Gates Fdn and Radical Transparency « A. Fine Blog Allison Fine comments on my recent post regarding donations being made to the Gates Foundation and argues that the foundation should more publicly share who the donors are. (tags: philanthropy ) Createquity.: Avoiding Success Disease: Buil more
Mon Jun 08 05:01pm PDT
The payout ratio that foundations should utilize is one of those debates that never die. Unfortunately, the debate seems to have two sides that believe 1) any payout rate above 5% for any period of time guarantees that a foundation will run out of money or 2) that foundations can just raise the pay more
Mon Jun 08 11:33am PDT
Center for Effective Philanthropy: Donor Perception Report The Center for Effective Philanthropy is looking for community foundations to pilot their new Donor Perception Report research. This follows CEP s extremely well received Grantee Perception Report program for private foundations. (tags: more
Fri Jun 05 05:02pm PDT
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Mon Jun 08 08:00pm PDT
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Sun Jun 07 08:00pm PDT
My jaw dropped when I heard that presidential candidate Clinton dismissed the unified opinion of every economist on the planet and supported the gas tax rebate. The rebate is John McCain’s proposal. I think that proves both of them are unqualified to be president. Obama isn’t much better when it co more
Wed May 07 06:44am PDT
Starting today, this blog is moving to http://dilbert.com/blog/ . There you will be able to vote on comments, and the best ones will float to the top. Scott more
Thu May 08 06:00am PDT
I ran into a friend the other day who is a home builder. He had been planning to build several homes that would be extra-green, both because he wants to help the environment, and because he figured buyers would want that. After much research he abandoned the extra-green approach because he was assu more
Tue May 06 07:19am PDT