It's a Need for Change in Philanthropy
posted on: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The day NCRP released the Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best, the Wall Street Journal published a scathing commentary from Naomi Schaefer Riley, deputy Taste editor, who described efforts as a pushing "philanthropic organizations into ignoring donor intent and instead giving grants based on political considerations."
David R. Jones, chair of NCRP's board of directors and president and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York, responds in today's Letter to the Editor, "It is evident that earnest efforts to address the flaws in the current philanthropic system will be demonized by a vocal few. It's far easier to mischaracterize this work as "political" or "misguided" than to take a critical look at why there are mounting pressures for change across the charitable sector." Read David's entire letter.
You can read Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best for free at www.ncrp.org/paib. Labels: Philanthropy at Its Best
David R. Jones, chair of NCRP's board of directors and president and CEO of the Community Service Society of New York, responds in today's Letter to the Editor, "It is evident that earnest efforts to address the flaws in the current philanthropic system will be demonized by a vocal few. It's far easier to mischaracterize this work as "political" or "misguided" than to take a critical look at why there are mounting pressures for change across the charitable sector." Read David's entire letter.
You can read Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best for free at www.ncrp.org/paib.
Labels: Philanthropy at Its Best
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10:20 AM
1 Comments:
This report is refreshingly bold coming from a part of the sector itself. Congratulations. I also believe that charitable contributions to education and arts remain vital to our society, even if they don't always or even usually redistribute "the wealth." This speaks to an intangible element in our society's quality of life that we're all trying to invigorate, and it needs to be factored into the whole equation and admittedly, never satisfactorily measured. In this light, i still think it makes sense to acknowledge two kinds of charities, those who primarily work with marginal populations and those who primarily serve folks who are already wealthy, apportioning different tax breaks accordingly.
chris fitz
york, pa
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Chris Fitz, at 10:52 AM
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