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Entries Tagged as 'My Own Giving'
Expanding the Conversation
June 1st, 2011 · 5 Comments · My Own Giving
Tags:A View From The Cave·Change Charity·Eli Pariser·Sasha Dichter·Snarkmarket
Giving in Support of Japan
March 14th, 2011 · 6 Comments · How Much to Give, International Aid, My Own Giving
The earthquake/tsunami/nuclear explosion/economic meltdown in Japan is horrifying. And it’s sparking a wave of giving around the world. Saundra Schimmelpfennig rightly points out that giving in response to a tragedy is fraught with potential pitfalls, from donors over-restricting funds to lack of coordination to poor workmanship to whether the country even wants your stuff at all. [...]
A Year Later: Reflections and Renewals
March 11th, 2011 · Comments Off · My Own Giving
Today”s the third day of Lent. This time last year, I’d have set aside 30 bones for some philanthropic purpose. The third day of 40, the beginning of this blog, the beginning of a public commitment to giving. If I were a better blogger, I’d have done a whole thing around Lent again this year. [...]
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How To Be A Leader in Philanthropy
March 8th, 2011 · Comments Off · My Own Giving, Philanthropists & Donors, Philosophy of Giving
On Deep Social Impact’s blog, Cynthia Gibson tells of a conference where professional grantmakers and funders were asked to talk about their own personal giving. Their response? ”Dead silence.” Finally, a few people spoke up and described their personal giving as such: Most of the organizations to which the panelists [i.e. grantmakers] said they wrote personal [...]
Giving to Our Community
December 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · My Own Giving, Philosophy of Giving
Several GiveWell fans have recently written about why they have chosen to support VillageReach, the highest-rated charity. Each delves into the philosophical reasoning behind helping humanity and aiding those of us in our global community who have so little. I agree, of course. I’ve given there, too. I’ve also given directly to GiveWell. My choice [...]
Tags:gift economy·GiveWell
Be Generous
December 15th, 2010 · Comments Off · Fundraising, Living Well, My Own Giving
Tis the season for gift-giving advice. Consider giving stock. Avoid stand-alone projects. Be wary of cause marketing. Focus on all the ways your charitable donation can go wrong. Erm, perhaps WSJ isn’t the most inspiring place to find said advice. Still, wisdom abounds from folks lots smarter than me. I’ve only one thing here to [...]
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That $100 Really Paid Forward
August 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · My Own Giving
About a year ago, Peter Sagal did something he said he’d never done before and made a solicitation to his followers (of which I am unabashedly a member) to help support a very dear and very ill friend of his, Jo Carson. You can tell Peter genuinely felt the full range of emotions that one [...]
Tags:cancer·death·Jo Carson·Peter Sagal
Announcements!
August 10th, 2010 · Comments Off · My Own Giving
Most important announcement: My friend Tan is the winner of “Hamlet’s Blackberry”! Tan writes a lovely blog about being an environmentally-conscious parent that I urge y’all to go read pronto. Then you too will think of her when you clean your toilet. Second most important announcement: Good websites are not static. They are ever-shifting reflections [...]
