22 major donors share their giving motives and values | UK Fundraising

22 major donors share their giving motives and values | UK Fundraising: 22 major donors share their giving motives and values
Published on 4 June 2013, by howardlake


The Institute for Philanthropy has published details of the values and beliefs which motivate 22 major donors to give to charity.

The paper, "After The Giving Pledge: Giving Behaviour of 22 Wealthy Donors", was written in the year that the Giving Pledge, founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates in 2010, was extended to wealthy donors outside the US. Eight signatories from non-US countries have brought the total number of those who have taken the Pledge to 105.

The donors interviewed by the Institute for Philanthropy come from the UK, the US, Brazil, Canada, Lebanon and Mexico. Their foundations have an average endowment of $79 million and they give away each year an average of $2.1m.

MacArthur grants go to nonprofits in 5 countries - Times Union

MacArthur grants go to nonprofits in 5 countries - Times Union: A group that fights in India's courts for the rights of pregnant slum-dwelling women, an organization that helps struggling immigrants in Mexico and a project that prevents foreclosures in southwest Chicago are among 13 winners of the 2013 MacArthur Foundation grants for nonprofit organizations.

Foundation Center - Press Release - Online Resource of Mexican Philanthropy Launched

Foundation Center - Press Release - Online Resource of Mexican Philanthropy Launched: Mexico City, Mexico, and New York, NY, USA — January 30, 2013. A new searchable database of more than 22,000 Mexican philanthropies, Fondos a la Vista, has been launched by the Foundation Center in New York in partnership with the Mexico-based Alternativas y Capacidades and the Philanthropy and Civil Society Project at ITAM (Instituto Tecnol�gico Aut�nomo de M�xico). The online resource provides the Mexican public with reliable, comprehensive information about domestic donors and their philanthropic activity, including the organizations they support.

The AFP Blog: What (and Who) We’re Fighting For

The AFP Blog: What (and Who) We’re Fighting For It’s easy to forget just connected we are as a profession and as a sector, and how what happens in one country can affect others.

For example, I was in Mexico a couple of months ago talking with some nonprofits about fundraising. I started to talk about the different proposals in the U.S. to limit the value of the charitable deduction.

Grants to Charities along U.S./Mexico Border Drop Sharply - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Grants to Charities along U.S./Mexico Border Drop Sharply - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Sandra Dibble reports that cross-border giving, the philanthropic grantmaking of U.S. philanthropies to charities operating along the Mexican side of the U.S./Mexico border, has dropped—sharply. One reason is the continuing economic difficulties in the U.S. that have affected church groups and service organizations that would normally be more active in helping charities in Mexico.

Second SPREAD fundraising dinner to award one artist money to complete art project - The Santa Fe New Mexican

Second SPREAD fundraising dinner to award one artist money to complete art project - The Santa Fe New Mexican: On Tuesday, founder Louis Schalk did a run-through of the presentation he'll give on his project Friday at SPREAD 2.0 at the Santa Fe Farmers Market building in the Santa Fe Railyard.

SPREAD is a community dinner, held twice a year, that funds projects and creative initiatives by artists from New Mexico.

The AFP Blog: Leadership, Community and Academy

The AFP Blog: Leadership, Community and Academy: Leadership, Community and Academy
Leadership and inspiration are critical to fundraising. We work to bring a community together—in support of programs and causes that will create a world that all of us want to live in.
Leadership Academy captures the best of AFP. Dedicated individuals, all supporting their fundraising community—and the communities they live and work in. We expanded that community in Montreal as the board approved two new chapters: the Capitulo Puerto Vallarta – Riviera Nayarit Chapter located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and the AFP Aloha Collegiate Chapter located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Wearing a Philanthropic Heart on Their Designs - WSJ.com

Wearing a Philanthropic Heart on Their Designs - WSJ.com: The project with San Diego-based lens manufacturer Augen Optics and Mexico's government distributes free eyewear to disadvantaged children in the country. "To me, the need for corrective eyeglasses is such a simple and fundamental problem—if children can't see, they fall behind in school," Mr. Behar says.

Charitable giving in short supply in Mexico - The Washington Post

Charitable giving in short supply in Mexico - The Washington Post: "The numbers point to a sizable charity gap. Mexico has the lowest taxes and second-highest income inequality among the 34 member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which gathers data on the world’s leading economies, and yet it also has had some of the weakest levels of charitable giving."

How to woo the best: stress your good deeds - The Globe and Mail

How to woo the best: stress your good deeds - The Globe and Mail: "Soon after Ramon Gutierrez and his wife emigrated from Mexico in 2001, he began noticing Vancity Credit Union’s logo at community events in Vancouver. Then his wife took part in financial literacy seminars that Vancity held for newcomers to Canada. “Ever since that moment,” he says, “I had a connection with the organization.”"

