Crowdfunding Website Charidy Has Unique Formula for Giving-Day Success - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Crowdfunding Website Charidy Has Unique Formula for Giving-Day Success - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "A new model of crowdfunding and giving days is gaining traction among Orthodox Jewish nonprofits in the U.S. and abroad. Charidy, an online platform created in 2013, combines the heft of major donors, the pressures of time, and an all-or-nothing funding contingency."



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The Wall Street Takeover of Nonprofit Boards | Stanford Social Innovation Review

The Wall Street Takeover of Nonprofit Boards | Stanford Social Innovation Review: "Over the past twenty-five years the composition of the boards at some of America’s most important nonprofit organizations has dramatically changed. Without much notice, a legion of Wall Street executives (investment bankers, hedge fund managers, and others) has taken a growing number of seats in nonprofit boardrooms. Not o"



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Will major donors pay overhead to leverage engagement and giving from new donors? - CFRE International

Will major donors pay overhead to leverage engagement and giving from new donors? - CFRE International: "A study published last fall in Science (view abstract) reports that more first-time donors gave and gave higher amounts when an appeal stated that overhead costs had been met by a prior donor. The total project costs were $20,000, and all comparison groups in the study had $10,000 commitments in hand. The letters that stated the $10,000 commitment was for overhead raised the most. The research is part of the Science of Philanthropy Initiative, based at the University of Chicago."



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Malcolm Gladwell goes nuts on John Paulson's Harvard donation - Business Insider

Malcolm Gladwell goes nuts on John Paulson's Harvard donation - Business Insider: "In case you missed it, a Wall Street billionaire donated $400 million to Harvard on Wednesday. That donation, by hedge fund manager John Paulson, was Harvard's largest gift of all time and added to Harvard's already mammoth $36.4 billion endowment. "



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Who Will Watch the Charities? - NYTimes.com

Who Will Watch the Charities? - NYTimes.com: "LAST week federal authorities disclosed that four cancer charities had bilked tens of millions of dollars from donors. Questions continue to surface about the lack of transparency at the Clinton Foundation. Philanthropy, we’re learning, is a world with too much secrecy and too little oversight. Despite its increasing role in American society, from education to the arts to the media, perhaps no sector is less accountable to outsiders."



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