Tomorrow – Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 – 3-5pm: Change Philanthropy: Candid Stories of Foundations Maximizing Results Through Social Justice
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PEOPLE LOVE LISTS | The 25 Best* Givers (Barron’s, 11/30) – Sounds quite official! “By its nature, this exercise involves a lot of subjective calls.” Oh.
JUVENILE JUSTICE | Vincent Schiraldi: “Effective January 31, 2010, I will be leaving my position with the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services to become the Commissioner of Probation for New York City.”
HOMELESSNESS | Opinion: “District officials must make sure the city’s homeless have shelter and services this winter and beyond.” (WaPo, 11/28)
ONLINE GIVING | Robin Hood Foundation tries out a grassroots approach with new online campaign, I FED NYC (Ground Report, 11/25)
CAPITAL | A Stock Exchange for Charities (WSJ, 11/25) – Will it work?
PEOPLE | Stewart Bainum honored as Montgomery County philanthropist of the year (WaPo, 11/26) – He founded the Commonweal Foundation (WG member), which gives millions to help disadvantaged students.
PROFILE | “Collaboration as Competitive Advantage” (Bisnow, 11/24) – featuring the Nonprofit Roundtable.
HIV/AIDS | Tomorrow (Tuesday) is World AIDS Day, with many events taking place in the Greater Washington region. (WaPo, 11/29)
HOUSING | Tenants buy the building (WaPo, 11/27) – “CARECEN, a nonprofit group, guided them step by step… “
TRANSIT | Backers seek to spread streetcar desire (WBJ, 11/27) – Desire. Get it?
To all of you a very happy Cyber Monday, which was initially a clever idea and is now a real thing. Let us reflect on the power of branding.
