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Stephanie Strom reports on the growing challenges by tax and government authorities to the nonprofit status of some organizations. Taking away the tax exempt status of orgs that are truly not charitable will only strength the sector.
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A Social Edge discussion examines why “failure” is a badge of honor for business entrepreneurs, but not social entrepreneurs.
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Sharon Schneider discusses my post on “why people give to charity” and asks if the motivations are different for men and women.
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Harvard alumna says you’d “have to be drunk” to donate to the school. Public companies like Cisco, Microsoft and Apple have been pressured to use or give back their cash pile as well. Interesting story unfolding for nonprofits.
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What if everyone actually had a giving plan? What if we spent our charitable dollars intentionally instead of reactively responding to fundraising “asks”?
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ABOUT SEAN STANNARD-STOCKTON
Sean Stannard-Stockton is the president and chief investment officer of Ensemble Capital Management, located in Burlingame, CA, midway between San Francisco and Silicon Valley. From 2006 through 2012, Sean authored the Tactical Philanthropy blog and wrote regular philanthropy columns for both the Financial Times and the Chronicle of Philanthropy. In 2012, Sean officially ended the blog to focus on growing Ensemble Capital.
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