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Why Evidence is Essential in Defining the Missions of Non-Profits

Paul Brest | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Social Change, Smart Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Charity, Obama Stimulus Plan, Foundations, KIPP Charter Schools, Funding Non-Profits, Tactical Philanthropy, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Giving, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

I believe that a great nonprofit organization is ultimately only as good as its theory of change. There is considerable knowledge about what works and what doesn't work in particular contexts.

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Guest Post: Sean Stannard-Stockton

Paul Brest | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Non-Profit Foundations, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Economy, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Grants, Non-Profits, Smart Philanthropy, Business, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Philanthropy, Strategic Philanthropy, Tactical Philanthropy, Business News, Donations, Giving, Foundations, Obama Stimulus Plan, Business News
Paul Brest

The theory of change concept makes sense in a static landscape. But it fails in a dynamic landscape, where what you learned on your last trip might not apply this time.

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PetroChina, the UN and Blood Money

Susan Morgan | Posted 02.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Darfur, Petrochina, Omar Al-Bashir, Human Rights, UN Global Compact, Sudan, Genocide in Sudan, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Business News, Corporate Social Responsibility, China Darfur, Oil Companies, John Ruggie, Business News
Susan Morgan

As Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir boasted, "Just when some countries gave us sanctions, God gave us oil." It's expensive to wage genocide.

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How to End the Recession

Alan Schram | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, Green Jobs, Credit Crunch, Federal Reserve, Obama, Thomas Jefferson, Libor, S&P 500, Recession, Bush, Dollar, Money Market Funds, Fdic, Paulson, Wall Street, Bailout, Business News, Tax Cuts, Bank Deposits, Saving Money, Deficit, Dow, Stimulus Plan, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

What should be intuitively clear is that spending is no way to repair our woes. Indeed, spending irresponsibly is exactly what got us in the current lugubrious position.

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 02.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Video, Family, Economics, Economy, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Investing, Inflation, Finance, Jill Keto, Business News, Women in Business, Personal Finance, Internet Business, Business News
Jill Keto

Check back weekly for my Recession Trend Tracker. If Us Weekly and The Economist had a love child, it would look like this.

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How About a Smart-Plus-Greedy-Equals-Stupid Tax?

David Quigg | Posted 02.03.2009 | Business

Read More: The Ascent of Money, Finance, Economics, Derivatives, J.S.G. Boggs, Bailout, Lawrence Weschler, Nobel Prize, Money, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Niall Ferguson, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News, Financial Crisis, Myron Scholes, Robert Merton, Economy, Gretchen Morgenson, New York Times, Michael M. Weinstein, Business News
David Quigg

How about a smart-plus-greedy-equals-stupid tax? We will save it for the absolutely inevitable moment in the not-so-distant future when Wall Street will forget the lessons of 2008.

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Michael Edwards' Case Against Philanthrocapitalism

Paul Brest | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Michael Edwards, Bill Gates, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Politics News, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Civil Society, Just Another Emperor: The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism, Philanthrocapitalism, Giving, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

In "Just Another Emperor?" Michael Edwards challenges philanthrocapitalists to transform the economic system that made them rich, not just address its symptoms.

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Federal Spending Out of Control

Alan Schram | Posted 01.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar, Alexander Hamilton, Wall Street, Business News, Credit Crunch, Saving Money, Deficit, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

It is not the "government" that hands out these bailout packages and money for projects. We must recognize that government has no money that isn't ours.

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Recession Trend Tracker: What's Hot, What's Not

Jill Keto | Posted 01.28.2009 | Style

Read More: Working and Families, Mompreneurs, Video, Family, Economics, Economy, Bernard Madoff, Working Mothers, Trend Forecasting, Saving Money, Recession, Mortgage Crisis, Greater Depression, Investing, Inflation, Finance, Jill Keto, Business News, Women in Business, Personal Finance, Internet Business, Style News
Jill Keto

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Abolish the SEC

Alan Schram | Posted 01.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Money Market Funds, Sec, Business News, Saving Money. Wall Street, Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Bank Deposits, Libor, Tarp, Dow, Financial Crisis, Securities and Exchange Commission, Business News
Alan Schram

The mere existence of the SEC gives investors false confidence, lulling them into reduced vigilance and making them think they are protected when they are not.

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Philanthrocapitalism

Paul Brest | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Charity, Politics News, Funding Non-Profits, Matthew Bishop, Business News, Michael Green, Strategic Philanthropy, Giving, Economy, Bill Gates, Philanthrocapitalism, Business News
Paul Brest

Matthew Bishop and Michael Green describe how super-rich "philanthrocapitalists" like Bill Gates are shaking up the world of giving with their businesslike methods.

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Madoff Victim: Major Sustainable Food Foundation Collapses

Grist | Tom Philpott | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Eating Matters, Politics of Food, Business News, Green News, Environment, Ponzi Scheme, Bernard Madoff, Kellogg Foundation, Fair Food, Green News

For a couple of years, there has been lots of buzz in the sustainable-food world about the Fair Food Foundation of Ann Arbor, Mich. Fair Food was f...

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History of Market Recoveries

Alan Schram | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Money Market Funds, Fdic, Market Recoveries, Economy, Bear Market, Business News, Recession, Bank Deposits, Libor, Saving Money, Dow, S&P 500, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

By the time a recession ends, the market has already rebounded to much higher levels off the bottom. The most pessimistic periods economically has been the best time to buy stocks.

