From Buffett to Bono, how today’s leading philanthropists are revolutionizing the field, using new methods to have a vastly greater impact on the world. For philanthropists of the past, charity was often a matter of simply giving money away. For the philanthrocapitalists—the new generation of billionaires who are reshaping the way they give—it’s like business. […]

  The new tax act features beneficial provisions for charitable giving.  This article is reprinted from Crescendo Interactive. On January 1, 2013, both the Senate and House passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA). The bill resolved the “fiscal cliff” and includes a number of provisions that will be favorable for philanthropy and […]

I first came across Business Fights Poverty last year while looking into resources for our “organizations” audience on Philanthropegie.  This is a great organization that connects people who have a passion for fighting poverty through business. Their weekly newsletter highlights top stories from their site – and introduces a new “member of the week.”  It’s a […]

Sports Legacy Institute was founded on June 14, 2007, in Boston, Massachusetts, by CEO, Christopher Nowinski and Dr. Robert Cantu in reaction to new medical research indicating that brain trauma in sports had become a public health crisis. SLI is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to solving the concussion crisis in sports and the military through medical […]

CompassPoint assists nonprofits in development of leadership and management capacities.  It offers guidance to enable organizations to increase efficiency, become more adaptive, and to increase project impacts in order to better serve society. CompassPoint offers workshops, conferences, consulting services, and a variety of publications and research.  Leadership cohort programs target specific areas to benefit specialized […]