January 31, 2008 – 7:59 pm
The newest job on the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board comes from CompuMentor/TechSoup, the nonprofit behind NetSquared:
Finance Coordinator
About TechSoup:
TechSoup is a nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits acquire and use technology to better serve their missions. We are working toward a time when every nonprofit and NGO on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge [...]
January 31, 2008 – 7:32 pm
Peter Panepento, who runs the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s website drops us a note regarding Kiva:
Sean:
This is an interesting analysis and you raise some important questions here.
I invite you and your readers to raise some of these questions directly with Kiva co-founder Matt Flannery, who will be taking questions on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at noon Eastern [...]
January 31, 2008 – 7:29 pm
Last month I posted a question on the Google Finance profile page of the United Way of America. I got an email today from Meg Plantz, director, Impact Design and Learning for United Way. You can catch up on the Google Finance for nonprofits discussion here.
United Way of America’s approach to program outcome measurement, reflected [...]
January 31, 2008 – 6:36 pm
The New York Times recently reported on the fact that Kiva.org has too much money from donors/investors and not enough people to give/lend the money to:
Over the last few months, some visitors to the Web site of Kiva, a nonprofit that lets users make interest-free “microloans” to entrepreneurs in low-development (that is, poor) countries all [...]
January 31, 2008 – 12:22 am
They Come in the Name of Helping | Social Actions
Interesting interview with the film maker behind They Come in the Name of Helping. Quote: “[Africa] needs more responsible, scrutinizing and respectful philanthropists rather than more [Philanthropists].”
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Kiva should send money elsewhere.
Reader “Basti” suggests that Kiva should not be refusing donors’ money but rather sending them [...]
January 30, 2008 – 12:44 pm
Robert Egger has a moving and insightful op-ed in the current edition of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Robert understands the potential political power of the Third Sector better than anyone I know. His V3 Campaign and Nonprofit Primary Project have be nonpartisan efforts at getting politicians to recognize the power and potential of the Third [...]
January 30, 2008 – 10:29 am
The NY Times recently wrote about how Kiva.org has a supply/demand problem. Too many donors, not enough people to give the money to. Caroline Heine on PhilanthroMedia writes today , “the inability of Kiva.org to keep pace with its own success is just one more example of the problems caused by the absence of a [...]
January 30, 2008 – 9:43 am
The newest job on the Tactical Philanthropy Job Board comes from Criterion Ventures.
Project Manager
Criterion is an innovative firm that incubates and scales ventures that create a better world.
We work with individuals and organizations that have a bold vision for what is possible for the world and partner with them to translate that vision into sustainable [...]
January 30, 2008 – 9:38 am
The first guest column to the Financial Times for the philanthropy series put together by my editor Lauren Foster, was published recently. Rick Cohen, a national correspondent for Nonprofit Quarterly and former executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, is the first author. He takes on the presidential candidates’ commitment to philanthropy.
Throughout the [...]
January 30, 2008 – 12:26 am
New Fund Aims To Change Scotlands Charities (from The Herald )
A venture philanthropy fund in Scotland is assembling money from a combination of private individuals, trusts, foundations and the public purse to provide long-term funding, support for core costs, minimal bureaucracy and the investment of time, energy an
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January 29, 2008 – 10:14 pm
A nationally known nonprofit has asked me for examples of organizations that are “doing it right” in terms of publishing their impact analysis. In other words, which nonprofits are self publishing information that is useful to donors who are trying to examine if the organization is effective?
Any ideas? Leave a comment or send me an [...]
January 29, 2008 – 4:27 pm
What does Seth Godin, the marketing guru and author of Seth’s Blog have to with philanthropy? In Seth’s words “Ideas that spread win. Period.” I think that understanding how to spread ideas is an important skill for high-impact philanthropists to acquire. I also think the nonprofit world has been quick to recognize the relevance of [...]
January 29, 2008 – 12:24 am
xigi.net » When More Isn’t More
Tim Freundlich explains Socially Responsible Investing 3.0 and why there will never be an SRI 4.0.
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‘Whiz kid’ tale runs up against some hard numbers: The Vancouver Sun
On the heels of the GiveWell scandal, The Vancouver Sun rips Tom Williams of GiveMeaning. It seems to me that online philanthropy is [...]
January 28, 2008 – 10:12 am
Humans have a remarkable ability to categorize information and then quickly compare new data to prior experiences. This allows us to absorbed massive amounts of new data quickly in ways that computers are still unable to do. For instance if I show you a picture of a dog that you’ve never seen before, even a [...]
January 26, 2008 – 12:20 am
FT.com - Youthful force for change in society
Sarah Murray reports on Generation Y’s interest in social enterprise and philanthropy. While the Boomers are retiring and hitting peak giving years, their children are embracing the potential for “creative capitalism”.
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