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A Wall Street Journal columnist discusses how to know it is time to stop supporting a nonprofit. I would offer a different list of reasons, but it is interesting to see the topic featured in the Journal.
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Studies show that "proven" medical and science "facts" are often found to be less true as more research is conducted. Food for thought for "evidence-based philanthropy".
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Richard Thaler, the author of Nudge, a book on behavioral finance that has influenced philanthropy, argues for a radical change to the tax treatment of charitable giving.
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Good teachers may be worth $100 trillion to the US economy. Interesting example of how effective nonprofit program delivery is so valuable.
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Stephanie Strom looks at the rise of social networks for social good, such as Facebook Causes and the new Jumo, and highlights the costs of giving through them rather than directly to a nonprofit.
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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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