posted on: Sunday, June 24, 2012

by Yna C. Moore

Here are some of the past week's notable news and postings on philanthropy and nonprofits:

• Philanthropic Support Keeping Calif. Park Publicly Run
  by Michelle Shumate  |  Nonprofit Quarterly
  
• The Risks Posed by a Sector' Silence: Toward A Forceful and Positive Articulation of the Nonprofit Sector by Phil Buchanan  |  The CEP Blog
  
• U.S. Charitable Giving Approaches $300 Billion in 2011
  by Reuters  |  CNBC
  
• Meet the League of Extraordinary Women: 60 Influencers Who Are Changing the World by Ellen McGirt  |  Fast Company

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