WE ARE HIRING | We’re looking for a program coordinator, so if you know any likely candidates, send ‘em the link!
GIVING | Philanthropist gives $5 million to Capital Area Food Bank (WaPo, 11/23)
ECONOMY | Tough year ahead for charities (CSM, 11/22) – Ken Berger: “Nonprofits are the caboose of the train. We’re the last to fall and the last to reemerge.”
AWARDS | Applications are currently being accepted for the Washington Post 2011 Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management.
GRANTMAKING SURVEY | I’ve gotten many emails about this. Grantmakers: the Gates and Hewlett Foundations, among others, would really love you to take this survey, which takes 20 minutes, and for which you will receive $25.
FORECLOSURES | Foreclosure takes toll on increasing number of children (WaPo, 11/22)
THANKSGIVING TRAGEDY | They removed my favorite Thanksgiving video from youtube. (“As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.”) How are we supposed to get into the Thanksgiving spirit now?
I trust you will find a way. WG Daily will return on Monday, Nov. 29. Have a great Thanksgiving!
