A Guide to The Chronicle’s Coverage of the Haiti Relief Effort
Donors Have Contributed More Than $528-Million to Aid Haiti A roundup of Haiti fund raising Cellphone Companies Advance Text Donations for Red Cross — But Not Other Groups Donations to Haiti Will Not Harm Giving to Other Causes, Experts Say Key Members of Congress Announce Plan to Spur Gifts for…
In Rebuilding Haiti, a Reminder to Avoid Past Mistakes; Plus More: Tuesday’s Roundup
In rebuilding Haiti, a reminder to avoid past mistakes; plus more: Tuesday’s roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthropy Needs a Major Overhaul to Better Serve the Common Good
Philanthropy must reshape how it works, so poor people and charities close to the heart of social problems can solve them.
By MICHAEL EDWARDS
Contributor
Backlash Against In-Store Solicitations
A backlash against checkout line fund-raising solicitations?
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Focusing on What Works: Federal Fund’s Approach Makes a Misstep
The federal Social Innovation Fund plans to use evaluation methods that could undermine its goals.
By Katya Fels Smith
Contributor
Could Soliciting Donations at the Cash Register Backfire? Plus More: Friday’s Roundup
Could soliciting donations at the cash register backfire? Plus more: Friday’s roundup
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Social Innovation Fund Sends Important Signal to Grant Makers
The value of the Social Innovation Fund is that it seeks to build a better financial marketplace for innovative nonprofit organizations.
By Cheryl L. Dorsey and PAUL SCHMITZ
TV’s volunteer week deserves praise
Television’s volunteer week taught many valuable lessons about the best ways to inspire volunteers.
The Online Revolution for Charities Isn’t Stalled
To the Editor The issues listed on the front page of The Chronicle’s forecast of emerging forces in 2010 (December 10, 2009) were right on the money: government in crisis, grim grants outlook, volunteerism becomes cool. And then came number 10, the final forecast: a stalled online revolution.…
Reorganizing the IRS: A Different View
To the Editor: I enjoyed Grant Williams’s article, “Former IRS Nonprofit Watchdog Seeks to Retool Government Oversight of Charities,” (October 29) on Marc Owens’s proposed restructuring of the way the federal government oversees and makes policy for nonprofit groups. While I agree that Mr. Owens is…