Nonprofits are being forced to do more with less money, which may force many of them to close within the next couple of years.
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At Northern Kentucky University, students award grants to nonprofits in need. A study found that the program is paying off in other ways as well.
A scholar who spent time in refugee camps argues that Bangladesh’s culture as well as a painful history of a war in which 10 million sought refuge played a role in the country’s opening up of its borders.
From thousands of people chipping in as little as $5 to George Floyd’s GoFundMe to donations well in excess of $1 million to HBCUs, anti-racist philanthropy is rising.
Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
A tragic error showed how complicated it can be to distribute vaccines on a mass scale.
The growth of private foundations in Canada has occurred at the expense of government tax revenue. Philanthropic donations are dollars that have been redirected away from universal social services.
By not attaching any strings to the money, championing representation and generally taking care to respect nonprofit leaders, she’s following five best practices.
Corporate foundations are no stranger to co-opting social movements aimed at challenging the deep structures of American inequality.
A Richmond court says the city cannot remove its controversial Robert E. Lee sculpture because an 1890 land deed gave the Confederate monument ‘to the people’ of Virginia, not its government.
On June 19, a court will decide whether Virginia must obey a 1890 deed that gave the state a plot of prime Richmond land as long as it would ‘faithfully guard’ the Robert E. Lee statue erected there.
The statue was part of a push in the Victorian era to create mercantile heroes. Colston’s slaving activities were conveniently glossed over.
Social distancing has made giving to the poor – an obligation under Islam – harder this Ramadan. Meanwhile Muslim nonprofits are feeling the strain of the economic downturn.
Reliable data on charitable giving is hard to come by. But based on the information available, very rich people are at least as generous as everyone else.
Most Christian churches were relying heavily on ‘collection plates’ to pay their bills before the pandemic struck. And less than half were doing any online fundraising as of 2018.
The world rightly expressed shock and dismay at Donald Trump’s suspension of US funding for WHO. To respond, other governments, funders and citizens are urgently needed to fill the gap.
Generosity is good, but philanthropy can come at a significant social cost.
With events cancelled, charity shops closed and finances stalling, charities in the UK are being hit hard by the coronavirus crisis.
Sometimes philanthropists can move much more quickly than governments.
For higher ed, this is a crisis of unknown proportions.
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Glenn Family Chair Emeritus of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy, Grand Valley State University
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Adjunct Associate Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and UNESCO Chairholder in AI Ethics & Governance, IE University
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Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
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Director, Centre for Philanthropy, University of Kent
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Professor of Management, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Rrofessor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Professor in International Politics, City St George's, University of London
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University