Philanthropy Action

Jan 24, 2007

Urban Migration: A Solution Bred from No Alternative

More than 200 million Chinese from rural areas are migrating to cities in search of work, often leaving their children behind. While this move toward the city seems inexorable, some creative people are thinking up ways to present the rural poor with alternatives.

Jan 02, 2007

2006 Charitable Giving Beats Records

The top fifteen pledged gifts for 2006 totalled fifteen times more than the top fifteen for 2005. But all this largesse comes back to just one source: Warren Buffett.

Dec 30, 2006

Education in Africa

Countries such as Mali are registering close to a thousand children in schools that employ only three teachers and have no or few textbooks.

Dec 18, 2006

Bush Ramps Up Anti-Malaria Initiative

The $1.2 billion President’s Malaria Initiative is aimed at eradicating malaria in regions prone to the disease through a multipronged effort of treatment and prevention.

Dec 12, 2006

Microlending Highlights Rift Between Nonprofits and Social Businesses

For-profit ventures with a social mission have the benefit of an automatic yardstick to measure whether their approach is working: profitability. Except that profitability is not the only way to measure whether something works, and as the trend in philanthropreneurship gains momentum it might usurp nonprofit funding.

Nov 24, 2006

What Works, An Analysis

A recent New York Times article highlights eight programs that work to reduce poverty in the developing world. An article like this one puts a stake in the ground with a focus on the effectiveness of anti-poverty efforts. But it doesn’t do away with the need to apply general knowledge to specific situations.

Nov 20, 2006

Annual Philanthropy Reports: The Highlights

This year’s philanthropy specials published by The New York Times and Slate focused largely on the nascent phenomenon of hybrid philanthropy, or the marriage of for-profit initiatives with social causes. Despite the commitment of its adherents, it remains to be seen whether this business-centric approach to philanthropy can produce better results than its predecessor.

Nov 15, 2006

Venture Philanthropy or Just Effective Philanthropy

A process of revolution resulting in evolution is happening in the philanthropy sector on account of the ‘venture’ philanthropy movement of the late-1990s.

Nov 14, 2006

Management Guru Trains Nonprofits

One of the most financially successful and diverse companies in the world, GE has become synonymous with sound management principles - and now the company is sharing that expertise with the nonprofit community.

Nov 09, 2006

UK Sells Bonds to Buy Vaccines

The British government recently unveiled a plan to sell bonds as part of an effort to vaccinate millions of children in the developing world.

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