The Future of Philanthropy: Giving 2.0
Posted by Alison on Monday, July 14th, 2008From the Stanford Social Innovation Review posted a very nice article about philanthropy.
On full disclosure, GlobalGiving is mentioned in the article.
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The power of the little guys, aggregated
Posted by Donna on Tuesday, July 1st, 2008Mari and Dennis founded GlobalGiving on the premise that the $20 given by each of a community of informed donors could be as powerful as the $20,000 given by one “well researched” donor. Our friend Lucy Bernholz at Philanthropy 2173 posted a cool graph about the distribution of givers in the US. The potential power of leverage. Check it out:
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Giving is Good
Posted by Joan on Thursday, January 17th, 2008
Saw this in a blog called Don’t Tell the Donor, but actually it’s the kind of inspiring story that donors like to hear.
It’s about Sonja Christopher, one of the contestants in season one of Survivor (way back in 2000). She had originally promised to donate her potential prize winnings of $1 million to her church to build a community hall - but since she was the first one voted off the island, ended up with “only” $2,500, which she went ahead and gave to her church anyway.
But something interesting happened - moved by her generosity, fellow congregants stepped up - and raised the million dollars needed. Ground was broken recently. The moral of the story, according to the church’s minister, is that “giving is good.”
And never underestimate the power of a “small” donation.
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