Peter Buffett’s foundation focuses on women

Associated Press writer Josh Funk reports on Peter and Jennifer Buffett’s NoVo Foundation, detailing their commitment to empowering women, collaborating with other groups to achieve their goal and the incorporation of Warren Buffett’s business ideas to philanthropy.
Peter Buffett will be a speaker at the upcoming Global Philanthropy Forum 2009 Conference in Washington, DC, April 22-24.
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Foundations as Social Capital Investors, not Social Impact Engineers

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Philanthropy dollars as “earmarks”?

A Wall Street Journal article today from the end of last month highlights a threat to foundations nationwide. Members of Congress are saying that foundations have an obligation to use the money they save with tax exemptions  – money that otherwise would have gone to the federal government – where it will have the greatest [...]

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The changing shape of evaluation in philanthropy…

The Foundation Strategy Group just released a report culminating a year of  interviews with leaders in the field on evaluation in the nonprofit world.  The report, From Insight to Action, finds that foundations are undergoing a fundamental change in the way they use evaluation. “A shift in thinking has broadened from “What was the impact [...]

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Madoff scandal may open a space for New Philanthropists

On Thursday, Wall Street financier Bernard L. Madoff was arrested on charges of fraud totaling losses of $50 billion.   A former head of the Nasdaq stock market, Madoff was a prominent leader in the New York Jewish community and served as Chairmen of the School of Business at Yeshiva University. His fund, Bernard L. [...]

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