Efficient Markets in Philanthropy
I explain why I think that widely available information about nonprofits is so critical for The Second Great Wave of Philanthropy.
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Phil Cubeta: Independent sector swallowed up in bidnis
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In response to my post yesterday in which I discussed the value of information to philanthropy and why donors should desire efficient philanthropic markets, Phil Cubeta writes:
The logic here can become relentless and destructive. What this tends towards a lists, like league tables in a sport, with the best at the top. It leads then [...]
Gift Hub: What Education is Appropriate to Philanthropy?
Phil Cubeta asks what field of study should philanthropy be a part of. Philosophy? Business? Law? I hope we don’t have to pick just one.
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Nonprofit Leadership 601: Do donors really look at these charity regulation or donation sites?
Heather Carpenter (I’ll be speaking at a seminar she’s putting [...]
I wrote a post a while ago called Paul Brest Needs a Blog (Paul is the head of the Hewlett Foundation). I’ve been an advocate for more people in philanthropy to start blogging in general. In the above mentioned post I wrote:
So why should foundations blog? It seems to me that the imperative is not [...]
Austin man offers $1 billion to anyone who can cure breast cancer
An individual tries to leverage prize philanthropy to cure the disease that struck his wife.
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Here’s My Check; Spend It All at Once - New York Times
The Red Cross gets hurt from the trend towards donors restricting their gift for certain purposes.
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Stanford Social [...]
This post is my entry to the January edition of the Giving Carnival hosted by Trista Harris at New Voices in Philanthropy. The carnival asks, “What will foundations look like in 25 years?”:
For most foundations, the year 2032 doesn’t look a whole lot different than 2008, or 1950 for that matter. Most foundations hold less [...]
PHILANTHROPY 2173: What does transparency look like?
Lucy Bernholz discusses foundation transparency and the idea of nonprofits rating foundations.
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Gift Hub: Communicating Impact- Piddling as it might Be
Phil Cubeta discusses Rich Polt’s call for better storytelling from nonprofits instead of better metrics.
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PhilanTopic: Communicating Impact: Do We Appeal to the Heart or the Mind?
Rich Polt on why nonprofits should speak to donor’s hearts instead of to their minds.
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Gift Hub: Speaking of Philanthropy at [...]
Google Offers a Map for Its Philanthropy - New York Times
An overview of what Google.org plans to do.
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Podcast: Phil Buchanan
An interview with Phil Buchanan of the Center for Effective Philanthropy spurs a debate about foundation’s role in supplying the information needs of an efficient philanthropic capital market.
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Perla Ni: Donors need more info to trust nonprofits.
Perla Ni, founder of Great Nonprofits, argues that while foundations have plenty of data on nonprofits to [...]
I wrote a post for On Philanthropy that appears today. You can read the story here.
Have you ever heard someone say, “We need to get out of our silos and work together”? The silo effect is one of those over used metaphors of the business world, but the issue it raises is real. In short, [...]
Beautiful Country - WSJ.com
An interesting reflection on whether China will ever have US style philanthropy (subscription may be required).
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An interesting conversation is beginning to unfold in the comments to Phil Buchanan’s podcast. The point I’m making is not that foundations have some sort of obligation to fund nonprofit information for public use, but that doing so is in their best interest. This conversation ties in directly to the conversation we’ve been having about [...]
Nonprofit Punishes a 2nd Founder for Ruse - New York Times
The Hewlett Foundations says that they are still interested in funding GiveWell saying, “the concept has a lot of value”.
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Long Views » Katherine Fulton - “The Deeper News About the New Philanthropy”
An overview of a seminar with Katherine Fulton and Larry Brilliant.
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“Bequests as [...]
globeandmail.com: (Big, fat) cheque, please
Philanthropy is hot in Canada: From the article, “Public awareness of philanthropy has never been higher. Now, everyone is giving what they can. It’s huge.”.
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FT.com - Living donors top US charity list
The tread of giving while living is getting stronger.
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Hudson Institute > The Ungodly Bright: Should They Lead Philanthropy [...]
