A collection of some of our favorite fundraising reports and stories, including our special report about America’s next generation of donors.
Opinion: ‘Batkid’ Story Is Nice, but There Are Better Ways to Give
The recent outpouring of donations to help a 5-year-old leukemia sufferer live out a superhero fantasy exemplifies how emotions overrule effectiveness in people’s charity decisions, ethicist and author Peter Singer writes in a Washington Post opinion piece.
Opinion: Transgender Bell Ringer Makes Uneasy Truce With Salvation Army
A transgender volunteer chronicles her experience as a red-kettle bell ringer for the Salvation Army in an opinion piece in The New York Times.
Opinion: Giving to Elite Schools and Arts Groups Isn’t Charity
A large portion of giving from the very rich goes to “culture palaces” such as operas and museums or to prep schools or elite universities that donors want their children to attend, says Robert Reich in a Christian Science Monitor opinion article.
Philanthropy Needs to Do More to Back Research About Gun Violence
One year after the shootings at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., some states have tightened gun laws, but more studies are needed to continue the momentum.
By Ellen Alberding
Contributor
Why Let Financial Institutions Profit From Financing Services for the Needy?
As Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley make big pledges to steer capital to social services, nonprofits need to be concerned that private profit is replacing public and philanthropic responsibility.
Opinion: The Nonprofit Sector Should Go
The modern notion of a nonprofit sector has distinctly negative consequences and thus should be eliminated, writes Forbes contributor Josh Freedman.
Opinion: Congress Should Curb ‘Wasteful’ Charity Deductions
The government’s version of charitable giving—tax deductions for donations—too often offers little or no public benefit, a Boston College law professor argues in a New York Times opinion piece.
Opinion: Omidyar’s Market-Based Giving Hurts World’s Poor
Billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s philanthropic network pursues a free-market, “neoliberal” brand of giving that worsens conditions for the world’s underclass and widens economic inequality, according to news and opinion site NSFWCORP.
Privacy and a Warming Planet Influence Philanthropy’s 2013 Buzzwords
The nonprofit world is abuzz with language that reveals what’s on the minds of people working to promote the common good. Here’s the list for 2013. Do you agree? Share the own ideas.
By Lucy Bernholz
Contributor