Charity Navigator CEO battles for the soul of the nonprofit world
“Why are there are so many [charity] CEOs who are ripoff artists?”
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Charity is a broken concept, says Warren Buffett’s Son
Peter Buffett, son to billionaire Warren Buffett, describes how he came to understand the nature of and the problems with…
Nathan Myhrvold: Patent Troll, Inventor and now Global Do-Gooder
When folks talk about Nathan Myhrvold, they seldom use muted terms. The former chief technologist for Microsoft is a close…
Seattle talk: Philanthro-capitalism and the politics behind the global health agenda
On Friday, 3:30-6 pm, UW Health Sciences Hogness Auditorium, historian Anne-Emanuelle Birn gave the Stephen Stewart Gloyd endowed lecture, “Philanthrocapitalism,…
Update on Greg Mortenson and ‘Three Cups of Deceit’
Author and philanthropist Greg “Three Cups of Tea” Mortenson is back in the news with his attorneys asking a judge…
China: Philanthropy on the rise but human rights on the decline?
Two stories out of China: Bill Gates lauds the Chinese for becoming more philanthropic, though many might say they could…
BBC looks at “secretive” and powerful Gates Foundation
News analysis The BBC has done an extensive (40 min) report on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation titled “Fortress…
End of the year question for you, humanosphere
Happy Holidays. Humanosphere is taking the week off since so is much of the rest of the humanosphere. I feel…
More Fighting Over (the meaning and purpose of) Philanthropy
Question: Is philanthropy a means for reducing inequity in the world or just another vehicle used by the super-rich to…
Worries about for-profit and policy-making philanthropy
First off, you should know that philanthropy in the United States is a growth market. As the New York Times…