Measuring the Impact of International Partnerships
As the keynote speaker at a conference on partnerships convened at the UN, Jason Saul paid respect to the recent emphasis on measurement and outcomes. But in seeking to solve social problems, he...
View ArticlePhilanthropy’s Double Dip: Giving Numbers Tumble for Second Straight Year
Giving in the U.S. dropped for the second straight year in 2009, reflecting the depth of the American recession, and a slight drop in individual giving but a steep decline in foundation philanthropy....
View ArticleBuffett to Ultra-rich: Meet Me Halfway
Image via Wikipedia This week’s blockbuster $600 billion philanthropic challenge from Warren Buffett has made headlines, but it’s a story that’s been building behind the scenes for several years. As...
View ArticleFor Your Summer Reading List, Salient Points on Strategic Giving
In between reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Played With Fire, I picked up a new volume that reawakened my appreciation of the field in which we spend our working hours. “The...
View ArticleWhat Does 2011 Hold for Nonprofits?
The business of making predictions is always chancy, and many of us are reeling from the news that the daily horoscopes we’ve lived by – admit it – are based on zodiac signs that were not what we’d...
View ArticleInvest in Egypt’s Courageous Youth
Egypt is my second home. I have walked Tahrir and its streets so many times as a student and then as a professional. I know every building I have seen on television. So many memories of so many...
View ArticleFinancing Human Services: Philanthropy Finds a New Role
Following the worst economic downturn in recent history, the human services funding landscape is shifting. For those organizations largely dependent on government support, the situation can be...
View ArticleFree Seminar/Report on Public Finance Crisis for Nonprofits
Our onPhilanthropy readers are invited to a Seminar / Live Webinar – The Public Finance Crisis: Can Philanthropy Shoulder the Burden? There is still time to register for Tuesday’s seminar and live...
View ArticleEconomic Challenges Persist for Nonprofits: New Report Recommends Action for...
It is unanimous that the recession was felt deeply and widely, and unfortunately we continue to feel those effects. There is no crystal ball that can tell us when our economy will return to a place...
View ArticleLeap of Reason: What Nonprofit Leaders Should Know About Impact and Funders
I’m a story teller by nature and by vocation, so I shivered a little bit when I read this sentence in Mario Morino’s excellent Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity, released...
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