Social service charities still struggle with a spotty system of referral networks for social service needs and inconsistent adoption of the 2-1-1 phone number. But United Way is pushing for a major increase in funding for the system.
Declines in funding and a public perception of institutions as boring are leading to a crisis that threatens their extensive, behind-the-scenes scientific research.
A historian of charities and a lawyer revive interest in charity organizations that combine national and grassroots perspectives in a federated structure.
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.
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.
Social service charities still struggle with a spotty system of referral networks for social service needs and inconsistent adoption of the 2-1-1 phone number. But United Way is pushing for a major increase in funding for the system.
