Question: If you had $1 million or even $5 million to give away to charities, would you want to be bombarded by grant proposals from organizations you’ve never met? Be honest… Over the past couple months, there’s been another debate about the merits of strategic philanthropy. The typical pundits have been involved. Bill Schambra, Pablo [...]
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Why Your Evidence Is Ignored
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest Thanks to the wonders of social media (specifically Darin McKeever’s Twitter feed), I just read a fascinating article – Why Policymakers Ignore Evidence – by Gerry Stoker, Professor of Politics and Governance at the University of Southampton, U.K. Stoker’s [...]
What’s On Your Charitable BOLO List?
Part of the recent scandal surrounding the IRS’s Exempt Organizations office was its use of BOLO (“Be on the Lookout”) lists. IRS staffers used the lists to screen groups applying for tax-exempt status based on certain phrases and criteria. Groups that didn’t make it through the screen were subjected to longer and deeper reviews (see [...]
Connecting Family Philanthropy With Social Giving
A couple months ago, PhilanthroGeek founder Nathaniel James, ioby co-founder Erin Barnes, and I set out on a small adventure to answer two questions: How do we describe the new trends in social giving to the family philanthropy world? What do family foundations make of the opportunities and challenges in these trends? I’m describing some results of our adventure in this [...]
Tony Macklin 