Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Environment, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Sustainability 1/9/19 Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Environment, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Sustainability 1/9/19

The MacArthur Foundation invests in climate solutions--and in fossil fuels.

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Books, Foundations, Global poverty, Philanthropy 12/30/18 Books, Foundations, Global poverty, Philanthropy 12/30/18

Books I (mostly) liked in 2018

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Animal welfare, Charities, Global poverty, Nonprofits 12/23/18 Animal welfare, Charities, Global poverty, Nonprofits 12/23/18

My charitable giving in 2018

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Animal welfare, Charities, Nonprofits, Transparency, Workplace culture 12/19/18 Animal welfare, Charities, Nonprofits, Transparency, Workplace culture 12/19/18

Cats, pigs, watchdogs--and the limits of nonprofit oversight

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Climate change, Environment, Foundations, Global poverty, Philanthropy 12/9/18 Climate change, Environment, Foundations, Global poverty, Philanthropy 12/9/18

Todd Moss: When it comes to energy, big is beautiful

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Climate change, Cookstoves, Corporate responsibility, Foundations, Global health, Global poverty, Sustainability 12/2/18 Climate change, Cookstoves, Corporate responsibility, Foundations, Global health, Global poverty, Sustainability 12/2/18

Smoke alarm: Eric Reynolds, a founder of Marmot, wants to build the world's first truly clean cookstove company. Millions of lives are at stake.

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Animal welfare, Charities, NGOs, Nonprofits 11/7/18 Animal welfare, Charities, NGOs, Nonprofits 11/7/18

Alley Cat Allies, and the charity “watchdogs” that aren’t

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Charities, Children, Foundations, Global poverty, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social entrepreneurs 10/22/18 Charities, Children, Foundations, Global poverty, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Social entrepreneurs 10/22/18

More Than Me: A tragic failure of philanthropy

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Animal welfare, Women 10/11/18 Animal welfare, Women 10/11/18

Yet another #metoo stumble for the animal rights movement

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Animal welfare, Women, Workplace culture 10/8/18 Animal welfare, Women, Workplace culture 10/8/18

Veganism, feminism and the latest on #metoo at HSUS

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Cash transfers, Charities, Global health, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, WASH 9/17/18 Cash transfers, Charities, Global health, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, WASH 9/17/18

A lesson from Rwanda: Don't confuse scale with impact

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Cash transfers, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 9/11/18 Cash transfers, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 9/11/18

Why is the US giving cash to poor people in Africa, no strings attached? For good reason.

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Community foundations, Endowments, Foundations, Investment 9/10/18 Community foundations, Endowments, Foundations, Investment 9/10/18

Why do foundation endowments underperform?

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Advocacy, Animal welfare, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 8/24/18 Advocacy, Animal welfare, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 8/24/18

Faunalytics: Does farm-animal advocacy work?

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Animal welfare, Foundations, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 8/10/18 Animal welfare, Foundations, Global poverty, Monitoring and evaluation, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Uncategorized 8/10/18

Can chicken farming help alleviate poverty in Rwanda?

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Community foundations, Donor-advised funds, Philanthropy, Workplace culture 6/27/18 Community foundations, Donor-advised funds, Philanthropy, Workplace culture 6/27/18

Emmett Carson: The end has come

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Climate change, Environment, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Sustainability 5/22/18 Climate change, Environment, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Sustainability 5/22/18

Philanthropy, groupthink, and climate change

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Effective Altruism, Foundations, Global poverty, Philanthropy, Transparency 5/18/18 Effective Altruism, Foundations, Global poverty, Philanthropy, Transparency 5/18/18

The most unorthodox big foundation in America

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Charities, Feedback loops, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/11/18 Charities, Feedback loops, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/11/18

Mario Morino: Fixing nonprofits

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Charities, Global health, Global poverty, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/8/18 Charities, Global health, Global poverty, NGOs, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/8/18

A little bit of heaven in Rwanda

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