Next Steps: Let’s Learn From Innovation Fund’s Applicants
After a controversy over the fund’s grant-making process, it’s time to look at all the innovative ideas proposed by applicants for aid and see what’s worth sharing nationwide.
By SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Contributor
Why Did Federal Fund Send Money to Wealthy and Lackluster Groups?
The federal Social Innovation Fund got into trouble for lack of transparency. But it also failed to provide money to worthy charities that could make a real difference to needy Americans, writes a Chronicle columnist.
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
A Grass-Roots Charity Parks It Anywhere to Reclaim Green Space
A grass-roots charity takes an innovative, all-volunteer approach to creating temporary parks in spaces cities usually reserve for cars.
By Richard White
Contributor
Opinion: Revamp Tax System to Encourage People to Make Charitable Donations
Rather than relying on very wealthy people to give large sums of money, governments should rework the tax system to give people the option of paying extra sums that will benefit charity, writes a social-policy scholar in the Guardian.
A Labor Day Conversation: Creating Jobs Through Philanthropy
Philanthropy can play a key role in helping to stimulate job growth, writes Steve Gunderson, chief executive of the Council on Foundations.
By Steve Gunderson
Contributor
A Philanthropist’s Case for Restoring the Estate Tax
A philanthropist explains why the estate tax is a good incentive for her to do good.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Opinion: A Pakistani Philanthropist Seeks Help for Flood Victims
Raza Jafar, vice chairman of Emirates Investments Group and a member of the Global Philanthropists Circle, writes in Forbes magazine about the devastation he witnessed on his recent visit to Pakistan.
Opinion: Corporate Social Responsibility Is Irrelevant and Ineffective
The popular notion that corporations have a responsibility to give back to the public—and that doing so will make a company more profitable—is a flawed strategy at best, and at worse, a dangerous one, writes an associate professor at the University of Michigan’s business school, in an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal.
Lessons in Social Innovation: a Call to Action
The Social Innovation Fund’s swift response to criticism about lack of openness deserves praise, writes a Chronicle columnist. Now it’s time for all of those who submitted proposals to share their ideas so the real goal of the fund can be achieved: spreading great ideas broadly.
By SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Contributor
Thoughts on Improving—or Scrapping—the Giving Pledge
The Gates and Buffett Giving Pledge keeps on giving—as a source of inspiration for philanthropy bloggers, journalists, and commentators.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor