posted on: Friday, August 06, 2010

by Yna C. Moore

I'm pleased to announce our new "Philanthropy News Watch" - a roundup of some of the week's interesting news, commentary and other postings from the world of philanthropy.

• Decline and Fall of the Vanguard Foundation
  by Rick Cohen | Blue Avocado
  
  
• The Essential Link Between Racial Justice and LGBT Movement
  by Tammy Johnson | Colorlines
  
  
• 40 Billionaires Pledge to Donate Half of Wealth
  by MSNBC.com
  
  
• Toward Sounder Nonprofits
  by R. Andrew Swinney | The Philadelphia Inquirer
  
  
• Here's Where BP is Dumping Its Oil
  by Rick Cohen | The Nonprofit Quarterly
  
  
• The Other 95%: Foundations Can Do More With Less
  by Billy Parish & Dev Aujla I Huffington Post
  
  
• Foundation Grantmaking Declined in Half of Major Funding Areas During 2008
  by The Foundation Center
  
  
• Why Sharing the Wealth Isn't Enough
  by Steven Pearlstein I The Washington Post
  

Yna C. Moore is communications director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP).