Charity’s Agenda for the New President: Make Government Work Better
The elections that took place last week represented a historic victory for democracy. Yet there is much work to be done to recover from the campaigns that preceded them, which were at times disturbingly bitter and divisive. Ugly appeals focused on race, gender, class, religion, regionalism, and…
By LAWRENCE OTTINGER
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The Failure of Conservative Philanthropy?
Last week’s election results have prompted some experts to declare that America is witnessing the greatest liberal resurgence since the Great Society. So can we now stop fretting about the threat of a handful of conservative foundations’ permanently reshaping the political landscape in their own…
By WILLIAM SCHAMBRA
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Opinion: Attacks on Acorn Are Unfair and Misleading
Opinion: Attacks on Acorn are unfair and misleading
Online Transcript: Giving in Tough Times
Read the transcript of the live online discussion The Chronicle hosted today with Paul Brest, president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. You can also read more about what Mr. Brest and a colleague suggest grant makers and philanthropists should do during the downturn in an opinion…
How Grant Makers Should Respond to Hard Times
Opinion: How grant makers should respond to hard times
By HAL HARVEY
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The Politics of Giving: Employees of Big Nonprofit Groups Give Mostly to Democrats
Employees of big nonprofit organizations gave mostly to Democrats
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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In Hard Times, Philanthropy Can Lead the Way
You know the news is bad when strangers start blurting out updates in the elevator. In this case, the elevator was in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and the man furiously thumbing his smart phone looked up and said, “WaMu’s gone under.” WaMu — Washington Mutual Bank — counts as the largest bank failure in…
By JEAN JOHNSON
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Nonprofit World Could Emerge Stronger From Economic Crisis
As the worldwide business crisis has deepened, the prospects for philanthropy have looked increasingly bleak. Fears of sharply reduced donations, plummeting endowments, and cutbacks in government support have swept through the nonprofit world. With unemployment rising and many homeowners facing…
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
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A Nonprofit Agenda for the Next President
As the nonprofit world prepares for the election of a new president, its leaders have been discussing ways to tighten the relationship between government and charities. Those conversations have focused on both the need for additional federal money for nonprofit organizations and a substantial…
By PABLO EISENBERG
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