A Small Change- Fundraising Blog
A new fundraising blog that encourages nonprofits to send in questions that they would like to see answered in a blog post.
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Internet groups forging a community of charity - CNN.com
South Korea has the highest level of broadband usage of any country. What are they using it for? Making philanthropy more […]
As we end 2007, and look forward to 2008 (a year that may have a number of surprises in store for philanthropy), I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the many readers of Tactical Philanthropy.
When I started this blog in October of 2006, I had a lot of hope that people might want to […]
Donor Power Blog: How to reach donors who demand a return on their investment
I work with donors. Jeff Brooks works with nonprofits. For any nonprofits who have been reading my discussion with the Red Cross, check out this post and other Donor Power Blog posts for advice on how to work with donors like me […]
Someone at Google.org read my posts (here and here) about nonprofit information being available within Google Finance and invited me to meet with them early next month. If you have any thoughts you’d like me to share with them, shoot me an email or leave a comment.
Checking back on the Red Cross discussion I started […]
Social Venture Partners has been publishing a list of 10 Things We’d Like to Tell Every New Philanthropist on the SVP Blog. With permission from Paul Shoemaker, I’m republishing the lessons here. I think there is a lot of philanthropic knowledge currently concentrated in the hands of institutional funders. SVP is setting a great example […]
ZaZengo: A SourceForge.net for Social Change
Will volunteers learn to self-organize and bypass nonprofits altogether? Peter Deitz gives us the low down on a fascinating new project called ZaZengo.
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Donor Power Blog: More donors are growing hard noses
Jeff Brooks advises nonprofits on how to deal with “hard nose” donors who demand data and results.
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From the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board:
Manager, Strategic Initiatives
The Center for Effective Philanthropy
Reporting directly to the President, the Manager, Strategic Initiatives will manage an exciting new research project working with one of the nation’s foremost foundations to understand the experiences of those affected by its work. This is an essential role that has been created due […]
From the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board:
President
Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator, America’s largest and most-utilized evaluator of charities, seeks an experienced full-time President to lead us into a new era of expansion and growth.
Founded in 2001, Charity Navigator has become the nation’s largest and most utilized evaluator of charities. The mission of the organization is to guide intelligent […]
From the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board:
Knight Foundation seeks an Online Community Manager to be based in our Miami, Florida office, reporting to the Vice President of Communications.
Play a key role in creating a vibrant online discussion community for Knight Foundation and shape it into the premier digital presence focused on journalism excellence, communities and systemic, […]
PhilanTopic: EMCF Introduces Pilot to Help Grantees Secure Growth Capital
Nancy Roob is making a name for herself as a social media savvy foundation CEO. She’s left a comment on my blog (the first and only major foundation CEO to do so, and now she’s approved a letter she wrote to be publish on PhilanTopic.
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Epiphanies […]
Buy This Sweater, Save a Seal - New York Times
The New York Times writes an editorial about embedded giving. Lucy Bernholz’s buzzword seems to have reached cult status (along with GiveWell, which Lucy is also involved in) as Giving Season comes to a close.
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Amit Patel: Calculating return on social investments.
A reader breaks down the equation for evaluating returns on social investments.
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I have hesitations about advising donors to “follow the smart money” by funding nonprofits because foundations or other “expert funders” have chosen them. That being said, I think that there are a lot of smart people out there who do know which nonprofits are doing a good job impacting their chosen cause (even if they […]
I have a friend who emails me every time I complain that big foundations are not more innovative to say “But Sean, look at the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation!”
He’s right.
I first heard EMCF CEO Nancy Roob speak at a Council on Foundations meeting. She co-presented with Clara Miller of the Nonprofit Finance Fund on why […]
The Chronicle of Philanthropy solicited predictions for 2008 from a variety of people. You can find the full feature with entries from Larry Brilliant of Google.org, Daniel Ben-Horin of Compumentor/Techsoup, myself and others here.
I decided to make a list of potential surprises rather than flat out predictions. Here’s my entry:
In the tradition of stock-market commentator […]
