For Donors

New Effort Seeks to Steer Donors to High-Impact Charities

By Nicole Wallace

The Social Impact 100 Index spotlights nonprofits that can prove they get results and have a plan to expand to help more people.

A New Web Site Gives Charities Tools to Check Performance

By Nicole Wallace

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...

Donors Emphasize Support for Emergency Services

By Ben Gose

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...

Soros Says Donors Who Seek to Measure Results Are on a 'False Track’

By Caroline Preston

George Soros says foundations that focus on measurement distort the objective of a grant—and the results.

A Former Fund Raiser Urges Charities and Donors to Focus on Small Gifts

By Ben Gose

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,...

Buffett's Children Offer Advice on Giving