Are Charities Losing Momentum to Change? Tuesday’s Roundup
September 29, 2009, 11:35 am
By Maria Di Mento
- Gordon Campbell, president of the United Way of NYC, writes on the Huffington Post about his concern that charities are “losing momentum for significant change” during the recession. Groups ought to be streamlining their operations, more creatively engaging with donors and volunteers, and holding themselves more accountable, he writes.
- A stringent vetting process for new officials is denying the federal government talented people from the nonprofit world, says John Podesta, chief executive of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, in a video interview on The Economist’s Web site.
- Sean Stannard-Stockton, an adviser to wealthy donors and a Chronicle columnist, says that requiring foundations to give out more than 5 percent of their assets each year — the figure they must contribute now — probably isn’t the solution to the nonprofit world’s financial crunch.
- Before starting a charity, look at other nonprofit groups to avoid duplicating efforts and make sure there is a substantial philanthropic market to raise money, advises Ellis McGehee Carter, a lawyer in Arizona, on her blog.
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