Charity Still Matters

cross posted from JustMeans “All Things Reconsidered” blog
At the core of the social entrepreneurship movement is a rejection of the dogma of change-making. Social entrepreneurs recognize problems and attempt to find the best solution available – whether it’s nonprofit, for profit, or based on the barter system. Paraphrasing Mission Measurement’s Jason Saul at last weeks [...]

11-10-08: Interesting Philanthropy Links

A couple interesting stories about philanthropy in the New York Times in the last couple days:

“Charity’s Share From Shopping Raises Concerns”
This article flags the high potential for fraud that occurs when stores promise that a certain percentage of profits will go to a particular nonprofit. These promises are unregulated and sometimes, nonprofits don’t even realize [...]

Barack Obama and the American Spirit of Social Entrepreneurship (Repost from Change.org)

I wrote this column in the spirit of the election this morning. Read the full piece here.

Barack Obama and the American Spirit of Social Entrepreneurship
by Nathaniel Whittemore
Published November 03, 2008 @ 08:21AM PST

In the late 19th century, Jane Addams saw Gilded Age America as plainly carved into two halves. On the one hand were [...]