November 2, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
- Lucy Bernholz, an adviser to foundations, explores the potential downsides of transparency on her blog Philanthropy 2173. Ms. Bernholz, an advocate of increased information in philanthropy, describes one potential unintended consequence: If disclosure requirements at private foundations were expanded, that might drive more people to instead use donor-advised funds.
- Heather Carpenter, a researcher at the Caster Family Center for Nonprofit Research, offers some tips for moving from a job at a regional to a national nonprofit group.
- While The Philanthropist television show has been canceled by NBC, fans of the show are trying to persuade the network to bring it back, writes Mitch Nauffts on PhilanTopic, the Foundation Center blog.
- A new $75,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation brings the total amount of prize money available in America’s Giving Challenge to $245,000. Participants in the challnege, which ends Friday, compete to see who can raise the largest number of donations for their favorite charity using the Causes application on Facebook.
