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“So many of the people who need charity don’t seem to deserve it” . . .
. . . wrote Andy Rooney in this long-ago essay. This makes as much sense to the Nonprofiteer as anything else Andy Rooney ever said, which is to say, not much. What does it mean to “deserve” charity,...
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No good deed goes unpunished
Now here’s something that breaks the Nonprofiteer’s heart: the MacArthur Foundation is making grants to a dozen libraries and museums nationwide to establish youth computer learning centers modeled on...
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Define “generous”
Here’s a chronic story (h/t The Nonprofit Quarterly), about how the United States is the most generous nation on earth. This annual survey measures how often people donate money to charity, how often...
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Taxes vs. philanthropy: the view of a raving lefty
I am distressed by the sight of poverty; I am benefited by its alleviation; but I am benefited equally whether I or someone else pays for its alleviation; the benefits of other people’s charity...
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The billionaire vs. the free riders
The Nonprofiteer’s readers might enjoy this account of a pissing match between Warren Buffett and Mitch McConnell. The Senator from Kentucky has been urging the Sage of Omaha to make voluntary...
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The Nonprofiteer has been wondering what to write about . . .
but she’d really have preferred not to have this as an inspiration. There is no excuse for the decision of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, until now a respected source of information and funding in the...
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Give the people at Komen a piece of your mind . . .
as they seem to have lost their own. Komen’s decision to de-fund Planned Parenthood at the behest of an anti-choice Board member reminds us how ready the right wing is to sacrifice women’s health for...
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Dear Nonprofiteer, Who’s really to blame for bogus job descriptions and...
Dear Nonprofiteer, I was hoping you might be willing to follow up on your last post on your blog because I felt it was incredibly powerful. I hope it is being reblogged and reposted as much as it...
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Giving Tuesday: A Holiday Tradition Worth Creating
This is glorious: someone figuring out how to divert some of that pointless holiday shopping into social good. Go bust some charity’s door today!
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Translation Services: What Does Venture Philanthropy Really Provide?
The Nonprofiteer threw a bit of a bomb at a meeting today. (“Now, dere’s a bolt from da blue,” as Andy Sipowicz would say.) Perhaps she should be sorry—but she’s not. After a group of young “venture...
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