A Misleading View of a Texas Medical Complex
To the Editor: It is sad and harmful when a person as intelligent as Pablo Eisenberg allows his judgment to be clouded by personal feelings about what philanthropy ought to be and by his fervor to find ignoble behavior on the part of philanthropic organizations. Because Mr. Eisenberg regularly…
Has ‘Philanthrocapitalism’ Met Its Promise?
Something genuinely important and exciting is stirring in the world of philanthropy. There is justifiable excitement about the possibilities for progress in global health, agriculture, and poverty-fighting efforts in developing countries that have been stimulated by huge investments from the Bill &…
By MICHAEL EDWARDS
Contributor
Opinion: Clinton Foundation Should Disclose Donors
Opinion: Clinton Foundation should disclose donors
Solving the Global AIDS Crisis Requires Local Solutions
Efforts to fight AIDS overseas will soon get a major infusion of money from the U.S. government. The House of Representatives this month passed an extension to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which will increase spending from $30-billion to $50-billion over five years, and it is…
By NANCY MAHON
Contributor
A Texas Scandal Raises Questions About Nonprofit Hospitals
Robert S. Riggs, an intrepid reporter for the CBS affiliate station in Dallas, ruffled a lot of feathers among Dallas’s social and financial elite with his investigative coverage of fund-raising and management controversies at the University of Texas’s Southwestern Medical Center. He and three of…
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
The Cost of Hiring Older Workers
To the Editor: Marc Freedman’s incisive thinking and leadership on the possibilities afforded by the aging of the baby boomers has made him one of the most important voices in the nonprofit world. His article (“Challenge the Boomers to Make a Difference,” My View, March 6) sets out an innovative…
The Growth in Giving Shows Confidence in Charities Is High
To the Editor: Newspaper reports of surveys showing a decline in confidence in nonprofits occur with depressing frequency (“Public Confidence in Nonprofit Groups Slides Back, New Survey Finds,” April 3). While I am sure that the articles by The Chronicle and others report the survey results with…
Strong Messages Mean Strong Leaders
The president of the United States spends part of almost every day working on the messages he wants to get out to the public. Hillary Rodham Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama know that to become the next president they need to devote a good part of their days to developing and delivering…
By Rebecca K. Leet
Contributor
Presidential Hopefuls Have Links to Charity That Urges Public Service
By Suzanne PerrySen. Barack Obama has promised to significantly expand the country’s national-service programs ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fired Up and Ready to Grow if he is elected president — a plan his wife, Michelle, says was influenced greatly by her work with Public Allies, a charity that works across…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor