Democrats Propose Federal Fund for Charities

August 27, 2008

Democrats Propose Federal Fund for Charities

The Democratic National Committee is including a provision in the party’s official platform that calls for the creation of a federal fund to support charities that have devised successful ways to meet social needs.

“Social entrepreneurs and leading nonprofit organizations are assisting schools, lifting families out of poverty, filling health-care gaps, and inspiring others to lead change in their own communities,” the party says in its platform. “To support these results-oriented innovators, we will create a Social Investment Fund Network that invests in ideas that work, tests their impact, and expands the most successful programs.

The party also calls for the creation of a federal office that coordinates the efforts of government and nonprofit groups.

— Peter Panepento

Comments

I have been trying to read the Democratic Party Platform draft at the 2008 convention. Where does a private citizen go to get this information. I have tried the web and can not get any leads and the news media never discusses it. I need this information so I can decide which parties positions I agree more with and vote accordingly.

Thank You

— Lewis Brosowsky Aug 28, 10:59 AM #
This is just another example of how government will try to actually curtail private creativity while promoting the idea that the opposite is what is really happening. Government support doesn’t reealy provide for greater efficiency, deregulation and competition in the private sector, even private nonprofit sector, does.

— Thomas J Laymon Aug 28, 01:58 PM #
You can download a draft pdf of the platform here: http://www.openeducation.net/2008/08/08/preliminary-draft-of-2008-democratic-platform-strong-education-planks/

— Lizzy Aug 28, 02:03 PM #
If we HAD a government that provided a strong healthcare program, education, and jobs we wouldn’t need a “Social Investment Fund Network”

— CCD Aug 28, 02:07 PM #
Oh come now … are you telling me that non-profits can sutain results oriented research and within the various program specialities, has the where-with-all to distribute that research information and then test pilot programs elsewhere?
And, even if the government provided strong healthcare programs, effective education and adequate job training, it might be a good idea to have that fund to enable new ideas to be tested inorder to keep any government program from stagnating.

— Ellen Blizinsky Aug 28, 03:04 PM #

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