Tag: Giving
When do-good nonprofits are bad at dealing with #MeToo moments
Paul Battaglio, University of Texas at Dallas; Doug Goodman, University of Texas at Dallas, and Meghna Sabharwal, University of Texas at Dallas
Scandals rocking the...
When charities let telemarketers gouge donors
Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently called Ohio Cops for Kids a “purported charity” when he sued the group...
This new year — rethinking gratitude
Jeremy David Engels, Pennsylvania State University
It’s a new year, which means that it’s also time to imagine new beginnings and better futures. It’s time,...
During the holidays, giving gifts to the dead can help you...
Jenna Drenten, Loyola University Chicago
Every December, my family decorates two Christmas trees: one for our living room and one for the cemetery, where my...
When cringeworthy gifts are worse than inconsiderate
Deborah Y. Cohn, New York Institute of Technology
Ever wondered why your mom bought you that inexplicable thing? You’re not alone.
I have spent years doing...
Learning by giving: How today’s students can become tomorrow’s philanthropists
Jodi Benenson, University of Nebraska Omaha; David Campbell, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Lindsey McDougle, Rutgers University Newark
If someone asked...
How donors can help make nonprofits more accountable
Aseem Prakash, University of Washington and Nives Dolsak, University of Washington
As the devastating 2017 hurricane season got underway, the Internal Revenue Service warned Americans...
What hundreds of American public libraries owe to Carnegie’s disdain for...
Arlene Weismantel, Michigan State University
The same ethos that turned Andrew Carnegie into one of the biggest philanthropists of all time made him a fervent...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
