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Donor Resources


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Designed especially for Community Foundation donors, this section contains a wealth of continuously updated information to inform your giving and assure effective grant making.

National Insights and Trends
Disaster Philanthropy: Why Are Some Disasters More Appealing than Others?

About.com NonProfits - Some disasters are just more popular. It's a terrible thing to say, but  more ...


Issues That Matter
Our Permanent Library of Information

In the five years since PhilanthroMedia began writing, the world of philanthropy has changed a  more ...


Animating the Newspaper Business, or 'Z-Philanthra', Journalism Superhero!

Hollywood and Marvel Comics are missing a bet if they don't pick up where the final season of  more ...


Need Space for Your Arts Organization?

As reported by the Philanthropy News Digest, the New York Foundation for the Arts has begun a new  more ...


Change Exchange

Changing times require creative action. The transition our society is amidst necessitates new  more ...


All-Star Federal Philanthropy Team?

Herald the news: Congress has authorized a Social Innovation Fund housed at the Corporation for  more ...


Would You Like Some Ketchup With That Pen?

I know everyone who's reading this blog has one thing in common: they're counting the moments  more ...


Irvine Foundation President Encourages Transparency

Tip of the hat to James Irvine President James E. Canales (pictured) for writing in an op-ed a  more ...


The Philanthropist

Last night, I had the pleasure to see the poorly-reviewed, yet undeniably masterful play, The  more ...


If We Could Only Have A Glimpse At Tomorrow's Headlines Today

Philanthropy New York held a panel discussion in New York City last week with the catchy title,  more ...


The Federal Trade Commission Announces "Operation False Charity"

It's always important for donors to be aware of to whom, exactly, they are giving their  more ...


Clean Water -- A Forgotten Glass Ceiling

Recognizing the value of good information for discerning donors, John Sauer submitted his latest  more ...


Economic Justice for All!

Recently, I've been working on the campaign of Mark Winston Griffith, who is running for City  more ...


Greening The Cities' Roofs

The PhilanthroMedia team spent Monday filming one of the Drum Major Institute's Marketplace of  more ...


Jobs for Change

Back in the day, before this global economic apocalypse, folks who wanted to move from the  more ...


Beware- Local Food is Getting a New Definition

The advent of the "green" movement has seen an uprise in the attention paid to small, local  more ...


Giving Gazette
U.S. billionaires pledge fortunes to charity

Reuters – Dozens of U.S. billionaires pledged on Wednesday to give at least half their  more ...