His Journalistic Skills Help to Insure That Young Adults’ Voices Are Heard
Richard D. Thau started his professional life not as a charity official but as a journalist, working his way up to senior editor of a national publication called Magazine Week in just six years after his graduation from Haverford College in Pennsylvania. ALSO SEE:Information on Third MilleniumHow…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Savvy, pragmatic young leaders are reshaping the non-profit world A new guard of non-profit leaders is emerging that will shape the charity world in the next century. ALSO SEE:How the Next Generation Is Shaping the Non-Profit World: Profiles on 10 Young Leaders This latest crop of leaders looks…
Aramony’s Pension Is an Undeserved Benefit
To the Editor: I was shocked to read that William Aramony, the disgraced former United Way president and imprisoned felon, will be receiving a pension fund of more than $2-million (“United Way Will Fight Order to Pay Ex-Chief $2.4-Million,” November 5). His scandalous actions have cost United Way…
A Health Message Goes Up in Smoke
To the Editor: In response to your article “Sex, Truth, and Video” (October 8), which tells of the Kaiser Foundation’s efforts to have health issues portrayed accurately on television programs such as ER, I can only say that when Anthony Edwards’s character in that TV series lit up a cigarette…
Anti-Voucher Bias in Schools Story
To the Editor: I enjoyed your feature article about school vouchers and the burgeoning philanthropy that is supporting private-school choice for low-income parents (“Donors’ Choice,” November 19). However, I was disappointed with the clumsy attempt at hiding the anti-voucher bias of the writers. In…
Charity Trade Groups: the Key to Self-Regulation
To the Editor: Like most of his contributions, Putnam Barber’s November 5 opinion piece (“Charities Must Lead Push for Unified Regulations”) is thoughtful and eloquent. Mr. Barber’s premise is that we need to work together for self-regulation in a unified way, rather than the state-by-state,…
More Employee Options Preferable to Coercion
To the Editor: United Way organizations could do themselves a big favor by not merely discouraging coercion against employees in United Way campaigns (“Lawsuit Leads Bank to Drop Policy of Required Giving to United Way,” November 19). A more positive approach would be to embrace donor choice. Give…
Holiday Humbug by Regulators: Mostly Hogwash
Along with Salvation Army kettles and Toys for Tots campaigns comes another annual holiday tradition: announcements from state officials and charity-watchdog agencies urging us all to exercise caution in our year-end giving. The motivation for those warnings is obvious. The end of the year…
By PUTNAM BARBER
Contributor
Organizing Isn’t All That Progressive Community Groups Do
To the Editor: I was amused to see my name mentioned in the recent opinion piece by Michael Shuman (“‘Progressive Philanthropy’ Should Cast a Wider Net,” My View, November 5). I especially appreciated his generous paraphrasing of my comments at the recent National Network of Grantmakers Conference,…
Charities: Harness the News Media All Year Round
The news media usually do well by charities during the holiday season. Feel-good stories about organizations that help the neediest in society abound, both in print and on television. In some cases, a charity doesn’t even have to propose an idea -- the press just comes looking for it. The rest of…
By Jason Salzman
Contributor