Nonprofit Workers Deserve Decent Wages
To the Editor: In his argument against nonprofit strikes (“Advocating a Nonprofit Strike Is ‘Unseemly and Disturbing,’” Letters, June 29) Erick Swenson employs extreme scare examples (emergency-room personnel at a nonprofit hospital, disaster workers taking off in the hurricane season, ad nauseam).…
Accountability Efforts Deserved Attention
To the Editor: Pablo Eisenberg’s “Why Don’t Charities and Lawmakers Want to Curb Nonprofit Abuses?” (Opinion, June 29) includes a number of factual errors that we would like to set straight for your readers. Contrary to Mr. Eisenberg’s assertions that the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector focused…
America’s Welfare Depends on Improved Literacy Rates
To the Editor: While it was gratifying to see that The Chronicle deems the issue of adult literacy worthy of a cover story, we were disappointed with the article (“Building a Nation of Readers”) that ran in your April 20 issue. While the article adequately described the programmatic initiatives…
Don’t Confuse Generosity With Impact on Society
With the stroke of a pen, Warren Buffett has committed more money to charity in a single transaction than anyone in history. In current dollars, his $31- billion gift is double the total lifetime philanthropic contributions of ALSO SEE:Opinion: Let’s Not Focus Simply on Size of Buffett’s…
By Mark R. Kramer
Contributor
Even With Lots More Money, Gates Foundation Faces High Hurdles
Warren Buffett’s breathtaking announcement that he will give more than $30-billion of his fortune to the ALSO SEE:Opinion: Let’s Not Focus Simply on Size of Buffett’s GiftOpinion: The Gates-Buffett Merger Isn’t Good for PhilanthropyOpinion: Don’t Confuse Generosity With Impact on Society Bill &…
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Contributor
The Gates-Buffett Merger Isn’t Good for Philanthropy
Warren Buffett’s donation of more than $30-billion to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was a huge and generous ALSO SEE:Opinion: Let’s Not Focus Simply on Size of Buffett’s GiftOpinion: Even With Lots More Money, Gates Foundation Faces High HurdlesOpinion: Don’t Confuse Generosity With Impact on…
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Let’s Not Focus Simply on Size of Buffett’s Gift
When Warren Buffett announced that he was committing more than $30-billion to the Bill & Melinda ALSO SEE:Opinion: The Gates-Buffett Merger Isn’t Good for PhilanthropyOpinion: Even With Lots More Money, Gates Foundation Faces High HurdlesOpinion: Don’t Confuse Generosity With Impact on Society…
Opinion: Lawmaker Says New Charity Rules Needed
Nonprofit groups must earn their tax-exempt status, and Congress should act to tighten the rules and regulations governing charities in order to increase Americans’ confidence in them, writes Sen. Charles Grassley, Republican of Iowa and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, in The Hill. Mr.…
Opinion: Smithsonian Neglected by Congress
Short on government money, the Smithsonian Institution has made some ethically questionable moves in order to secure support from corporate sponsors, writes Tyler Green in the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Green, who writes the blog Modern Art Notes, says the museum’s deal with the Showtime…
Opinion: The Gates Foundation Should Not Outlive Its Founders
Now that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, has almost doubled its assets with a recent pledge of more than $30-billion from Warren Buffett, the foundation should work hard to spend all its money while its founders are still alive, John J. Miller writes in The Wall Street Journal. Mr.…