World’s Richest Man Opens His Soumaya Museum In Mexico City - Kerry A. Dolan - Shades of Green - Forbes

World’s Richest Man Opens His Soumaya Museum In Mexico City - Kerry A. Dolan - Shades of Green - Forbes: "Carlos Slim has taken heat for his lack of philanthropy (compared to the size of his $74 billion fortune) and his unwillingness to sign on to the Giving Pledge, a movement by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett that encourages the wealthy to give half their riches to charity. The Soumaya Museum is worth just a fraction of Slim’s stake in Latin American wireless phone company America Movil, but it is nonetheless a positive step on Slim’s philanthropic path."

Students to build houses, community in Mexico - Canstar

Students to build houses, community in Mexico - Canstar: "But Gwen Neufeld, an educational assistant at the school, said those students are also deeply connected to another community — one located next to a desert, thousands of kilometres away from Winnipeg.


Since 2005, senior students from the collegiate have been traveling to Puerto Penasco, Mexico to build houses for families in need."

North Dakota tops United Way fundraising | INFORUM | Fargo, ND

North Dakota tops United Way fundraising | INFORUM | Fargo, ND: "North Dakota is a national leader when it comes to raising money for the United Way.

The state leads the nation in percent increase of total dollars raised in 2009. It’s also one of only six states to increase giving over 2008. The others are South Dakota, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., New Mexico and Oregon."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Nonprofit Newswire | Why Are Hispanics Underrepresented on Boards?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Nonprofit Newswire | Why Are Hispanics Underrepresented on Boards?: "August 28, 2010; Source: Dallas Morning News | Racial and ethnic minorities are underrepresented on nonprofit (and foundation!) governing boards, but Latinos are frequently more underrepresented than others. In Dallas, where there is a significant Hispanic population, nonprofits appear to be working on getting more Latinos into nonprofit governing positions. Why the underrepresentation? One of the two Latino board members at Mi Escuelita Preschool, a native of Monterrey, Mexico, ascribes the problem to the limited 'culture of philanthropy'"

Add fundraising to list of challenges presented by gulf oil spill

Add fundraising to list of challenges presented by gulf oil spill: "This month, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reported that more than $4 million had been raised since the deadly tanker explosion in April and resulting oil leak, a fraction of the more than $6 billion donated to the Gulf of Mexico region in the year after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005. The oil spill has been called the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history.

For many, the idea of shelling out for a manmade disaster is tough to swallow; some say BP should cover the damage, even as the Gulf Coast Oil Spill Fund, the National Audubon Society, AmeriCares and other organizations have been pumping money into the area for wetlands restoration, animal rescue and help for fishermen and others who have lost jobs."

Local: BP oil spill poses PR dilemma for nonprofits

Local: BP oil spill poses PR dilemma for nonprofits: "Four years ago, when the giant oil company BP donated $1 million to the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, the contribution seemed like a good deal for both an oil company trying to burnish its environmental credentials and a venue trying to draw more visitors.

Then, last month, a BP oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, causing one of the largest oil spills in U.S. history. With the BP Sea Otter Habitat set to open this week, a potential feel-good moment has turned into a public relations landmine.

The aquarium is planning a press preview Thursday, but BP officials might not attend."

In Mexico, artists pay taxes with paintings | PRI.ORG

In Mexico, artists pay taxes with paintings | PRI.ORG: "But imagine if, instead of paying taxes in the form of money, you could give the government a piece of art. That's the arrangement in Mexico, where the government has been allowing artists to offer pieces of art instead of paying income tax since 1957. It's resulted in a masterful art collection housed and displayed in Mexico City."

Slow economy sparks nonprofit collaborations - New Mexico Business Weekly:

Slow economy sparks nonprofit collaborations - New Mexico Business Weekly:: "There is a growing mantra in the nonprofit world to explore collaboration and cooperation these days, perhaps even mergers, in light of the economy. It’s one of the main ideas behind the new New Mexico Office of Philanthropic Outreach as well. Nonprofit leaders have not seen any mergers yet, but they’re hearing lots more talk about cooperation."

Charlotte Observer | 07/22/2007 | Site enables anyone to use small loans to change lives a world away

Charlotte Observer | 07/22/2007 | Site enables anyone to use small loans to change lives a world away: "Site enables anyone to use small loans to change lives a world away
MEGHA SATYANARAYANA
meghas@charlotteobserver.com


A shoe saleswoman in Mexico. A cement seller and a soft drink vendor in Azerbaijan. A Kenyan woman in need of a cow. These four people needed loans their local banks could not provide, so 23- year-old Will Nathan became their lender through Kiva.org.

All while sitting on his couch in Charlotte.

Nathan is at the forefront of an emerging form of grassroots philanthropy that makes everyday people microfinancers. Working through the Kiva.org Web site, they make small loans to entrepreneurs who are trying to dig out of poverty in third world countries.