Lately we have seen a surge in thoughtful and interesting comments on this blog. To those participating in the discussions, thank you and please keep them coming. We try to respond to any comment that is substantive and critical, though when there are as many as there have been lately, we may go a few…
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Kudos to Ken Berger
Charity Navigator’s CEO writes: We MUST get past the notion of doing the “good work” with no accountability. We MUST get past the idea that nonprofits are too complex or unique to be measured. I have seen it close up for years and it is not a pretty picture. The nonprofit sector must get its…
Pneumonia Day is another General Health Day
On World Pneumonia Day, it’s natural for a donor to ask, “Where can I give to fight pneumonia?” But the actual plan to fight pneumonia consists of the following: breastfeeding promotion, vaccination, and treatment in communities, health centers, and hospitals. All of these are general health initiatives that touch on a wide variety of health…
Tactical Philanthropy Advisors
Sean Stannard-Stockton of Tactical Philanthropy has launched a philanthropic advisory service for giving customized advice to major donors. According to Give and Take, the firm is already advising roughly $35 million worth of future gifts. This is good news because Sean is, among other things, a longtime advocate for extreme transparency in the nonprofit sector….
November conference sponsored by Social Solutions
I’ll be speaking on a panel, “Improving How we Give,” at this November conference. Should be interesting.
Road safety
From the abstract of a new study from the Center for Global Development: In the experiment, messages designed to lower the costs of speaking up were placed in a random sample of over 1,000 minibuses in Kenya. Analysis of comprehensive insurance data covering a two year period that spanned the intervention shows that insurance claims…