How Foundations Invest Money Is Just as Important as How They Make Grants
Grant Makers started by entrepreneurs could offer some valuable lessons to established philanthropies with legacies to protect.
By Ron Cordes
Contributor
Opinion: ‘Toxic Rhetoric’ Fouls Teach for America Criticism
Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp responds to growing criticism of the national teacher-training group’s methods and impact in a Washington Post column.
Study: Rep. Camp’s Tax Plan Could Cut Giving by $34-Billion
A new analysis of House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp’s tax-reform proposal predicts it would reduce U.S. charitable giving by 7 percent to 14 percent, The Hill reports.
Opinion: 501(c)(4)s Are the New Smoke-Filled Rooms
The emergence of nonprofit “social-welfare” groups as electioneering tools is tilting the political playing field toward wealthy interests, “widening the gap between the rich people who control campaign financing and the economically anxious voters targeted by their ads,” a New York Times columnist writes.
Opinion: Donor-Advised Funds ‘Rob’ Millions From Charities
Philanthropist Lewis B. Cullman argues in The New York Review of Books for stricter regulation of donor-advised funds, particularly their ability to stockpile donated money for years without distributing it to charities.
A Public Radio Station Tunes In to a City’s Innermost Thoughts
WWNO in New Orleans is seeking honest opinions from diverse voices by embedding microphones in cardboard sculptures around town where people can answer the question of the week.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
4 New Approaches to Reaching and Cultivating Today’s Billionaires
Fundraisers need to consider how donors think about politics, family, and results.
By Darrell M. West
Contributor
More Feedback Would Improve Foundations’ Service to Society
Seven foundations are announcing today a plan to award at least $15-million to jump-start projects that promote better openness about what works.
By HILARY PENNINGTON
Contributor
Ferguson Shooting, Not Ice-Bucket Craze, Demands Philanthropy’s Focus
Foundations and nonprofits are spending so much time talking about the ice-bucket frenzy and not nearly enough about healing racial and political divisions.
By AMY SCHILLER
Contributor
Opinion: Break Up Large Museums to Save Them
Large museums struggling with gallery crowding and other problems could benefit from being reorganized into smaller, more manageable components, writes arts blogger Hrag Vartanian in a guest editorial for Al Jazeera America.