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Crisis and response

Way back in 2008 Bernard Madoff managed to wipe out several foundations. The theft he (allegedly) committed reduced several foundations' asset sheets to zero, left a lot of nonprofits with unfulfilled pledges from donors or unpaid grants on their books, and caused a lot of people a lot of

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MoveOn takes on Madoff

MoveOn.org has joined forces with The Open Society Institute and Atlantic Philanthropies to raise funds for several organizations that were ripped off by Bernard Madoff. Here is the full text of the MoveOn letter announcing this effort, MoveOn's website is here: "Dear MoveOn member, You'

They Need us Now

TheyNeedUsNow is a somewhat* rapid response to the trail of tears left in the wake of the great Madoff Ripoff. Hats off to the folks who pulled this together - whom I can't identify from a quick scan of the site (unsolicited RECOMMENDATION to the site builders: Fix

Who will answer the call?

Ah, yes. Two words - philanthropy and transparency - that go together quite frequently in "insider baseball" discussions among foundations and nonprofits. Unfortunately, the general public is standing outside the ballpark on this one. Two major public events on this issue - the release of the list of

What would you ask? (WWYA)

Nathaniel Whittemore has a nice discussion going on over at change.org - "What is the one thing you need to know before giving to charity this year?" The posts are all interesting, and comments are also helpful - here are some paraphrased excerpts - read the post/

No, I didn't "predict" the Madoff Ripoff

I assume no one takes me seriously when I claim to predict the future. I mean, c'mon, if I could predict the future don't you think I'd be doing something else besides working all the time and writing this blog? I call my "