From Other Philanthropy Blogs

  • IRS Form 990 — Ready?
    Charities Review Council: There are steps you must take this year in order to be ready to use the form next year. Do not wait until next year to have your auditor tell what you should have done this year.
  • Debating Donations for Disasters
    The Chronicle of Philanthropy details a debate over the effectiveness of disaster-related giving. One opinion: “I’d rather up my donations to projects that aim to strengthen everyday health infrastructure for those in chronic need.”
  • It’s 10 am, Do You Know Where Your Cash Is?
    Balancing the Mission Checkbook: How concerned should you be? In general, you shouldn’t panic, but you also can’t make assumptions that all is well just because you haven’t had a problem before. It depends on how your short-term cash accounts are actually invested or deposited.
  • What Wealthy Donors Want
    Donor Power Blog: Ever wonder what it’s like to be one of your donors? There’s an interesting study out from the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for High Impact Philanthropy that doesn’t quite get you into your donors’ heads, but it does give you a look at how some high-end donors think: “I’m Not Rockefeller”: 33 High Net Worth Philanthropists Discuss Their Approach to Giving (PDF).
  • Best Philanthropy-Related Books of 2008
    PhilanTopic: As we head into the homestretch of 2008, we’re trying to identify the best philanthropy-related titles of the year (general trade or academic press only). What have we missed?

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