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Social Impact Bonds under review in Canada 21 Jan 2013 | 08:06 pm
new type of financial instrument is challenging the idea that giving and investing are separate and distinct. The social impact bond (SIB) is an experimental hybrid that applies a profit motive to som...
“Donors are not always right. In fact, most of the time, donors are wrong” 18 Jan 2013 | 04:46 pm
But the donor is not always right. In fact, most of the time, donors are wrong. Let us count the ways and give those donors a bit of the unsolicited advice they’re so happy handing out to nonprofits. ...
CSR – Business Needs to See Themselves as a Part of a Larger System 16 Jan 2013 | 09:08 pm
Businesses that view customers solely as consumers miss the opportunity of a more complex and interdependent relationship writes Suresh Ariaratnam - literary agent for Surya Lumen. Read full article
The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation Donated 1.642 Billion Yuan to Help Impoverished Regions 13 Jan 2013 | 03:58 pm
The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation donated 1.642 billion yuan (263.7 million U.S. dollars) to help China's impoverished regions shake off poverty in 2012, according to new figures. Read ful...
UK Government Handing Probation Services Over to Private and Voluntary Sectors 9 Jan 2013 | 09:37 pm
The (UK) government intends to hand the supervision of low-risk offenders over to the private and voluntary sectors on a payment-by-results basis. Read full article
New Annual Report Shows Trends for Charitable Giving in America 8 Jan 2013 | 08:59 pm
Despite the uncertain economy, Americans continue to be generous to charities. Donations rose to $298.42 billion in 2011, the highest since the Great Recession, although giving has not yet reached pre...
UK Charity Suspends Work With Fundraising Agency After Undercover Reporters Were Misled About How Donations Were Spent 7 Jan 2013 | 01:08 pm
The housing charity Shelter has suspended its use of the fundraising agency Tag Campaigns after one of its fundraisers was reportedly found breaking charity law and regulations. Read full article
Growing Number of Non-Resident Indians are Giving Back to Their Native Villages 5 Jan 2013 | 03:02 pm
Even as Punjab awaits multi-dollar investments in new industries from its cash-rich NRIs settled across the globe, a few baby steps of philanthropy by the members of the Punjabidiaspora are ushering i...
Avon Cosmetics Company Leads Charge on Criminalising Domestic Violence in Hungary 3 Jan 2013 | 03:57 pm
Hungarian politicians are drafting the country's first law criminalising domestic violence, a move that received support from an unlikely source: a cosmetics company. Read full article
EU Court Throws Out NGO Funding Case Brought by Israel-Based Group 2 Jan 2013 | 08:47 pm
- EU court throws out NGO funding case brought by Israel-based group Article posted on JTA By Marcy Oster 24 December 2012 JERUSALEM (JTA) – The European Court of Justice threw out a lawsuit filed nea...
