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  • Nonprofit Journalism

    As founder and editor in chief of Women's eNews, a daily, Internet-based news site covering issues of particular concern to women, I found this piece shallow and poorly informed to the extreme. Pro Publica is an outcome, not a trend-setter. I founded Women's eNews in 2000 and continue as its editor in an attempt toward balancing the coverage of ...
    Posted to Press Box by Rita Henley Jensen on October 9, 2009

  • Form 990

    I agree wholeheartedly with Sandy Stonesifer that overhead isn't the only metric for evaluating a non-profit. But the Form 990 is an excellent litmus test: I'm a believer in philanthropy, but I won't make a donation until I've had a chance to peruse the Form 990. This is for good reason: I've seen non-profits with over 80% overhead in which ...
    Posted to My Goodness by fearless_fool on September 9, 2009

  • "The Heifer Guy"

    That guy is a woman named Jo Luck. She's been at the top of this internationally acclaimed organization for over 15 years, ''promoted from within'' as another commenter suggests for nonprofits (she was the head of international operations for Heifer). I met her in the early 1990s when we were seated together at some rubber-chicken-circuit dinner. ...
    Posted to My Goodness by RuthAnnHarnisch on June 17, 2009

  • Measuring Generosity Non-Monetarily

    Money is not the only measure of generosity. How much time do the top 60 here spend helping neighbors and community members? Is a poor family or individual who volunteers hours and hours a week any less generous than them? Food for thought: http://oneworldmanypeaces.typepad.com/
    Posted to The Slate 60 by antonyadolf on January 28, 2009

  • it's all going to the dogs

    I love to see how your ''Philanthropist of the Year'' is the notorious nasty (and convicted felon) Leona ''Only the little people pay taxes'' Helmsley and her foundation for the welfare of, well, not quite human beings. It often takes barely an effort to scratch the shiny facade of these institutions, and see that they were simply set up to ...
    Posted to The Slate 60 by maxiepad on January 28, 2009

  • Re: Generosity as a counting number?

    After seeing the article below it blew my mind when i see Ross Perot name comes up. This guy takes over contracts for heath care shouting i support my fellow military and AMERICAN'S!!!!! Then as soon as he gets the chance he fire's all of him AMERICAN help and sends the jobs to India Mexico Russia. His biggest sell out was dropping 65% of his ...
    Posted to The Slate 60 by rdflores on January 26, 2009

  • Does philanthropy have a class component?

    Upon first glance of this years Slate 60 one thing immediately jumps of the page, these tops 60 givers are all generous, rich, old and white - clearly not your average American. Lamorie also notes that despite the economic slowdown top givers are still donating, albeit to the familiar areas education, health care and the arts. Click through a ...
    Posted to The Slate 60 by chacksel on January 26, 2009

  • Gates philanthropy

    While the Gates foundation may have $60 billion for philanthropy Main Street's stakes are even greater. And while Main Street is suffering so too will their philanthropy.
    Posted to Philanthropy by david wayne osedach on November 13, 2008

  • Why Giving Poor Kids Laptops...

    Professor Fisman's extrapolations are based on one study in Romania. He uses the findings from Romania to imply that none of the mentioned programs will work. A few facts from the post need to be considered. first it is only one study. Earlier studies have shown that computers had BOTH negative and positive effect on ''scholastic ...
    Posted to The Dismal Science by djbec08 on June 5, 2008

  • Cyrus

    I am a mother of 2 boys-2girls and grandmother of 5 girls-5 boys. I can honestly say that never at age 6-15 did any of my children read Vanity Fair. My Grandchildren love Miley and I can tell you, I don't think any of my children or grandchildren would have seen or heard of these pics that have our ADULTS all tied up in moral uproars, If the MEDIA ...
    Posted to XX Factor by ajsmurf2 on April 28, 2008
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