With both Canada and the U.S. passing new federal stimulus packages, it has been interesting to hear from the respective non-profit sectors on how pleased they are with the outcomes.  The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that a congressional compromise will include...

Following my previous and optimistic post of a new era for community service, I’m now going to flip the argument.  While I straddle both U.S. and Canadian philanthropy in this financial downturn and watch as both governments “turn on the taps” and run deficit budgets...

I’ve enjoyed the philanthropy chatter of the past two weeks, the year-end reviews and the predictions for 2009.  While nodding along with the jargon we’d like to see banished, contemplating pitfalls of new philanthropists, and musing on how Madoff worked out his whole...