Where Most Needed

New United Way Rules Devastate a Small Service Agency

A shift of priorities to teens and consumer credit counseling leaves people with disabilities behind.  It's too bad they can't keep up in a competitive world. 

Attorneys are Largest Beneficiary of Alicia Keys' Charity

Start up costs and executive salaries represent a big chunk of expenses, while the organization makes just eight substantial grants.  The web site still proclaims "Don't pay for bureaucracy pay for life." 

Where Bono Blunde(red)

A bad PR week for (Product)Red orchestrated out of San Francisco raises doubts about the prospects for a long-term sustainable charity campaign (sorry, business model) based on product sales without grassroots fundraising. 

Looking at Foundations as if They Mattered

A professor sees potential in the rise of incredibly large philanthropic gestures.  But I wonder whether the Gates Foundation is already spread too thin to expect real impact. 

Legal Wrangling over AIDS Quilt Reflects Charity Culture Clash

Dispute stems not only from the change in AIDS, but also different styles of charity organization in different parts of the country. 

Behind the Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt Gifts

Doctors Without Borders is a familiar name, but Global Action for Children is not a registered charity.

Alicia Keys' AIDS Charity Eludes Scrutiny

A recent campaign for Keep a Child Alive features Gwyneth Paltrow, but it is still hard to tell exactly how the organization operates. 

Book: Flaws of Breast Cancer Philanthropy Just a Symptom of Charity Gone Awry

Author argues that breast cancer awareness has led to lots of corporate-sponsored events, but not a lot of cure or prevention.

Gates Gift Spotlights Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

This Geneva-based organization tries to coordinate a balanced world-wide response to the top three diseases, with an intense focus on results. 

Bill Gates Leaves Corporate Job to Work Full Time for Nonprofit

What Mr. Gates' decision means for charities—and we discover why you can't find the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Form 990 from Guidestar.