Where Most Needed

Charity Bake Sale Proponents Reject Nutritional Guidelines

A New York Times article about the impact of California regulation of food sales during school hours draws widespread scorn. 

Roger Clemens Foundation Could Use Some Juice

The pitcher's charity foundation stages a golf event and sells memorabilia, and a significant amount of grants go to places that aren't mentioned in the organization's web site.

Boring Bus Ride Nets over $20,000 for Video Game Charity

A marathon online event using a mind-numbing simulation of a bus driving across the desert gets enough buzz to fuel four days of fundraising.  But your results may vary. 

Don Imus Using Charity as Pawn in Contract Dispute

The shock jock helped kids with his charity, now they are helping him collect on his $40 million contract with CBS. 

James Irvine Foundation Turns Whoops into White Paper

When a huge foundation initiative failed to show much progress, they brought in outside help to turn it around, completely revamped the project, and wrote it all up for the world to see. 

Hockey Fib Ices Headmaster at Gilman School

The Baltimore private school's board shows zero tolerance for resume padding, even for a manager with a five year track record of fundraising success. 

AT&T Classic: Charities Lost in the Rough

Federal filings leave doubts about how much charities benefit from this PGA tour golf tournament. 

Scientology Filibuster Provokes BBC Reporter

Reporter loses his temper when spokesman for the group just won't stop speaking.  But these days, Scientology is hardly the worst offender among religions (or would-be religions).  They all need to be more transparent and financially accountable. 

Charities Pay Dearly for Ad Council Campaigns

Charities have to commit a minimum of nearly two million before the Ad Council will consider taking on a public relations campaign. 

Beware the $100 Laptop

What some propose as the solution to the digital divide just may be the twenty-first century version of "let them eat cake" from the young and wealthy digital elite in the US, described in a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.