Comments for Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck http://blog.mcf.org The source on Minnesota philanthropy Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Making Communications Technology Work for You by microsoft point code list no survey http://blog.mcf.org/2013/05/07/making-communications-technology-work-for-you/#comment-39845 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:51:12 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13520#comment-39845 I’m not certain the place you’re getting your info, however good topic.
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]]> Comment on Are Grantmakers Supporting Nonprofit Evaluation? by Golf Scottsdale http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/23/are-grantmakers-supporting-nonprofit-evaluation/#comment-39795 Sat, 18 May 2013 07:27:26 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13335#comment-39795 Wow that was odd. I just wrote an incredibly long
comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.

Anyways, just wanted to say excellent blog!

]]> Comment on Good Data = Better Arts Organizations by Michael Bowers http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/29/good-data-better-arts-organizations/#comment-37940 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 02:22:03 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13365#comment-37940 Reblogged this on jmichaelbowers and commented:
I Really Like this story and the implications for improvement in programming and funding..

]]> Comment on Are Grantmakers Supporting Nonprofit Evaluation? by Wendy Wehr http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/23/are-grantmakers-supporting-nonprofit-evaluation/#comment-37565 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:51:21 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13335#comment-37565 Michael, thanks so much for your comment. You are right that evaluation plans and direct expenses can (and should!) be included in program and project budgets. Just this week I attended an MCF grantseeking seminar during which grantwriters were strongly encouraged to develop proposals that include evaluation components.

Nonprofits still struggle, though, with having the capacity (funds and expertise) to conduct meaningful evaluation of their overall organizational work. More general operating support would give nonprofits much more flexibility to invest in infrastructure and capacity-building that would in turn support their overall organizational health and success.

- Wendy Wehr, MCF

]]> Comment on Are Grantmakers Supporting Nonprofit Evaluation? by Michael Anderson http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/23/are-grantmakers-supporting-nonprofit-evaluation/#comment-37257 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:28:18 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13335#comment-37257 This is good data – thanks to MCF. Is it possible that some evaluation support is being captured within the program support? I assume that many foundations consider it to be a direct expense and fund it within a program budget. There are many implications to the relatively low general support; I’m just not so sure how much it tells us about supporting evaluation.

]]> Comment on How Do Foundation Program Officers Gauge Grant Impact? by Foundation Program Officers Talk Evaluation | Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/01/how-do-foundation-program-officers-gauge-grant-impact/#comment-36632 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:38:27 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13290#comment-36632 [...] Don’t miss the spring issue of MCF’s Giving Forum, where our brand new lead article represents a complete conversation we had with program officers: “Gauging Impact and Using Feedback.” In addition we’ve re-posted the video segment that you may have seen on the Philanthropy Potluck Blog, Pollen or MinnPost. [...]

]]> Comment on Charitable Deduction Debate Heats Up by Dan http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/18/charitable-deduction-debate-heats-up/#comment-36502 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:39:38 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13408#comment-36502 The IU study does not show that “most giving from high-net-worth households supports basic needs” at all. Look at the study (pages 15-20), look at the median and average gifts by category. Check the amounts. More cherry-picking to support the preservation of the status quo, rather than innovative thinking about the tax deduction and the role of philanthropy in society. And in this case, the cherry-picking isn’t even true.

]]> Comment on Member Post: Why the Charitable Deduction Matters by Charitable Deduction Debate Heats Up | Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck http://blog.mcf.org/2013/03/27/member-post-why-the-charitable-deduction-matters/#comment-36500 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:09:23 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13264#comment-36500 [...] U.S. charitable giving tax deduction is working and should not be changed. That was the message MCF delivered to members of Minnesota’s Congressional delegation at Foundations on the Hill meetings in Washington, D.C. last [...]

]]> Comment on A Soul/Spirit Connection: Remembering Why Philanthropy Matters, Part I by A Soul/Spirit Connection: Remembering Why Philanthropy Matters: Part II | Minnesota Council on Foundations Blog - Philanthropy Potluck http://blog.mcf.org/2013/04/16/a-soulspirit-connection-remembering-why-philanthropy-matters-part-i/#comment-36389 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:10:16 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13396#comment-36389 [...] I wrote about my experiences at the recent Association of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE) conference, where I was led and [...]

]]> Comment on Member Post: Why the Charitable Deduction Matters by Dan http://blog.mcf.org/2013/03/27/member-post-why-the-charitable-deduction-matters/#comment-35500 Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:09:57 +0000 http://blog.mcf.org/?p=13264#comment-35500 I hate to be overly critical, but this is yet again a piece that is seriously overstating the issues at hand. No one- I repeat no one- is proposing eliminating the charitable deduction.
And the breakdown of giving by income complete ignores the fact that most Americans do not itemize, and thus would be completely unaffected by any limits. I actually agree that some form of a charitably tax deduction should be in place, but the constant barrage of misleading and misinformed posts about “protecting giving” obscures the truth and prevents an honest debate of what type of public policy should exist to incent charitable giving.

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