I’ve written a number of times about the tension between logic and empathy. I think it is critical that the effective philanthropy movement recognize that while data is an important input to good decision making, it can also dampen the very emotions that drive giving. That’s why I think it is critical that high performing [...]
Category Archives: Philanthropy
Extended Registration for GuideStar Webinar
October 4, 2011 – 6:48 am
Last week, I posted a note about the GuideStar webinar I’m doing tomorrow, October 5. The registration response has been overwhelming and GuideStar hit their 1,300 person registration limit on the same day that I let readers know about the event. Since a number of Tactical Philanthropy readers have asked if there is a way [...]
What Metrics Don’t Tell Us About Effectiveness
October 3, 2011 – 6:00 am
This is a guest post by William Schambra, director of the Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal at the Hudson Institute. By William Schambra This year marks the 15th anniversary of federal welfare reform. Foundations were extremely active in that major policy initiative, and we can learn a great deal about what makes philanthropy [...]
Boosting the Economy Through Charitable Tax Deduction Innovation
September 30, 2011 – 6:00 am
This is a guest post by Robert Egger, the founder of DC Central Kitchen. By Robert Egger On September 10th, the DC Central Kitchen, which I founded 22 years ago, received a huge honor; the First Family came to work side by side with staff to help prepare 4,000 meals for our shared community. Truth [...]
Philanthropy Daily Digest 09/30/2011
September 29, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Don’t Check Your Courage at the Door | Venture Philanthropy Partners Mario Morino riffs on the often head saying that business executives “check their brains at the door” when they join nonprofit boards and argues instead that what these business leaders really need to do is hang on to their courage. tags: philanthropy Posted from [...]
Sean Stannard-Stockton’s GuideStar Webinar
September 28, 2011 – 6:00 am
On October 5th at 2pm eastern, I’ll be leading a free webinar for GuideStar. The Second Great Wave of Philanthropy Yesterday: Andrew Carnegie. John D. Rockefeller. Andrew W. Mellon. Today: Bill Gates. Oprah Winfrey. You? Your neighbor? Today’s major donors don’t look like yesterday’s major donors. And today’s major donors don’t look at nonprofits the [...]
Philanthropy Daily Digest 09/28/2011
September 27, 2011 – 6:30 pm
$100M grant from Mark Zuckerberg begins to have effect on Newark schools | NJ.com At the one year anniversary of the announcement of Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation to help Newark public schools, a New Jersey newspaper conducts an interim review of the results. tags: philanthropy Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links [...]
Philanthropy Daily Digest 09/27/2011
September 26, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Social Finance Announces New Founding Members to Its Board of Directors Social Finance, one of the leading organizations working to bring social impact bonds to market, is building a world class board of directors. They’ve just added former Gates Foundation CFO Alexander Friedman, Michael Porter, a leading business thinker, Luther Ragin, formerly head of impact investments [...]
Repurposing Volunteer Work to Gather Data
September 23, 2011 – 6:00 am
This is a guest post by David Bonbright, co-founder and chief executive of Keystone Accountability. By David Bonbright When we study the existing approaches and tools used to understand the results of organizations that seek to create social value, we can see that something new and exciting is slowly being born. For the first time, [...]
Philanthropy Daily Digest 09/22/2011
September 21, 2011 – 6:30 pm
Why Twitter, Why Now? | Impatient Optimists Melinda Gates joins Twitter and explains why she thinks now is the right time. tags: philanthropy Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.
