Fairfax County Bans Homemade Homeless Help
Posted by Daniel Rothschild - Nov 29, 2006 8:00am
The Washington Post reports that Fairfax County, Virginia has banned people from serving food to the homeless that has not been prepared in county-certified kitchens. This is justified, they claim, by the medical needs of the homeless:"We're dealing with a medically fragile population... so they'... Read more
Milton Friedman, R.I.P.
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Nov 16, 2006 3:33pm
Sadly, Milton Friedman passed away today, November 16, 2006. Having had the honor and pleasure to work for the Friedman Foundation during its first year, I have struggled this afternoon with how best to articulate my appreciation to and for Dr. Friedman and his wife, Rose. It put a smile on my face to come across this statement that Milton made during the Nobel Banquet which followed his accept... Read more
Philanthropy and Technology
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Aug 30, 2006 8:59am
This is an interesting piece from Michael Gilbert about the potential of RSS technology in making grant information more "real-time." It's interesting that it's not only grant recipients but also grant makers who have a strong interest in the possibilities of better aggregation of grant-making data. Michael Polanyi introduced us to the concept of "polycentricity" decades ago. Such a... Read more
Blogging Disasters
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Dec 27, 2005 8:16pm
Phil Cubeta wistfully asks "where have all the bloggers gone?" I confess that I have been rather remiss in posting here these past few months. I have invited Bill Schambra to consider this his blog home if he would like, but so far he's not nibbled. I will try to be more diligent in the coming year about stepping up the pace here, meaning that I need to find a hand... Read more
Top Down, Bottom Up, OR.....
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Oct 06, 2005 11:42pm
Chris Corrigan asks some provocative questions about "how we should do things." He wonders whether the language of top-down versus bottom-up might help us recharacterize and reframe our political conversations and approaches to getting things done.I wonder, though, whether even the top-down or bottom-up paradigm isn't too polarizing.... Read more
Hitchhiker's Guide to Philanthropy Blogs
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Aug 29, 2005 9:43pm
In amost memorable passage of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, two would be philosophers, Vroomfondel and Majikthise, realize that the key to philosophical success is essentially mutual destruction...or, in the language of academia, building each other's scores in the citations indices. Here's the passage:"Yes," declaimed Deep Thought, "I said I'd have to ... Read more
"Searching for a language that describes the goals we all share"
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Aug 26, 2005 9:59pm
Phil Anthropoid wonders whether it's a good thing that we are scurrying to classify emerging philanthropy blogs according to tired "Left/Right" distinctions. For the record: This space seeks to foster conversation and build bridges rather to shore up a sclerotic version of what we believe about the world.In a network, ... Read more
Foster Friess "Networks" his Philanthropy
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Aug 24, 2005 3:38pm
Investor and philanthropist Foster Friess is sharing his philanthropic efforts via a new website . It's an interesting approach to testing the waters to find philanthropic allies--and a much simpler approach than the intriguing Omidyar Network site established by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar severa... Read more
Please, Stop the Aid!
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Jul 07, 2005 11:16pm
Der Spiegel recently printed an interview with Kenyan economist James Shikwati, who argues that most foreign aid to Africa does more harm than good.I watched the movie Hotel Rwanda tonight, which depicts the horror of the Hutu-Tutsi conflict of the mid 1990s and the failure of Western nations and the much-lauded UN to offer much in the way... Read more
Compel them to Pay Up
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Jun 13, 2005 7:27pm
Laurie Morrow, the voice of True North Radio and contributor to The Democracy Project explores with her usual panache whether giving is necessarily a virtue. Laurie suggests that the effects of giving are often far from what the giver may intend. Much of the time we discuss this as a challenge in philanthropy--how difficult... Read more
Philanthropy as Interest
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Jun 02, 2005 9:58pm
In his book on Shakespeare's economics, Fred Turner observes that "As Shakespeare describes it so movingly in the Sonnets, we, and the physical world around us, wear out over time. The order that we inherit is a loan, which not only must be repaid,... Read more
Technology Revolution
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Apr 29, 2005 8:43pm
Just came across this Business Week article from 2003 that describes some ways that technology is addressing social problems. The article suggests the emergence of a new era of philanthropic enterprise sporting new business models that will impact both the not-for-profit and commercial sectors. ... Read more
Strengthen the Good
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Nov 17, 2004 8:11pm
'Strengthen the Good' is the nexus of a network of bloggers committed to raising awareness for small charities around the world. Every three weeks this space highlights a new “micro-charity”—a small, inspiring charity, one with a real face and where $1 makes a difference—and the bloggers in the network link to that post, sending traffic, and awareness, the charity’s way.
This is ... Read more
Street Saints
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Nov 05, 2004 5:53pm
Barbara Elliott, president of the Center for Renewal in Houston, has published Street Saints, which takes the reader through the streets of America’s cities to meet people of faith who are renewing America, one heart at a time. These unsung heroes are putting an arm around abused grade schoolers and teaching them to read, facing down drug dealers, and giving hope to bullet-pocked neighborhoods. They are working creatively as social entrepreneurs,... Read more
Welcome
Posted by Lenore Ealy - Nov 05, 2004 1:59pm
Welcome to The Philanthropic Enterprise Blog! Our purpose here is to provide a space for conversation about new ideas and developments in philanthropy. We hope you will check in frequently!... Read more