It’s a terrific time to be generous. With demand for charity services up, and donations to charity down, charities need our support now. Stick with your budget. Philanthropy is wonderful, but first make sure to take care of yourself and those who depend on you. Focus your giving on causes you care about. [...]
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The Wall Street Journal reports today on hospitals taking information gathered from patients and using it in hospital fundraising efforts. Certainly charities should be able to do research on potential donors, but this is going to far! Hospitals regularly gather much more information about us than other charities. Hospitals have struggled with the protected [...] A well-intentioned, but amateur, drive to send 1 million t-shirts to people in need in Africa has been dropped. Reaffirms to me the value that well-managed, professional, focused charities bring. Read Emma Jacobs post at HaitiRewired. [...] The little blue book, a thought-provoking 59-page guide recently published by New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), is now available for free online. Continue reading “Free guide to analyzing charities available online” Drawing from its existing listings of large charities, CharityNavigator has done a nice job pulling together information on charities responding to the devastating Haiti earthquake. More than 40 of the charities have CharityNavigator’s 4 star (top) rating. Read the CharityNavigator article.
The Washington Post has published an interesting article about challenges facing young people who have inherited or stand to inherit big money. How do they deal with raising families, being responsive to society’s needs, and having what is likely more money they’ll ever need? Read the article. |
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Are you a “regular” donor who wants to be more thoughtful and strategic in your giving? Why not learn from the work of the professional givers? There are some terrific learning resources out there, including publications created by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO). A few favorites from GEO