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 [...]
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We must be getting near to “Giving Season.” Formerly confined to the weeks between American Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve, giving season is starting earlier and earlier in the year. Proof: Retailers are offering Christmas shopping specials even as you procrastinate on your Halloween costume. And the second major philanthropy celebration of giving season 2007 [...]
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Jonathan Alter claims to have seen the future of American philanthropy, and DonorsChoose is it. In his article for Slate, Alter ruminates on the possibilities of creating similar web-based marketplaces for all kinds of social goods – malarial bed nets, vaccines, art purchases for museums, and cancer research trials. I think he’s a tad…hyperbolic. DonorsChoose [...]
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