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Philanthropy

Fairness, Justice and the Social Sector

Foundations—and by extension nonprofits—should try to focus on "common good" to realize their full potential, argues Mark Rosenman, Director of Caring to Change. In the new report, "Foundations for Common Good," Rosenman suggests that no matter how narrow a foundation’s (or by extension, a nonprofit’s) mission, it should creatively serve a broad base of beneficiaries and not exclude the poor/minorities. The report and other information is available free at www.caringtochange.org... (continue reading this blog post)

Philanthropy

The Information Age Goes Old School

Many of us have come to expect uninterrupted access to the Internet everywhere. For too many of us, round-the-clock checking of email, Twitter and Facebook have become an unhealthy obsession, and increasingly, an intrusive expectation of employers and co-workers. For the connected, the challenge is now how to unplug, to avoid being overwhelmed by the fire hose. As Nicholas Carr recently observed, reflecting on what seems to be growing revulsion to this “Disconnection is the new counterculture”... (continue reading this blog post)

Civil Society

Inequality Makes Us Anxious

Philanthropy

Nonprofit Sector Needs to Be Better Understood

The nonprofit sector does not get enough respect.

The sector is big and sprawling, plays an indispensable role in society and the economy, and faces daunting financial and operating challenges… (continue reading this blog post)

Social Innovations

TED Prizewinner and Chef Jamie Oliver: Food Revolutionary?

It’s TED Week, when the granddaddy of social change fests meets again in California to air the latest, best and brightest ideas to help the world. This year, organizers formally awarded a young British social entrepreneur — a chef — their prestigious TED Prize, an honor conferred annually to someone with a dream and the organizational chops to change the world, at least a bit of it… (continue reading this blog post)

Social Innovations

The Madoff Philanthropic Implosion

Social Innovations

The Parent of Invention

Global Issues

Research: The Violent Death of Benevolence

Social Innovations

Reward Progress, Reduce Poverty

Nonprofits

The Best Thing We Can Do for Nonprofits–and Ourselves

We must actively withhold support when we see the government acting in a way counter to our ideals and its own.