September 27, 2011 | Philanthropy in the News

First Things First: A Short Journey From Excitement to Humility

RE:Philanthropy

By Jessica Janssen
9/26/11

I was incredibly inspired during last week?s fall conference after leaving the remarkable session ?Once Upon a Time: Reaching Beyond Your Windows Through Storytelling,? which shared the amazing success story of the Pittsburgh Foundation?s outreach through community video storytelling. I had several initial thoughts: ?How do I start a video storytelling program in Fremont?? ?Who could be a partner?? ?What are the stories we might want to cover?? ?Could we implement a contest approach to activate community participation??
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Community Foundations Face ?Strategy? Gap

Philanthropy Journal

9/26/11

CEOs of community foundations believe strategy is important but few actually use it in their foundations? work, a new report says. CEOs who are strategic in working with donors ?are guided by a focus on how their work with donors will benefit the community,? while CEOs who are strategic in their programmatic work ?build their understanding of community need through research and data,? says Rhetoric Versus Reality: A Strategic Disconnect at Community Foundations, a report by the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
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Nonprofits Express Concerns Over Proposal to Cap Itemized Deductions at 28 Percent

Philanthropy News Digest

9/27/11

Nonprofits in New York ? and much of the country ? are campaigning hard against a provision in a White House jobs bill that would limit itemized deductions, including charitable contributions, for individuals with an annual income of at least $200,000, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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SOCAP 11 ? Where Money Meets Meaning

Alliance Magazine

By Ekta Kothari
9/26/11

Bringing together over 1,500 people from 75 countries, SOCAP 11 was a rendezvous for social impact investing, entrepreneurship and innovation. It lived up to its tag of ?Where money meets meaning?, and saw a global gathering of everyone: NGOs, investors, foundations, social enterprises, consultants ? in other words, almost everyone who is interested in this space.
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Charities and Social Investment: The Risks and Rewards

The Guardian

By Sarah Hedley
9/27/11

At New Philanthropy Capital (NPC), some of the most common questions we?ve been getting from charities recently are about social investment. This is hardly surprising: social investment is a hot topic at the moment. In the face of dwindling donations, the sector is looking for new ways to ask donors to fund its work ? this time from their capital funds, rather than from disposable income. Government, too, is touting the potential of loans, bonds and other types of repayable finance in the face of massive spending cuts.
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Source: http://www.cofinteract.org/news/index.php/2011/09/27/september-27-2011/

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