A Call for Charities to Share Their Data; Plus More: Wednesday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
November 4, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
- Marnie Webb, co-chief executive of TechSoup Global, contemplates the role of charities in a world in which so many people have easy access to data. In response to posts by Allison Fine, the social-media expert, and Lucy Bernholz, an adviser to donors, Ms. Webb says she would like to see nonprofit groups do more to share their data, collect stories to demonstrate what the data show, and agree on standards for the information they collect.
- Holden Karnofsky, a founder of the nonprofit group GiveWell, raises more questions about microfinance on the organization’s blog. He says that some charities may be supplying small loans in places where people could get other forms of credit.
- Philanthropy has become a tired concept, and more charities need to follow the example of Citizen Effect, which uses the Internet to connect everyday people with local charitable projects, writes Amy Carol Wolff, a master’s student who has worked with several charities, on the Social Earth blog.
