Grants Are Quickly Expanding for Media Projects That Spur Social Change
Awards to media projects are now the seventh most popular cause, just behind science and technology.
By Vince Stehle
Contributor
IRS Plan on Nonprofit Political Work Undermines Democracy
The tax agency is right to clarify muddy rules, but its approach overly restricts legitimate efforts to educate voters and encourage them to go to the polls.
By Diana Aviv and Gary D. Bass
Opinion: Little to Smile About in New Amazon Giving Effort
The e-commerce giant’s new charity program, AmazonSmile, could actually curtail donations by consumers by distorting the emotional reward that typically accompanies giving, a consultant to nonprofit groups writes at The Huffington Post.
Opinion: Philanthropic Billions Have Not Improved Africa
Novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux writes critically in a Barron’s magazine feature of the “telescopic philanthropy” of Western billionaires and celebrities that he says still dominates efforts to improve health, education, and living conditions in Africa.
Opinion: Church-Related Social Ties Boost Giving by Faithful
The cohesive social connections that form within congregations, rather than faith itself or theological teachings, drive the higher rates at which religious people donate to charity, a political scientist asserts in a Time magazine opinion column.
Opinion: ‘Bobby Thompson’ Case a Warning for Donors
Thin federal and state resources for charity oversight make donors the main line of defense against frauds like that of “Bobby Thompson,” the man convicted earlier this month of running a $100-million veterans-charity scam, according to a New York Times opinion column.
Opinion: Research Shows Those Who Give Feel, and Look, Better
In a Wall Street Journal column, the president of nonprofit think tank the American Enterprise Institute reviews scholarly studies on how giving to charity affects health, happiness, and how others view us.
Charities Victimized by Theft Often Eschew Criminal Cases
Nonprofit groups hit by internal fraud or theft—but looking to avoid bad publicity or a donor backlash—frequently decline to pursue legal action against suspected embezzlers in exchange for repayment of the lost funds, according to The Washington Post.
Opinion: New York City’s Parks and the ‘Gospel of Wealth’
A New Yorker blog examines philanthropy in New York City’s parks in the context of the growing chasm between giving to already well-endowed institutions versus giving to those in greater need.
Opinion: Bill Gates Neglects Role of Art in Philanthropy
Bill Gates receives flack in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece for his Financial Times interview in which he said donations to museums were not as worthwhile as contributions to prevent illnesses.