Following the Money Difficult in Ecuador Lawsuit

Ask any investigative reporter how best to get to the heart of any controversial issue, and he’ll say, “Follow the money.”  Doing that has been difficult, however, when it comes to the Amazon Defense...

Volunteer Abroad Tanzania Dar Es Salaam Arusha Children Orphans

http://www.abroaderview.org Our programs allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Tanzania. Volunteering in Tanzania is a way to...

Volunteer Abroad Zambia Orphanages Volunteering abroaderview.org

Our programs in Lusaka and the surrounding towns allow you to take part in meaningful community service work, while discovering the people, sights, smells and tastes of Zambia. Volunteering in Zambia is a way to...

Madoff Scandal Hits Jewish Philanthropy

The collapse of Bernard Madoff's investment group is being called "the atomic bomb in the world of Jewish Philanthropy."  Since Madoff's arrest a number of Jewish charities have suffered hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a December 18 article in the Jewish...

Vick dogs featured on wine labels

The Dog Lovers Wine Club has teamed with Best Friends to create the signature wine series – a special two-case collection celebrating the 22 dogs who were rescued from Michael Vick’s dog-fighting operation and...

Charitable Gifts Increase Despite Credit Crisis

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Schwab Charitable, one of the country’s largest and fastest growing national donor-advised funds with 12,000 donors and nearly $2 billion in assets, announced today that...

Adam Scott launches the Adam Scott Foundation Asia

Sept 11, 2008 Singapore - Australian golfer Adam Scott announced plans to launch the Adam Scott Foundation Asia at the Forbes Global CEO Conference yesterday. "I’m establishing an organization that will...

Please Bono, for the love of God, retire from public life

Some do-gooders at ThePoint.com, a site that enables people to mobilize (and hopefully fund) activism campaigns, have started a petition asking Bono to stop being the world's most annoying philanthropist.As it...

Americans Are Most Generous People on Planet

" So the next time some Marxist loving Leftist tries to convince you how evil America or the leaders Americans voted for are just remember the US is the most generous country ever in the civilized world bar none....

Raikes named as head for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Jeff Raikes is to take the position of CEO of the Gates Foundation on September 2nd."The head of Microsoft's business division, Raikes will now shift gears and start giving away massive amounts of the Microsoft fortune. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation distributes more...

Disclose "Sexual Harassment Ring" to Donors, SFU Board Told

The Simon Fraser University Board of Governors has been asked to meet their obligation to disclose to prospective donors, SFU’s unresolved history of allegedly “operating a sexual harassment...

'Competitive Compassion' surges to the limelight

 Making giving fashionable is okay but where we're going in this world seems just too over the top.  The final indicator, as far as I can see, is Oprah's new TV games show in which people compete to give big bucks to their favourite charity.  Stardom is a...

Giving sounds good

The Vancouver Sun's David Baines has published a piece on Tom William's new charity site GiveMeaning.  Baines concludes his article by saying:"He said the financial return for the year ending Sept. 30, 2007, which is just now being filed, will show a greater percentage...

Inside "The Greater Good"

Greater good is about “doing well by doing good”.  It is about selflessness in times of despair, about reaching for success by sticking your hand out to those in need.  Some of today’s...

A Really Smart Way to Raise Funds for Your Organization

The Linux Foundation reintroduced their Visa credit card today. The concept is simple: each time a Linux Foundation card holder uses their card, a donation is made to The Linux Fund by the card issuer, U.S. Bank. Think of it as reward points going where they are needed......

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