Opinion
Overlooked Education Gifts That Might Make a Real Difference
The search for innovation and sexy new projects often means that donors fail to focus on efforts like making education for the disabled more cost-efficient and dealing with the dire effects on education wrought by family breakdown.
Pablo Eisenberg
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Misplaced Giving Priorities of America’s Wealthy
At a time when nonprofits are closing and demand for their services is rising, why are rich donors directing their money to causes that are not urgent, such as aiding the...
- A Foundation Leader With Innovation and Risk-Taking in His DNA
- A Charity Scoundrel’s Death Marks the End of an Era
Vincent Stehle
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Legal Efforts to Suppress Voting Should Draw Charity Protests
Every foundation and nonprofit, regardless of its mission, is hurt when policy makers take steps that threaten democracy.
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Philanthropy’s Turn to Occupy Wall Street
- A Revolution in Documentaries as Advocacy Tools
Leslie Lenkowsky
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Unlocking Government Aid for Religious Groups
A Supreme Court decision removes the roadblocks that have made it hard for federal dollars to flow to faith organizations.
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New Poverty Figures Offer Lessons for Grant Makers
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Philanthropy’s Missed Opportunities After 9/11
Letters to the Editor
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History Was Philanthropy Book’s Aim, Not Speculating About the Past
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Baby Boomers: Merge Goals With Nonprofits
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Shock Tactics by Charities Are 'Reprehensible Messaging’
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Letters: Worldwatch Institute has Grasp on Mission
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Hershey School’s Governance: 2 Opposing Views
Recent Opinion
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7 Ways to Ensure Gifts for Medical Research Do More Good
As donors back efforts to convert biomedical discoveries into patient therapies, it's important to look at how well grantees attract top talent and how their finances work.
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Charities Suffer From a Wealth Gap, Too
Nonprofits struggle with the same profound income inequality that individuals in this country do, with hospitals, universities, and other large institutions leading the pack...
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Moneyball’s Lessons for Grant Makers
Careful analysis of data and pursuit of undervalued strategies don't just work in baseball. They could help foundations make a difference in global health and many other...
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2012’s Agenda for Board Members
Nonprofit leaders and trustees should think hard about what happens if tax breaks to encourage charity are eliminated and how nonprofits will be affected by new standards for...
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Philanthrocapitalism’s Robust Future
The marriage of philanthropy and business has grown stronger in the bad economy and has grown healthier from the debates about its merits, write Matthew Bishop and Michael...
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Data Can Help Nonprofits Save Lives
Tensions about evaluation could disappear if everyone kept focused on the best ways to help charity workers help others.
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Where Has All the Haiti Money Gone?
Too much has gone to big international organizations and not enough to the grass-roots groups that could make a big difference.
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How Nonprofits Make Data Fun and Informative
More organizations are designing infographics that weave anecdotes and solid evidence into easy-to-read elements for donors and others.
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Philanthropy Buzzwords of 2011
"Disruption" and "amplify" are among the words that echo across the nonprofit world, but nothing is more ubiquitous than the Twitter hashtag.
