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Paul Allen commits majority of his wealth to philanthropy
Billionaire Paul Allen has taken his friend Bill Gates up on his challenge to publicly pledge the majority of his wealth to philanthropy. Allen, who is 57, said that he plans to leave the majority of his $13 billion estate to philanthropy to continue the work of his foundation and to fund scientific research. Read more…
How Can Foundations Demystify Their Work?
Marta L. Tellado, the vice president for communications at the Ford Foundation, shares insights and experience around effectively communicating the work of philanthropy. Read more…
IRS Offers Small Charities 'One-Time Relief’ Through Extended Deadline
The Internal Revenue Service today announced how it will help thousands of small charities keep their tax-exempt status even if they missed their May 17 deadline for filing a new online form or are about to miss subsequent deadlines. Read more…
Report Reveals Widespread Efforts by U.S. Nonprofits to Innovate, Measure Program Effectiveness
The vast majority of the nation's nonprofits are engaging in efforts to innovate and measure program effectiveness, a new report from the Johns Hopkins Listening Post Project finds. Read more…
What It Takes to Grow: Charities and Foundations Tackle the Challenge
Nonprofit and foundation leaders are figuring out ways to help organizations with proven results grow. One new source of aid: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced it will spend $100-million on a new Impact Capital Fund. Read more...
Gates Foundation Leads Education-Overhaul Efforts
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has emerged as a driving force behind the current surge of innovation at America’s public schools, according to The Washington Post. The Seattle grant maker, America’s largest philanthropy, has pledged more than $650-milion over the past two and a half years to schools and other organizations that hew to its goals for education. The foundation’s biggest grants are supporting experiments in how teachers are evaluated and paid. Read more…
Companies Find Ways to Bypass Ban on Earmarks
In its attempt to rein in some of the worst excesses of Congressional earmarking, the House of Representatives announced a ban on earmarks to for-profits. So what happened? Read more...
Philanthropy and Government: At Times a Bumpy Partnership
Philanthropy and the federal government are still working out the kinks in their relationship at they try to work together to help proven programs grow. Teach for America has learned the hard way that government money can be as difficult to count on as private donations, according to David Gergen, a professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Read more…
11 Questions Every Donor Asks (Or Should)
No fundraiser has a crystal ball. Although, it would be nice. Everything from a fundraiser’s job title to patience and timing all come into play when soliciting a gift of any size.
During the Association of Fundraising Professionals’ annual conference, Harvey McKinnon, CFRE and president of Harvey McKinnon Associates in Ontario, Canada, gave fundraisers the burning questions donors have when being solicited, and just how to handle them. Read more…
Why Twitter Isn't About the Numbers
A recent survey from the research groups Nielsen and ComScore show that the number of people who use Twitter at least once a month is leveling off. Read more…
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