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Obama's White House is for Sale Just like All the Others

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Sr, Reagan, Robert Gibbs, Bush, President Obama. Pacs, Corporations, Clinton, Lobbyists, Donors, Bundling, Tax Evasion, Campaign Financing, Wall Street, Special Favors, Usb Bank, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Obama thundered he was the only candidate who didn't take a dime from Washington lobbyists. He hadn't taken a dime directly from them, but the favored few wealthy donors who don't have an L scribbled on their backside.

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White House Fawns Over Big Donors

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Lobbyblog, Lobbying, President Obama, Donors, Business News

Being a top Democratic donor can have its perks, reports the Washington Times.. At least 39 Democratic donors attended a White House fete on St. Pat...

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Children In Need Of Basic School Supplies: Books, Markers, Paper

Posted 10.20.2009 | Impact

Read More: donorschoose.org, Education, Things Fall Apart, Donorschoose, Livia Stone, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Donors, Impact News

In her blog post about Donors Choose, Livia McRee talks about why she created a Giving Page featuring programs promoting literacy in high-poverty clas...

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Taliban's Diverse Funding Might Make It Impossible To Restrict Cash Flow

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Kabul, Cia, Black List, Taxes, Pakistan, Gen. McChrystal, Obama, Iraq, Treasury Blacklists, CIA Blacklists, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Military, Donations, Iran, Nato, Black Listed, Mcchrystal, Funding, U.N., Opium, Iraq War, Taliban, Afghanistan, Un, Insurgency, Donors, Politics News

KABUL -- The Taliban-led insurgency has built a fundraising juggernaut that generates cash from such an array of criminal rackets, donations, taxes, s...

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Guest Post by Jacob Harold -- The Nonprofit Marketplace: Getting Social Impact Bang For Our Philanthropic Bucks

Paul Brest | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Mckinsey, Business Plan, Investment Funds, Overhead, Goals, Open Information, Foundations, Nonprofit Effectiveness, Nonprofits, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Nonprofit Information Marketplace, Fundraising, Giving, Impact, The Nature Conservancy, Philanthropic Goals, Intermediary Organizations, Social Impact, Strategy, Rating Nonprofits, Economic Crisis, Philanthropy, Contributions, Jacob Harold, Markets, Donations, Rainforest Action Network, Charity, Nonprofit Marketplace, Public Benefit, Progress, Donors, Financial Advisors, Economy, Guidestar, Business News
Paul Brest

The nonprofit marketplace doesn't exhibit the single most essential characteristic of a well-functioning market: open exchange of high-quality information that helps people make good decisions.

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Daschle's Situation, and the Small-Dollar Solution

Joe Trippi | Posted 03.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lobbying, Public Financing, Lobbyists, Donors, Change Congress, Tom Daschle, Tom Daschle Taxes, Daschle Withdraws, Leo Hindery, Tom Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Campaign Finance Reform, Joe Trippi, Daschle Withdraws Nomination, Tom Daschle Health Care, Tom Daschle Hhs, Daschle Taxes, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Daschle Tax Records, Politics News
Joe Trippi

Like many decent people, Daschle got caught in a bad system that is so corrupted by money it hardly matters whether the money is from good people with good intentions or bad people with bad intentions.

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Administrative Costs and Overhead

Paul Brest | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Corporate Philanthropy, Philanthropy, Business Plan, Overhead, Goals, Donations, For-Profit Firms, Charity, Foundations, Rating Nonprofits, Nonprofits, General Operating Support, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Administrative Costs, Execute Plan, Public Benefit, Progress, Dan Pallotta, Donors, Giving, Economy, Uncharitable, Business News
Paul Brest

Don't yawn and click on another link -- administrative costs and overhead sound really boring, but they're critically important for nonprofit organizations and also for donors.

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Is Corporate Philanthropy to Philanthropy What Military Music is to Music?

Paul Brest | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Business Plan, Goals, Donations, For-Profit Firms, Charity, Foundations, Nonprofits, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Corporate Philanthropy, Execute Plan, Philanthrocapitalism, Giving, Public Benefit, Progress, Donors, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

Most real-world decisions involve tradeoffs, and much corporate philanthropy lies somewhere between pure philanthropy and marketing.

