Charity Leader Urges Haitians to Take Lead in Rebuilding, Plus More: Monday’s Roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
February 1, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
- As aid groups assist with the recovery of Haiti, it is crucial charities empower Haitians to help themselves rebuild their country, writes Patrick Solomon, senior vice president of global support services at CARE. In the Huffington Post, he describes how CARE, in Atlanta, is taking this approach.
- Will Goldman Sachs’s $500-million effort to help small businesses rehabilitate the investment company’s tarnished image? Georgia Levenson Keohane, a philanthropy consultant, says no because the charitable venture is not aimmed at nonprofit groups that were hit hard by the recent recession. Her views appear on the blog of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
- Is there anything really new about so-called Catalytic Philanthropy? The idea — which refers to projects started and supported by a single donor, who takes full responsibility for it — has been hailed as a new approach, but others wonder if the term is simply a new buzzword, writes Julia Craig, a research associatie for the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. Her views appear on the fcommittee’s blog.
- ReadWriteWeb, a popular blog about information technology, is asking its audience to offer suggestions on what are the best technology nonprofit groups.
