Volunteer Technology Efforts Help Haiti
As relief work in Haiti continues, a wave of volunteer technology efforts have sprouted up using social media and mobile phones to help the earthquake victims.
By Ian Wilhelm
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Bill Gates Calls for New Innovative Ideas to Help the World
As part of his annual letter about his philanthropic work, Bill Gates calls for new, and sometimes experimental, efforts to innovate education and public health in Africa and other impoverished regions of the world.
By Ian Wilhelm
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View From Haiti: Habitat for Humanity’s CEO Looks to the Rebuilding Effort
As America focuses its generosity on the immediate relief efforts in Haiti, Jonathan T.M. Reckford, chief executive of Habitat for Humanity International, hopes its attention will not wane in the months ahead.
By Ian Wilhelm
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Bill Gates’s New Online Effort to Talk About Philanthropy
Bill Gates: Software mogul, philanthropist, blogger?
By Ian Wilhelm
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Effort to Rate Haiti Relief Groups Sparks Controversy
An effort to look at relief groups in Haiti has sparked some criticism.
By Ian Wilhelm
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Foundation Association Urges IRS Disaster Declaration for Haiti
Foundation association urges IRS to give Haiti disaster designation
By Ian Wilhelm
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Foundation Association Urges IRS Disaster Declaration for Haiti
The Council on Foundations, an association of grant makers, is asking the Internal Revenue Service to declare Haiti a “qualified disaster,” a move the group says would help corporations assist their employees who were affected by the earthquake.
By Ian Wilhelm
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Education Foundations Trim Giving
With the bad economy taking a toll on their assets, many foundations that support education causes decreased their giving last year.
By Ian Wilhelm
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Donor Gave Bulk of Estate to Gates Foundation
Donor gave $9-million to the Gates foundation
By Ian Wilhelm
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Backlash Against In-Store Solicitations
A backlash against checkout line fund-raising solicitations?
By Ian Wilhelm
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