Giving trends…on the other hand

I’m not the only one wondering about a down year for charitable giving – this article from Slate predicts a “Charity crisis” – ands builds the case off the same informal predictor of giving trends that I use – the Robin Hood Fund’s annual fundraisingpalooza. Daniel Gross‘s article has some useful insights: Drops in philanthropic [...]

The impact of a down economy

Last night the Robin Hood Foundation – which I use as my own informal indicator of economic ups and downs – raised $56.5 million for poverty-fighting efforts in NYC. Not bad for a night’s work. Unless you compare it to the $71 million the group raised last year at this time – what difference does [...]

The buck stops…where?

The blurring/blending/merging/shifting of public, private and commercial sectors is one of the main themes of this blog (and of my work in general). But I admit, the following “adventure in blending” boggled even my mind. Dramatis Personae/Companae:Paul Tudor Jones II, commodity trader. Senator Charles Grassley, Republican Senator from Iowa. Tudor Investment Corporation, (TIC) investment company [...]