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National Insights & Trends
Charities: a rosier 2010?

GAAP Web - Currently, the focus on recruiting for charities is on those roles that rely on income ...


Issues That Matter
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In the five years since PhilanthroMedia began writing, the world of philanthropy has changed a ...


Animating the Newspaper Business, or 'Z-Philanthra', Journalism Superhero!

Hollywood and Marvel Comics are missing a bet if they don't pick up where the final season of ...


Need Space for Your Arts Organization?

As reported by the Philanthropy News Digest, the New York Foundation for the Arts has begun a new ...


Change Exchange

Changing times require creative action. The transition our society is amidst necessitates new ...


All-Star Federal Philanthropy Team?

Herald the news: Congress has authorized a Social Innovation Fund housed at the Corporation for ...


Would You Like Some Ketchup With That Pen?

I know everyone who's reading this blog has one thing in common: they're counting the moments ...


Irvine Foundation President Encourages Transparency

Tip of the hat to James Irvine President James E. Canales (pictured) for writing in an op-ed a ...


The Philanthropist

Last night, I had the pleasure to see the poorly-reviewed, yet undeniably masterful play, The ...


If We Could Only Have A Glimpse At Tomorrow's Headlines Today

Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion in New York City last week with the catchy title, ...


The Federal Trade Commission Announces "Operation False Charity"

It's always important for donors to be aware of to whom, exactly, they are giving their ...


Clean Water -- A Forgotten Glass Ceiling

Recognizing the value of good information for discerning donors, John Sauer submitted his latest ...


Economic Justice for All!

Recently, I've been working on the campaign of Mark Winston Griffith, who is running for City ...


Greening The Cities' Roofs

The PhilanthroMedia team spent Monday filming one of the Drum Major Institute's Marketplace of ...


Jobs for Change

Back in the day, before this global economic apocalypse, folks who wanted to move from the ...


Beware- Local Food is Getting a New Definition

The advent of the "green" movement has seen an uprise in the attention paid to small, local ...


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