you don't want to talk about it with certain relatives at certain (Read More)
Washington Post:
Seth Goldman co-founded Honest Tea in 1998 with Barry Nalebuff, his professor at the Yale School of Management. The Bethesda-based company has been recognized for its growth and business practices .
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The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today:
Among the latest appointments and other personnel changes in the nonprofit world: Sidney R. Hargro has been named the new executive director of the Community Foundation of South Jersey, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. (Read More)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today:
Thursday’s Philanthropy Today misstated the views of Lawrence Bacow, president of Tufts University. He said colleges should look to reduce the level of risk in their investments by putting less money into hedge funds and priv (Read More)
The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Philanthropy Today:
A nonprofit lawyer worries that boards are unprepared to handle the demands of today’s economy, notes Give and Take in its daily digest of the best blog posts about the nonprofit world. Plus: Continuing debate over Goldman (Read More)
Tactical Philanthropy:
The newly released William & Flora Hewlett Foundation’s annual report includes an essay about forms of philanthropic support from the foundation’s president Paul Brest. In the essay, Paul pushes back against groups such as In (Read More)
Tactical Philanthropy:
In my last post, I profiled Paul Brest’s new annual letter about the merits, or lack thereof, of general operating support grants. In the weeks before the annual report was released, Paul emailed a copy of the essay to a grou (Read More)