Monthly Archives: July 2009

As we were noting in yesterday’s post, Angela Eikenberry makes the following claim: [A]ffluent communities tend to be more generous than distressed communities in which there are wider variations in income and racial/ethnic populations… It’s a fascinating statement. I certainly … Continue reading →

It’s only fair that since we ended last week with a timely warning against traditional/transactional fundraising (TTF) that we begin this week with a caution for practitioners of Transformational Giving (TG), related, interestingly, to the question of TG and ethnic … Continue reading →

Still savoring Eikenberry’s Giving Circles…especially the parts that aren’t about Giving Circles. Best quote in the book: ‘As early as 1828, Rev. William Ellery Channing wrote about the hazards posed to democracy by volunteer associations (read: nonprofits) because they accumulate … Continue reading →