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Madoff's Chicago Effect

Chicago Public Radio | Adriene Hill | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Madoff Chicago, Madoff Scandal, Madoff Victim List, Business News, Madoff Chicago Effect, National Immigrant Justice Center, Bernard Madoff, JEHT Foundation, The Heartland Alliance, Madoff Financial Records, Bernie Madoff, Financial Crisis, Chicago News

Money manager Bernard Madoff is accused of duping investors out of $50 billion. And at least one Chicago-area agency is feeling the effect of the alle...

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Autopia: A Tale of Two Bailouts

Ralph Gomory | Posted 01.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Automakers, Financial Crisis, Labor Unions., Business News, Bailout, General Motors, Wall Street, Economy, Recession, Business News
Ralph Gomory

Once upon a time on a distant planet there was a nation that looked a lot like ours -- we'll call it Autopia. They were indeed much like us, only with some things backwards.

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BERNIE MADOFF VICTIM LIST: Mort Zuckerman, Steven Spielberg Charity, HSBC

clusterstock.alleyinsider.com | Henry Blodget | Posted 02.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Philadelphia Eagles and Bernie Madoff, Hsbc Bernie Madoff Victim, Eli Weisel Bernie Madoff Victim, Bernie Madoff Financial Markets, Mort Zuckerman and Bernie Madoff, Business News, Bernie Madoff Victims, Bernie Madoff, Bernie Madoff and Steven Spielberg Charity, New York Mets Bernie Madoff Victim, Business News

UPDATE 2/4/09: The full 162-page list of Madoff clients and customers compiled by restructuring firm AlixPartners has been released. See the list her...

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BERNIE MADOFF PONZI SCHEME: Victim List Grows

AP/WSJ/NY Times | Posted 02.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Bernie Madoff Financial Markets, Mort Zuckerman and Bernie Madoff, Bernie Madoff and Steven Spielberg Charity, Bernie Madoff, Bernie Madoff Victims, Philadelphia Eagles and Bernie Madoff, Hsbc Bernie Madoff Victim, Eli Weisel Bernie Madoff Victim, Business News, New York Mets Bernie Madoff Victim, Slideshow, Madoff Ponzi, Madoff Victim List, Madoff Hsbc, Madoff List, Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Ponzi Scheme Victims, Bernie Madoff Ponzi Scheme, Madoff Victims List, Madoff Victims, Hsbc Madoff, Madoff Clients, Ponzi Scheme, Business News

UPDATE 2/4/09: The full 162-page list of Madoff clients and customers compiled by restructuring firm AlixPartners has been released. See the list her...

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Congress Blasts Kashkari Over TARP (Slideshow)

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Slideshow, Tarp, Neel Kashkari, Barney Frank, TARP Overseer, Business News, Business, Business News

It was a rough week for Neel Kashkari -- during the hearing this past Wednesday, titled the "Oversight Concerns Regarding Treasury Department Conduct ...

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The Economy: How Bad Is It?

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 01.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Slideshow, Business News, Bad Economy, Business, Economic Crisis, Business News

How bad is the economy? Policy makers, deal makers, deal breakers and ordinary folks weigh in: All images courtesy of AP, Getty, and AFP/Getty. ...

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Does Your Donation Actually Make a Difference?

Paul Brest | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donations, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Giving, Grants, Economy, Politics News
Paul Brest

A diverse group of nonprofit leaders have joined a Working Group for Effective Social Investing to develop a rating tool that allows donors to compare the effectiveness of various charities.

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Timing the Market

Alan Schram | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Market Predictions, Libor, S&P 500, Fdic, Money Market Funds, Wall Street, Dollar Cost Averaging, Benjamin Disraeli, Business News, Market Timing, Bank Deposits, Stock Market, Saving Money, Personal Finance, Dow, Davis Advisors, Financial Crisis, Business News
Alan Schram

According to data by Davis Advisors Funds examining the S&P 500 returns in the 15 years span between 1993 and 2007, the patient investor who remained ...

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AUTO CZAR: Who Will Be The Car Czar?

The Huffington Post | Nour Akkad | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Lee Iacocca, Automaker Bailout, Jack Welch, Business News, Car Czar, Business, Auto Industry, Paul Volcker, Kenneth Feinberg, Auto Czar, Business News

President Bush and the Congressional democrats have reached an agreement to send $14 million in emergency loans to the struggling auto manufacturers b...

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Let Big Oil Bail Out the Auto Industry

Robbie Gennet | Posted 01.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, Congress, California, Bailout, Ford, Auto Industry, Economy, Economic Downturn, Big Three Automakers, Economic Crisis, Detroit Three, Consumer Spending, Consumer Confidence, Business News, Automaker Bailout, Recession Watch, Financial Crisis, Great Depression, Business News
Robbie Gennet

Seems like such a simple solution, doesn't it? After all, who has influenced the US Auto Industry (USAI) to keep MPG low and fight CAFE standards? Why...

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The Billioniare Bloggers

Forbes | Devon Pendleton | Posted 01.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Internet, Sec, T. Boone Pickens, Mark Cuban, Bloggers, Business News, Forbes, Blogging, Business News

When the SEC charged Internet billionaire Mark Cuban with insider trading on Nov. 17, the brash mogul's followers knew where to look for the best comm...

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Strategic Philanthropy in Tough Times

Paul Brest | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Donations, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Giving, Grants, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

Dollars spent today to address issues like global warming can do more good than those spent in ten years, when the cost of mitigating climate change will certainly be much higher.

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