Are Education Charities and Donors Doing Enough to Improve Schools?
Are education charities and donors doing enough to improve the schools?
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Opinion: Harvard’s Endowment Losses “Tip of the Iceberg”
Opinion: Harvard’s endowment losses are “tip of the iceberg”
Refugee Camp Simulation at Davos Sparks Debate
Refugee camp simulation at Davos sparks debate
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Endowing Newspapers Isn’t Journalism’s Salvation
Is endowing newspapers a good idea?
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Four Questions for Charities to Answer as They Seek to Thrive in Hard Times
Tough times require trade-offs. Making trade-offs well requires clarity — about the results an organization intends to deliver and about the resources it will need to succeed. Over the past nine years, we have worked with more than 200 nonprofit organizations seeking to achieve better results, at…
By NAN STONE and Thomas J. Tierney
How President Obama Can Promote Social Innovation
President Obama appears ready to make a major federal commitment to supporting America’s most innovative charities. He is said to favor a new White House Office of Social Entrepreneurship and a multi-million-dollar fund to finance new answers to old problems like poverty, disease, and hunger. He is…
By PAUL LIGHT
Contributor
Executive-Search Firms: The Benefits
To the Editor: As a consultant with close to 13 years of experience in nonprofit executive search, I appreciate many of the concerns The Chronicle’s article (“Worth the Price?” December 11, 2008) expresses regarding the use and expense of executive-search firms. I would like to offer a different…
In Philanthropy, It’s Not Just About the Numbers
As the Obama administration gets to work, the philanthropic world may be hoping for a more supportive relationship than it has enjoyed in recent years, when legislators have questioned how it was spending its resources and even whether some organizations deserved to be tax exempt. But with…
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Contributor
Why We Might Not Need a Public-Service Academy
The notion of public service has swept the country. Young people everywhere are expressing a desire to serve other people and their country, and President Obama’s strong support for volunteerism has prompted a wave of proposals to encourage Americans to commit their time to serving the public good.…
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Robertson vs. Princeton vs. Donor Intent
To the Editor: The settlement of the six-and-a-half-year-old lawsuit brought against Princeton University by members of the Robertson family (The Chronicle, January 15) has attracted plenty of good advice for nonprofit groups: Be clear about the purpose of a gift, have clear guidelines for its use,…