Charity Leaders: Quit ‘Whining’
To the Editor: The Chronicle has consistently provided important information relevant to my work in the non-profit field. But, while reading the April 20 edition, it dawned on me that there is an aspect of your publication that, if I were an “outsider” looking in, would not endear me to the…
Charities Shouldn’t Take Donors for Granted
By PUTNAM BARBER We sent our dues check to the alumni group of my wife’s alma mater early in May. We were pleasantly surprised to receive a welcome letter in response after just a couple of days. But we quickly became disconcerted when we noticed that the letter assured us that we would enjoy the…
By PUTNAM BARBER
Contributor
To Fight Global Poverty, Start at the Grassroots
To the Editor The spirit of your article on globalism (“Rethinking Global Giving,” April 20) raises the issue of how best to apply a global consciousness to the eradication of some of the most serious problems facing humanity in the world today. Combating worldwide poverty has to be one of the top…
Stop the Shooting: Calling Foundations to Arms
By JOSHUA HORWITZ and KHALID R. PITTS As last month’s Million Mom March amply demonstrated, rising concern about gun violence has galvanized a diverse range of Americans to take action. The Mother’s Day march was the largest gun-control demonstration in history, drawing more than 500,000 people.…
By Khalid R. Pitts
Contributor
To the Editor: In your article, “A Run for the Money,” (April 20), Marlon Sandlin of World Vision is quoted as saying that investment managers who are part of an existing network of financial advisers would be offered an incentive, in the form of additional fees, to encourage their clients to open…
For-Profit Approach Is Essential
To the Editor: Thomas K. Klein’s letter regarding attitudes of not-for-profit management towards for-profit disciplines (“The Chronicle Shouldn’t Overstate the Risks of Change,” April 6) was insightful and inciteful. It is a discussion that deserves to continue. The for-profit sector in this…
Time To Read Was Sabbatical Payoff
To the Editor: In her article on sabbaticals for non-profit leaders (“A Break Between Good Deeds,” March 23) Meg Sommerfeld described the “epiphanies” that came to me when I was on a generous sabbatical that the New York Foundation’s board authorized in 1998. While I’m not sure I’d classify them as…
To the Editor: The term “wheelchair-bound,” which appears in the article on my organization (“Medical Attention,” The Face of Philanthropy, April 20), conjures up images of immobility, confinement, imprisonment, even bondage. The reality is that for those of us who have mobility impairments, a…
Follow the Basics in Campaigns
To the Editor: The Chronicle’s coverage of Marianne Briscoe’s presentation at the National Society of Fund Raising Executives conference, “Venture Capitalists Are Changing the Capital-Campaign Rules, Fund Raisers Told” (April 6), was extremely interesting. She gives us flexible strategies for…
Minority Fund Raisers Should Be Viewed as Partners
To the Editor: The task force set up by the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel and the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (“Venture Capitalists Are Changing the Capital-Campaign Rules, Fund Raisers Told,” April 6) to focus on attracting people of color to the fund-raising…