Caroline Heine questions the idea that foundations should provide funding for a limited time. Should the goal be for nonprofits to become “sustainable” and not need the foundation’s support? If so, why?

Lucy Bernholz profiles an interesting new service that let’s readers of the news click through to nonprofit that serve the problem being discussed in the story. Original article by Sarah Duxbury at the SF Business Times.

Hats off to A Century Foundation for launching a staff wide blog this month (hat tip Lucy Bermholz).

This is great news. Donor advised funds are a very important tool for philanthropists. They never deserved to be on the IRS’s Dirty Dozen list.