Indian American donors will have an opportunity to collectively fund improvements in education, health care and gender equality in India on March 2, 2023.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Philanthropy and nonprofits
Displaying 101 - 120 of 476 articles
After nearly 40 years of effort, Guinea worm disease is on the cusp of being the second human disease – after smallpox – to be eradicated on Earth.
The term, coined in 2011, refers to people who seek to use their money and time to make as much progress as possible toward solving the world’s most pressing problems.
A longtime critic of Atlanta’s BeltLine explains how the popular network of parks has increased inequality in the city and driven out lower-income residents.
A little more than 1 in 10 Americans can’t get enough to eat – around the same share of the country that was experiencing food insecurity before the COVID-19 pandemic.
When a fake charity is uncovered, headlines abound with details of the fraud, while donors are eager to make sure they weren’t one of the victims of the scheme.
The hefty sums many billionaires give away place them in an age-old debate about wealth and charity – and whether it’s appropriate for donors to have a say over their wealth from the grave.
In the Charitable Corporation Scandal, a group of politically connected directors leveraged the company’s altruistic image to attract investors – before raiding the funds to prop up other ventures.
Foundations mostly give money away in the form of grants. But there’s also a way for them to make a kind of loan that can stretch their charitable dollars.
Research conducted in Southeast Texas casts light on the toll disasters can take on groups that serve as pillars of their communities.
Until now, little research has been done about how people become nonprofit executive directors and how well-prepared those leaders are for their jobs.
The founder of the now-defunct exchange for trading cryptocurrencies believed in ‘earning to give.’
Universities, museums and other charities that find themselves saddled with names that have become sullied must choose among a few bad options.
Asking alumni to reflect on ‘a person or event in their past that had particularly benefited them since graduating’ resulted in larger gifts.
Their primary obligations consist of three duties: care, loyalty and obedience.
A study of what customers experience when they’re asked to chip in for a cause during checkout suggests that retailers should be careful about participating in these campaigns.
Many government agencies help people whose lives are thrown off course, but not everyone is eligible or able to access that aid.
Derided as ‘toys for the rich,’ the specimens being bought and sold raise broader questions about the relationship between science and capitalism.
These crackdowns are occurring around the world in countries that are becoming less free because of what’s known as ‘democratic backsliding.’
Yvon Chouinard, his wife and their two adult children have given the company he founded away. From now on, its profits will fund climate and conservation work.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
-
Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
-
Glenn Family Chair Emeritus of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
-
Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
-
Associated Director of Data Partnerships at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
-
Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University
-
Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
-
Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
-
Assistant Professor & Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, Indiana University
-
Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
-
Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago
-
Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, Indiana University
-
Associate Director of Research, Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Managing Editor, Giving USA, Indiana University
-
Associate Professor of Nonprofit Studies, George Mason University
-
Assistant Professor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership, University of Florida
