Podcast

Philanthropy Can Be Good for You

Featuring Mike Norton

Money doesn't make you happy, but giving it away does

Podcast

Money Makes People Less Socially Focused

Featuring Kathleen Vohs

Marketing professor Kathleen Vohs' research finds that money acts as a psychological resource that changes people's motivations.

An Uneven Partnership

By John Brothers 1

Will Tuesday’s election change government’s relationship to the nonprofit sector?

Straight Talk in Mixed Company

By Ann Goggins Gregory 3

A plea for across-the-aisle conversations about overhead.

Whether Women Are More Generous Than Men, and Whether It Matters

By Kelly Kleiman 3

A recent study shows that at all income levels women give more than men—both more frequently and more generously when controlled for income.

Cause Marketing Does More Harm Than Good

By Timothy Ogden 1

I believe that cause marketing programs erode the joy of giving, turn consumers into cynics, and contribute to the overall loss of faith and trust in the nonprofit sector.

An Appraising Stare Down the Gift Horse’s Gullet

By Kelly Kleiman

Self-governing societies can’t operate on noblesse oblige, and societies that do aren’t truly self-governing.

Next to Godliness

By Jessica Ruvinsky

People are more likely to engage in moral behavior when they are in a clean-scented room.

The Charitable Giving Market is Efficient After All

By Timothy Ogden 10

Donors are getting exactly what they want from their charitable giving—the market is efficient, even highly so.

Nonprofits Pipe Up

By Suzie Boss

Chris Hughes, Facebook’s cofounder, has created a social media platform called Jumo designed specifically for nonprofits.