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Give and Take: A Shortage of Nonprofit Humor, and More

October 30, 2009

Humor plays an important role in building identity, yet charities and foundations don’t seem to laugh at themselves very often, writes Gabriela Fitz, co-director of IssueLab, an online publisher of nonprofit research, as noted on The Chronicle’s Give and Take review of the best nonprofit blogs.

Plus, from Friday’s round-up:

  • Criticism of Hollywood’s volunteerism week.
  • Huffington Post’s search for “the biggest game changer in philanthropy.”
  • A pitch to create new measurement tools.
  • Opinion: Why capping the charitable tax deduction would hurt giving.
  • How two foundations were able to diversify their boards.