About Donors
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Most Wealthy Donors Predict Flat Giving Till 2017, Study Finds
Education and health causes have the best chances of appealing to the wealthy, a new survey of 700 affluent Americans finds.
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A Quirky Grass-Roots Effort Supports 'Awesome’ Projects
An idea to get people to pool $1,000 a month to pay for creative projects has spawned a global movement that eschews typical foundation bureaucracy.
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A Philanthropist Takes the Long View
A young philanthropist bent on giving away half his fortune, the technology entrepreneur Greg Carr says social change isn't a short-term commitment. That's why he has given...
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Paul Allen Pledges $300-Million to Brain Research
The Microsoft co-founder has now committed a total of $500-million to the institute he founded to study how the brain works and what causes neurological diseases.
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Careful Listening Helps a Philanthropy Adviser
Sunny Fischer, who leads the philanthropy of the Chicago investment adviser Richard Driehaus, says her role is to be a researcher and analyst, and observer.
For Donors
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New Effort Seeks to Steer Donors to High-Impact Charities
The Social Impact 100 Index spotlights nonprofits that can prove they get results and have a plan to expand to help more people.
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A New Web Site Gives Charities Tools to Check Performance
A Web site more than two years in the making gives social-service groups a new tool for collecting and analyzing real-time data to help them improve programs and measure...
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Donors Emphasize Support for Emergency Services
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen and Marc Andreesen made their biggest gift to a hospital emergency room. They say too many philanthropists don't think about steering money to...
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Soros Says Donors Who Seek to Measure Results Are on a 'False Track’
George Soros says foundations that focus on measurement distort the objective of a grant—and the results.
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A Former Fund Raiser Urges Charities and Donors to Focus on Small Gifts
Wendy Smith is a cheerleader for the small donor. Charities may focus on the big donations, but in Give a Little: How Your Small Donations Can Transform Our World,...
