Today is Blog Action Day, and the theme is Poverty.
An organization enabling families to move out of poverty is Kiva. Through Kiva, individuals like you and me can make micro-loans to individuals around the world. Local offices manage the funds and help people prepare their proposals.
My father is notoriously difficult to find gifts for, so [...]
A big issue that fundraisers have to think about is donor intent — what strings are attached to a donation?
A fundraiser for an opera house in a large city told me that donor intent is a huge problem. Everyone wants to fund the summer opera series, but no one wants to pay the electricity bill [...]
If you are reading this, you probably have enough money to live, but an estimated 123,833 people in the United States do not.
In Princeton, I saw a homeless person sleeping in a neighborhood park on Sunday. This rarely happens because the homeless community is kept away from the university and downtown area. Most of the [...]
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