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Financial Times Series On Philanthropy

London's Financial Times has just e-published an interesting series of articles (a dozen or so), called Understanding Global Philanthropy. Among the topics explored … the globalization of philanthropy as technology enables donors to become more confidently engaged with distant places and causes; the impact of online technology on fundraising practices; the move to greater transparency […]

Learn More December 12, 2007

Asian American Philanthropy

Attention fundraisers! Here's a new blog covering Asian American philanthropy, called fittingly … Asian American Giving. Also reports on philanthropy within China. Two interesting factoids: the top 50 philanthropists in China have given a total of $10.9 billion so far this year;and, donations by individuals are restricted to fewer than 20 charities approved by the […]

Learn More December 11, 2007

Who Wants Holden Karnofsky’s Money?

I confess to having a schizophrenic reaction to Holden Karnofsky's Give Well website and blog. Karnofsky is a 26-year-old hedge fund expatriot who decided he wanted to give away some money (his own and some friends), but had serious problems with what he saw as the lack of credible metrics on the program accomplishments of […]

Learn More December 10, 2007

Quick Survey: Is This Bait & Switch?

Back in February I reported in The Agitator this sequence of events … I received an e-mail from Gene Karpinski at the League of Conservation Voters (on whose e-list I'm happy to park) “sharing” with me “an important message” from his friend Rodger Schlickeisen of the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund regarding the urgent need […]

Learn More December 7, 2007

Rupert Murdoch Gets Religion

Murdoch's News Corp has just purchased the web's top spirituality site, Beliefnet, as profiled here. Beliefnet attracts 2.8 million unique monthly visitors. The site includes social networking features, and won the 2007 National Magazine Association award for General Excellence Online. During the campaign season, try their fun “God-o-Meter” (pronounced Gah-DOM-meter) that ranks the presidential candidates […]

Learn More December 6, 2007

Seven Fundraising Myths

Mal Warwick has made my blogging job easy today. I shamelessly admit it. Mal's latest newsletter (DEC) contains two “must read” articles. First, guest contributor Bob Knight (runs a direct marketing agency) posits seven precepts of (mostly) direct mail fundraising and takes his shots at them. Here are what Bob calls myths: The list is […]

Learn More December 5, 2007