Fast-Growing Charity Funds Raise Issues - Fri, 03 Feb 2012
Donor-Advised Funds Can Hold Cash for Longer Periods of Time
Najim Family Foundation contributes major gift to Lighthouse - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
The San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind received a $100,000 gift from the Harvey E. Najim Family Foundation that will be used to support the organization’s Blind Children’s Education Program.
John W. and Edna Wilson Mosley Scholarship offers help to Denver’s African American youth - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Tuskegee Airman John Mosley and wife Edna have battled adversity to give back to promising students
Football and Food Carts - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Laurie Tisch is going to the Super Bowl, but first she had to pick up some vegetables in the Bronx. "Thursday I'm on the friends and family charter," she reported.
What Would Rambam Think About DonorsChoose.org? - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
obligated to give tzedakah and also prescribes thebest way for that transaction to occur. The medieval Jewish philosopher Maimonides (a.k.a.Rambam) describes eight degrees of tzedakah, each higher than the next. The highest level isachieved by providing a person in need with the ability to improve their own situation via aloan or an employment opportunity. If this ideal cannot be achieved, Rambam makes anonymitybetween donor and recipient a priority. In philanthropy, anonymity has long been
National Parks Help Tame the Environmental Crisis - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Environmental literacy is critical to conserving and protecting our natural resources and ensuring a healthy planet. How can we expect our policy makers, citizens and children to make decisions that will protect the planet if they do not value our wild places or understand the threat of global clima
Can Philanthropy for Boston's Parks Break Through the Grass Ceiling? - Thu, 02 Feb 2012
Grand civic gestures, courtesy entrepreneurial public-private partnerships, and some deep-pocketed donors are pumping new life into some old guard cities, among them New York[1] and Philadelphia[2], where urban parks are "in" and planners speak of the "Highline effect" as they once did of the "Bilba
Reflection: Why My Philanthropic Research Topic is Important to Me - Mon, 30 Jan 2012
Denver Foundation, indicated with some surprise that 2008, a tough economic year, saw manyindividuals making major long-term commitments to philanthropy. Even in uncertain times, somepeople in our community remain extremely generous said Prina in an interview published in theDenver Post. (Arno, 2005.) According to this article, David Miller, Chief Executive Officer of the $240 million dollarDenver Foundation, reports there appear to be two types of major givers in today'sphilanthropic
Multiple Perspectives on Nonprofits and Advocacy - Fri, 27 Jan 2012
(Uniform Prudent management ofInstitutional Funds Act)American Bar Association Section of Business Law (Revised Model Nonprofit Corporation Act) Nonprofit and Philanthropy Centers - Domestic The Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Research Center, Univ. of Iowa College of Law TypePad Notices © Copyright All Rights ReservedMain January 27, 2012 Multiple Perspectives on Nonprofits and Advocacy Nonprofits engaging in public policy advocacy has often been a
Wired for Philanthropy - Fri, 27 Jan 2012
, has a long tradition on our list, but never in the poleposition. Ironically, as I was flying earlier this month there was a big article in theAirline magazine about the "philanthropy web" in Seattle-mostly rooted in , yes, you guessedit, former (and a few current) Microsoft employees. So what makes Seattle (and neighboringBellevue at #9) our big winner? more philanthropic in general. The Washington DC metro area far outpaces them in terms ofoverall philanthropy (online and otherwise). Salt
