April 27, 2010, Chronicle of Philanthropy — Many companies are in the midst of transformation in the way they think about creating social good -- and are interested in finding models in which they can simultaneously improve the world and their bottom line, participants in a session for corporate grant makers said today.
In a talk at the annual Council on Foundations conference, Kyle Peterson, managing director of FSG Social Impact Advisors, said that businesses have moved in the last 10 years from ignoring or understating problems to wanting to solve them and believing that doing so can be beneficial to their companies.
"What we're looking at now is how to move toward more shared value," Mr. Peterson said.
Caroline Preston
Jan. 25, 2010, Chronicle of Philanthropy — Contributions continue to pour in for relief efforts in Haiti. Ten days after the massive earthquake struck, donors have contributed more than $380-million to 35 U.S. nonprofit groups, a Chronicle tally finds.
Jan. 20, 2010, Chronicle of Philanthropy — Contributions continue to pour in for relief efforts in Haiti. Seven days after the massive earthquake struck, donors have contributed more than $275-million to 29 U.S. nonprofit groups, a Chronicle tally finds.
December 18, 2009, Chronicle of Philanthropy - Nearly two-thirds of charities polled by The Chronicle in the past week say that this November and December have been as bad or worse for fund raising as last holiday season, when the recession had already begun to dampen giving.
October 29, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Bruised by the deepest recession in decades, the nation's most-successful fund-raising organizations anticipate that giving will decline this year by a median of 9 percent, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. That would mean that half of the charities in the survey expect an even steeper drop.
August 26, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Seventy-two percent of Americans say they have cut back the time they spend volunteering and performing other civic activities in the past year — largely as the result of the recession, according to the study by the National Conference on Citizenship.
July 29, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Nearly half of nonprofit organizations (47.5 percent) have laid off staff members to cut costs as donations dwindle, according to a survey by Campbell & Company, a group that consults with charities.
July 23, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Just over half of charities saw a drop in donations between March and May of this year, the same portion as reported a decline between October and February, according to a survey by the nonprofit watchdog group Guidestar.
July 15, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Foundations are stepping up their advocacy efforts to help the poor and other disadvantaged people, according to a report released today by the Foundation Center.
June 30, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Male executives at charities in Central Florida earn nearly 30 percent more than their female counterparts, according to a new study.
May 28, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Community foundations increased their giving in 2008, bucking the belt tightening that swept nearly all quarters of the philanthropic world, according to a new report by the Foundation Center.
May 13, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Foundation support for charities that help gay people continues to grow steadily, rising by 18 percent in 2007, according to a new study. The recession is expected to slow but not halt that growth, it said.
April 30, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Few family foundations have plans to shut down after a certain period of time, preferring instead to exist in perpetuity, according to a survey released last week by the Foundation Center.
Washington, April 27, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The economic crisis is shaking up the nonprofit world in ways that are making it more difficult for young workers to find jobs but could also present them with new and unusual opportunities to advance, said speakers and participants at a conference here that wrapped up on Saturday.
April 23, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Kiva.org, the popular Web site that enables people to give small loans to entrepreneurs overseas, is attracting more and more donors despite the recession, its co-founder said today.
