http://smartergivingguy.com/2009/11/wall-street-journal-echoes-our-call-for-smarter-philanthropy/ Helping Philanthropists Do Good Better Sat, 12 Nov 2011 16:39:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://smartergivingguy.com/2009/11/wall-street-journal-echoes-our-call-for-smarter-philanthropy/comment-page-1/#comment-1388 SG Guy Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:52:22 +0000 http://smartergivingguy.com/?p=1666#comment-1388 Ben - Thanks for your comment. Actually, individuals and couples account for more than 82%, when you count in what they do through their estate giving. Concerning education, that of course is the focus of this site, and our public and private classes. Now (demand for services is up, charitable giving is down) is an especially bad time to give money to a poorly performing charity. We all need to support strong charities, and avoid the clunkers. For a sampling of metrics, take a look at my sample charity screening report on the Childhood Leukemia Foundation. Ed Ben – Thanks for your comment. Actually, individuals and couples account for more than 82%, when you count in what they do through their estate giving.
Concerning education, that of course is the focus of this site, and our public and private classes.
Now (demand for services is up, charitable giving is down) is an especially bad time to give money to a poorly performing charity. We all need to support strong charities, and avoid the clunkers.
For a sampling of metrics, take a look at my sample charity screening report on the Childhood Leukemia Foundation.
Ed

]]> http://smartergivingguy.com/2009/11/wall-street-journal-echoes-our-call-for-smarter-philanthropy/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Ben Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:32:00 +0000 http://smartergivingguy.com/?p=1666#comment-1378 Thanks for posting this article. The article seems to focus on what foundations should do even though 75% of the $300 billion the U.S. gives to nonprofits is given away by individuals. Do you have any additional advice about what individuals should be doing? I am especially interested in how best to educate the pedestrian philanthropist about the need for better metrics and about introducing market forces to winnow out the less effective organizations so less money is wasted. Thanks for posting this article. The article seems to focus on what foundations should do even though 75% of the $300 billion the U.S. gives to nonprofits is given away by individuals. Do you have any additional advice about what individuals should be doing? I am especially interested in how best to educate the pedestrian philanthropist about the need for better metrics and about introducing market forces to winnow out the less effective organizations so less money is wasted.

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