This measure, included in a pandemic relief package, is supposed to encourage Americans to give more to nonprofits.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s personal battle with polio, and his steady hand while overseeing a national eradication campaign, highlights decisive leadership against a virus that terrified America.
Social distancing has made giving to the poor – an obligation under Islam – harder this Ramadan. Meanwhile Muslim nonprofits are feeling the strain of the economic downturn.
Most Christian churches were relying heavily on ‘collection plates’ to pay their bills before the pandemic struck. And less than half were doing any online fundraising as of 2018.
Brain science suggests that seniors care more about the welfare of others than younger folks do.
For higher ed, this is a crisis of unknown proportions.
Donated goods often not only fail to help those in actual need but cause congestion, tie up resources and further hurt local economies.
Because most people want to be perceived as generous, sometimes monetary incentives for doing a good deed are counterproductive.
The dean of the only school of philanthropy sees some good in the attention charity-related scandals are generating.
Giving away big sums of money is supposed to make the world a better place. So, why are so many deep-pocketed donors getting themselves and the causes they support in trouble?
Trying too hard to keep spending low can make organizations struggle and take a toll on their staff.
Like any personal touch, there’s a chance this common fundraising step makes people feel warm and fuzzy inside. But a five-year research project found that it doesn’t make donors more generous.
Colleges and universities should apply the best techniques of research and education to their own decision-making.
Under a settlement reached with New York authorities, he must give US$2 million to nonprofits out of his own pocket. And if he wants to start another foundation, Trump must submit to close supervision.
The gravity and force of this Category 5 hurricane that lashed the Florida Panhandle and other Southern states may never have fully registered on the public’s radar.
After a hurricane strikes or an earthquake makes shockwaves, try to support nonprofits that are clear about what they do and how they will spend your money.
For International Day of Charity on Sept. 5, a history of how the Christian Herald mobilized Americans in the late 19th century to give millions for the relief of global suffering.
Billionaire Robert F. Smith made a big splash when he told Morehouse grads he would pay off their student debt. Yet his generosity adheres to a long African American tradition.
It may be easier to give money away when you budget for it.
The need for organs to transplant far exceeds the supply.
Top contributors
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Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor of Accounting, The Ohio State University
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Glenn Family Chair Emeritus of Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Associated Director of Data Partnerships at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Director of Research, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Managing Editor, Giving USA, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor & Director of the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative, Indiana University
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Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Leadership, Seattle University
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Associate Professor of Public Administration and Policy, University at Albany, State University of New York
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Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor, Indiana University, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Susman Professor in Sustainability and Professor of Marketing, Penn State
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Furman Public Policy Scholar, New York University
