Nonprofits Adding Jobs While Businesses Lose Them, Study Finds
Nonprofit employment grew by 2.5 percent a year from 2007 to 2009, while businesses lost jobs.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Plumpy’nut, a paste made of peanuts that has been credited with significantly reducing death rates during famines in Africa, has triggered a debate over who gets to produce it.
By Caroline Preston
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Weak Giving Impedes Relief Efforts in Pakistan
American aid workers report that they are being forced to decide which assistance programs are most urgent, scale back plans to serve more people, and close clinics ahead of schedule because they lack sufficient cash.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Donations for Pakistan Slowly Rise to Just Over $10-Million
The pace of donations to help Pakistan deal with flood damage has sped up in recent days as the news media have put the spotlight on the humanitarian crisis. But the response is still far slower than donations to other recent disasters.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Thoughts on Improving—or Scrapping—the Giving Pledge
The Gates and Buffett Giving Pledge keeps on giving—as a source of inspiration for philanthropy bloggers, journalists, and commentators.
By Caroline Preston
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Nonprofits Work With Daily Coupon Web Sites to Raise Money
Web sites like Groupon.com, which offer online coupons to local businesses if enough people sign up for them, aren’t just a good deal for consumers. Some charities are benefiting, too.
By Caroline Preston
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Charities Sound Alarm Over High Level of Need in Pakistan and Few Donations to Meet It
Aid groups are having a difficult time raising money to help flood victims in Pakistan, despite warnings that the humanitarian situation there is worsening.
By Caroline Preston
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Widespread Pakistan Flood Damage Prompts Soros to Pledge $5-Million in Aid
Amid growing dismay over the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan, the billionaire philanthropist George Soros is directing his foundations to contribute $5-million to help flood victims there.
By Caroline Preston
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Keeping the ‘Private’ in Private Philanthropy
Richard Marker, an adviser to donors and a professor at New York University’s Center on Philanthropy, sees lessons for philanthropy in the furor over the Islamic center and mosque slated to be built near the former World Trade Center site.
By Caroline Preston
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Leaders of 2 Foundations Reflect on the Process of Giving It All Away
The leaders of Atlantic Philanthropies and the Avi Chai Foundation discuss the nuts and bolts of spending all of a foundation’s assets in a set period of time.
By Caroline Preston
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