April 1, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
- Rick Cohen, a national correspondent for the Nonprofit Quarterly, examines the finances of Freedom Alliance, a veterans’ charity started by the talk-show host Sean Hannity that has been accused of not giving enough to its scholarship program. On the Intrepid Philanthropist blog, Mr. Cohen notes that the charity participates in the Combined Federal Campaign, even though it received a rating of “F” from the American Institute of Philanthropy, a watchdog group. The Freedom Alliance has called charges against it “scurrilous.”
- Beth Kanter, who writes a blog about social media, asks whether the social-networking site Foursquare has value for charities. (See The Chronicle‘s discussion of this topic).
- “Wouldn’t it be exciting for a philanthropic contest to be focused on problem solving rather than just popularity voting?” asks Allison Fine, a social-media expert and Chronicle contributor. On her blog, A. Fine Blog, Ms. Fine suggests that foundations should offer high-dollar prizes to people, organizations, and networks that offer the best solution to a problem.
