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Articles Tagged With 'charity'

Date Author Category Title
Spring 2003
Michael Klausner
Business • Impact Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Features When Time Isn’t Money Some argue that foundations should distribute at a faster rate because of the 'time value of money.' Their numbers are wrong. A cash flow discounting approach is not applicable to foundations.
Spring 2003
Brenda Branswell
Philanthropy • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Organizations • Global Issues • Poverty • Arts • Business • Socially Responsible Business • What Works Cirque du Soleil Thinks Globally Cirque du Soleil devotes 1 percent of ticket sale revenue -- or about $6.2 million -- to outreach programs for at-risk kids, many of whom struggle with poverty, drug addiction, or homelessness.
Summer 2003
Mark Chaves
Nonprofits • Government • Social Policy • Government Programs • Global Issues • Religion & Culture Debunking Charitable Choice [Free!] The evidence doesn’t support the political left or right.
Summer 2003
Andrew Nelson
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Altruism Love, Honor, and Don’t Bargain When couples haggle over charity, total giving drops.
Winter 2003
Vinay Jain
Philanthropy • Altruism Altruism in Disguise Gifts are not an incentive for donors to give, they're an excuse.
Spring 2004
Andrew Nelson
Philanthropy • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management Donation Cannibalization When nonprofits earn taxable income, private donors give less.
Spring 2004
William F. Meehan, Derek Kilmer, and Maisie O'Flanagan
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Altruism • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment Investing in Society [Free!] Charitable donors should think of themselves as "investors" – and should expect returns, just like a stock market investor would. But too often, givers don't see themselves this way, contributing to an inefficient "social capital market."
Summer 2004
Melissa Fullwood
Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management Seal of Approval Accreditation prompts higher charitable giving.
Summer 2004
Jan Chong
Business • Socially Responsible Business The Outsiders Why some companies donate to charity.
Summer 2004
SSIR editor
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Entrepreneurship • Nonprofit Leadership • Nonprofit Organizations 15 Minutes with Robert Egger [Free!] Founder, D.C. Central Kitchen.
Fall 2004
Andrea Orr
Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising • Social Return on Investment A Lesson for the Left Study finds right-wing philanthropy gets more results.
Winter 2004
Rosanne Siino
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Social Return on Investment • Business • Socially Responsible Business Cashing In Why nonprofits should raise the bar in
corporate partnerships.
Winter 2004
Andrea Orr
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations Neglecting the Neediest Foundations favor urban poor over rural residents.
Winter 2004
David Suarez
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Government • Social Policy Review: The Charity of Nations Humanitarianism has failed, say the authors.
Spring 2005
Andrea Orr
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment Random Thoughts Poverty Action Lab examines why some charitable programs work better than others.
Summer 2005
Stephanie Lowell, Brian Trelstad, & Bill Meehan
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Foundations • Nonprofits • Social Return on Investment The Ratings Game [Free!] Evaluating the three groups that rate the charities.
Fall 2005
Deirdre Fulton
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Nonprofit Organizations Simply Successful A Boston nonprofit's simple mission attracts sustained support and helps working-poor families.
Winter 2005
Leslie Berger
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising Untapped Donors [Free!] Volunteers and young people are among several overlooked source of funds.
Winter 2005
Aaron Dalton
Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management • Fundraising Going, Going, Sold for Too Little! Why nonprofit auctions are inefficient, and how they can raise more money.
Winter 2005
Paul C. Light
Social Innovations • Socially Responsible Investing • Philanthropy • Altruism • Nonprofits • Nonprofit Management Donor, Heal Thyself Donor fatigue is ultimately rooted in givers' own reluctance to invest in the future.
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