‘Social Capital’ Is a Charity’s Best Investment
The twin crises on Wall Street and Main Street will put many nonprofit organizations in a double bind: Demand for their services will soar just as their sources of money grow scarcer. As corporate donors disappear, individuals anxiously hoard their diminishing assets, foundation endowments dip or…
By DEBORAH JOSPIN
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Foundation Assets May Have Dropped 30%, Expert Predicts
Foundation assets may have dropped 30% in stock-market plunge
By Ian Wilhelm
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Foundation Leader Defends His Approach to Philanthropy
Foundation leader defends his approach to philanthropy
By Ian Wilhelm
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Opinion: L.A. Museum Trustees Should Pay for Failures
Opinion: L.A. museum trustees should pay for failures
Opinion: Harvard’s Investments Show Signs of Error
Opinion: Harvard’s investments show signs of error
Foundations Urged to Provide More Data on Grants to Minority Groups
Foundations urged to provide more data on grants to minority groups
By Ian Wilhelm
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Foundations Must Pressure Companies on Climate Change
To the Editor: Investors worldwide, including foundations, have lost hundreds of billions of dollars in the financial meltdown. Financial managers and Wall Street experts grossly underpriced the risk of volatile subprime investments. Many of these same managers assured us the party would last…
How Foundations Can Help Grant Seekers Achieve Results
Many foundations are making efforts to ensure that their grants make a difference. Giving away vast sums of money is a privilege and, in these difficult times, it is heartening to see so many foundations taking steps to make the most of their financial commitments. In this spirit, foundations…
By Joshua Horwitz
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Dealing With Hard Times: Advice for Foundations
The global financial crisis is creating severe hardships for individuals and reducing government budgets for relief. The crisis has placed great stress on nonprofit organizations and reduced the assets of both philanthropists and foundations. How should grant makers respond? First, we need to stay…
By HAL HARVEY
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Young People Find a New Way to Help Others
America’s nonprofit organizations have been built almost entirely with extras. The D.C. Central Kitchen, for example, which I founded almost 20 years ago, runs on extra food — as does an extensive national network of kitchens, food banks, and pantries that rely on donated food from restaurants,…
By Robert Egger
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