When Is a Charity Not a Charity, and More: Tuesday’s Roundup
August 25, 2009, 11:02 am
By Maria Di Mento
- Matthew Bishop and Michael Green, authors who focus on trends in giving by the wealthy, ask, “When is a charity not a charity?” on Philanthrocapitalism.
- Bob Ottenhoff, president of Guidestar, says that if the idea of “nonprofit cooperatives” to provide health care takes hold, it will probably “spill over into the already heated debate about describing what is a ‘nonprofit health organization’ and how they differ from for-profit hospitals.”
- Jeff Skoll, the eBay entrepreneur and philanthropist, writes on his blog about his travels in the Middle East with a nonprofit group made up of world leaders called the Elders.
- The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Giving Back, a new how-to book about philanthropy, mostly fails to provide useful advice about how to evaluate a charity, writes Diane W. Bennett, executive director of the Development Research Institute at New York University, on the Aid Watch blog.
- Why aren’t there more positive news stories about Africa, asks the blog of the British Red Cross. To spur such articles, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is holding a competition in which journalists can submit stories about “good news” on the continent.
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