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The Role of the Philanthropist: Evidence-Based Theories of Change, Round II

Paul Brest | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

Read More: For-Profit Firms, Philanthropy, Progress, Public Benefit, Business Plan, Donors, Tactical Philanthropy, Nonprofits, Execute Plan, Theories of Change, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Goals, Role of a Philanthropist, Business News
Paul Brest

Yes, any public benefit activity should be executed according to a plan. But I refute the assertion that philanthropists are the ones charged with designing a theory of change.

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What's the GOP's 2010 Pitch to Potential Senate Candidates and Donors?

Senate Guru | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Senate Races, NRSC. 2010 Elections, Republicans, Candidate Recruiting, Senate, Donors, Oregon, Politics News
Senate Guru

Commit 12 to 18 months of your life to an effort that may very well be in vain, and if you win, you get to spend six years where"success" is synonymous with "legislative obstruction."

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Palin Kept Donations From Tainted Politicians

AP | STEVE QUINN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Scandal, Donations, Politicians, Donors, Sarah Palin, Politics News

JUNEAU, Alaska — Sarah Palin felt so strongly about the public corruption indictment of a Republican state senator this summer that she urged hi...

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Donors To Clintons: We Gave At The Office

Russ Wellen | Posted 05.06.2008 | Home

Read More: Politics, Earmarks, Money, Campaign Coontributions, Donors, 2008 Elections, Hillary Clinton, Pork, Wall Street Journal, Fund Raising, Obama, Internet, Sentor Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Senator Obama, Donations, Home News
Russ Wellen

"Why can't they work the Internet like Obama? Are they too proud to take $25 donations?" "Sorry, Chelsea. Your email must have got caught in the Spam filter." "Any more pork, Hillary, and I'll puke."

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Disgraced Donor Hsu Case On Ice

New York Daily News | ARI BURACK and NANCY DILLON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Election, 2008 Elections, Norman Hsu, Hillary Clinton, Democrats, Democratic Presidential Candidate, Donors, Politics News

Gaunt and glancing nervously at reporters, disgraced Democratic moneyman Norman Hsu appeared in a California court yesterday and agreed to spend anoth...

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Justice Dept Questions If Hillary Donors Were Coerced

AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Fundraising, Political Donors, Donors, Politics News

On the wall of Hsiao Yen Wang's apartment, a cramped, 17th-floor public housing unit on the city's Lower East Side, are photographs of her husband, Da...

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Giuliani Camp Returning $9.11 Donor Checks

The Wall Street Journal's Washington Wire Blog | Susan Davis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 9/11, Campaign Donors, Rudy Giuliani, Fundraising, Donors, Campaign Finance, Politics News

The third quarter disclosure reports out today indicate that Rudy Giuliani's campaign is actively returning checks in denominations that are tied to t...

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Giuliani Party Asks For $9.11 Per Head At Fundraiser

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 9/11, Rudy Giuliani, Donors, September 11, Campaign Finance, Fundraisers, Home News

A supporter of Rudy Giuliani's is throwing a party that aims to raise $9.11 per person for the Republican's presidential campaign. Abraham Sofaer is ...

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Obama Donors: We Showed You The Money, Now Show Us Good Poll Numbers

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. and Matthew Mosk | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Election, Presidential Primaries, Presidential Race, Polling, Donors, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Home News

While the candidates for the White House will spend the next week furiously raising money in advance of their next financial reporting deadline, the m...

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High Holidays Over, Obama And Clinton Throw Big Bashes To Woo Jewish Donors

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: 2008 Election, Jews, Campaign Donations, Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton, Jewish Donors, Donors, Barack Obama, Home News

With the High Holidays over, the Clinton and Obama presidential campaigns are stepping up their competition for cash from the nation's elite and well-...

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Bush's 'Rangers', CEOs, Switching Sides To Dems in '08 Race

Bloomberg | Michael Janofsky | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Political Donors, Gop, Presidential Race, CEOs, Donors, George W. Bush, 2008 Election, Corporate Titans, Republicans, Rangers, Fundraising, Home News

Dozens of corporate executives who backed President George W. Bush for re-election in 2004, including some of his top fund-raisers, are now helping De...

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