PND - News - Chinese Philanthropy Lags a Booming Economy

PND - News - Chinese Philanthropy Lags a Booming Economy: "Chinese Philanthropy Lags a Booming Economy

Although China has the second highest number of billionaires in the world, only 20 percent of the country's annual charitable giving — compared to 70 percent in the United States — comes from individuals, TIME magazine reports."

Steamed up for charity | Stuff.co.nz

Steamed up for charity | Stuff.co.nz: "An opportunity to cook with the best of the best has come knocking.

Darren Jones is a third-year apprentice at SkyCity and is taking part in Dining for a Difference tomorrow night.

The SkyCity event will see celebrity chef Peter Gordon and 12 other renowned chefs from New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and London cook for guests in the name of charity.

The event was started last year by Mr Gordon to raise funds for the Leukemia & Blood Foundation."

Tata’s Top Executive Embraces Philanthropy | The Harvard Crimson

Tata’s Top Executive Embraces Philanthropy | The Harvard Crimson: "He is the most generous overseas donor to Harvard Business School to date, not to mention the chairman of the largest Indian conglomerate company, but Ratan N. Tata remains an understated man.

According to both American and Indian intellectuals, humility and integrity are the two distinctive traits of a man considered nearly as powerful as the greatest political leaders in India."

Employee Volunteerism: A profit for the nonprofits?

Employee Volunteerism: A profit for the nonprofits?: "Employee Volunteerism: A profit for the nonprofits?
Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf By Andy Levy-Ajzenkopf
October 18, 2010



What if the all the good corporate citizens out there suddenly incented their employees to volunteer with nonprofits and charities? Would there be a major impact in terms of community engagement, money raised, knowledge shared and overall benefit to society?

These questions are being put to the test with a new corporate sector swing to promote volunteerism among its workers. While the concept of corporate team-ups with charities has been around for awhile — historically in terms of donating money to worthy causes, whether altruistically or for photo-ops and image boosting — a couple of North American projects are underway that purport to improve how the for-profit world views volunteerism and rethink the ways in which it can positively affect communities."

Nonprofits in China � China’s Charitable Past

Nonprofits in China � China’s Charitable Past: "The relatively small amount of charitable giving in modern, Communist China is an aberration in the longer sweep of Chinese history. In late imperial China, bridges, ferries or schools — what a modern person might see as public or civic facilities — were often run with charitable land or cash endowments set up by local notables. Village social-welfare — in the form of clinics, refugee shelters or soup kitchens — was often paid for and managed by prominent resident households.

China’s moguls of the imperial period traded in salt, which like Microsoft software was essential for the imperial economy, used for everything from cooking, preserving and pickling foods to tea, leather, paint, medicine and fireworks."

Charity Commission enters a new phase | Society | The Guardian

Charity Commission enters a new phase | Society | The Guardian: "Chancellor George Osborne announced last week that the commission's resource funding would fall by �8m over the next four financial years from �29.3m to �21.3m, a real-terms cut of 33% after inflation assumptions. With 65% of the commission's costs being staff, the axe looks likely to fall on about 140 jobs – and on some of the key functions those personnel carry out.

As the commission's chair, Dame Suzi Leather, said in the immediate aftermath of the announcement: 'Clearly a very different approach is now needed – business as usual is simply not an option. We will need to make significant changes to the way in which we engage with charities and the public, the services we offer and the scope and shape of our regulatory activity.'"

Boomers prove charitable

Boomers prove charitable: "ndividual Canadians contributed more than $8.2-billion to charity in 2008 -- a 5.3% dip from the previous year, but not bad, given the economic downturn. Leading the charity charge is the large contingent of aging baby boomers and they're looking for help about the best ways to donate."

When business greets charity | Charity Greeting Cards

When business greets charity | Charity Greeting Cards: "Picture this: you're a small greeting card business with just four team members. For the first six months of each year, your income is negligible – in fact, most of it arrives in the 10 weeks to Christmas. And of all your takings, you give 20 per cent to charity."

ACE cuts to education and philanthropy | Museums Association

ACE cuts to education and philanthropy | Museums Association: "Museums Association director Mark Taylor said: “We are not surprised by the reduction in money for CCE as the government seems keen to pare back cultural education, but the A&B cut seems very contradictory with the push for philanthropy."

Doing good for goodness’ sake - The Globe and Mail

Doing good for goodness’ sake - The Globe and Mail: "Let me explain why. Broadly speaking, cities in the developed world are being built on three pillars: the public sector, the private sector, and the philanthropic sector. Historically, each of these has had a very different bottom line. For business, it’s been profits and money. For governments, it’s security and social cohesion. And for non-profits and charities, it’s the quality of life."

YOMIURI INTL COOPERATION PRIZE / Corporate Japan's philanthropic pioneer : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri)

YOMIURI INTL COOPERATION PRIZE / Corporate Japan's philanthropic pioneer : National : DAILY YOMIURI ONLINE (The Daily Yomiuri): "This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts. The events it has hosted include an international corporate philanthropy conference attended by delegates from 27 countries, a Japan-U.S. corporate philanthropy summit meeting, a Japan-France summit of the same kind and a symposium for promoting arts and cultural activities."

Multinational Companies Giving Back to Costa Rica / Business & Real Estate / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times

Multinational Companies Giving Back to Costa Rica / Business & Real Estate / Costa Rica Newspaper, The Tico Times: "Many of the large multinational companies have some of the most involved corporate social responsibility programs in Costa Rica."

Charities Around the World Struggle to Raise Money - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Charities Around the World Struggle to Raise Money - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Demand for services is rising fast for charities around the world—faster than donations are expected to increase this year or next, according to a new report released today by Blackbaud, the software company."

Sector prepares proposals on lifetime legacies as govt working group stalls - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Sector prepares proposals on lifetime legacies as govt working group stalls - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "Sector prepares proposals on lifetime legacies as govt working group stalls
Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 19 Oct 2010
Topics: Tax effective giving | Major donors

The government has abandoned a working group to investigate the potential to lifetime legacies, but sector groups are pressing ahead with a proposal for the Treasury to consider their introduction.

The working group, set up by the Charities Aid Foundation and HM Treasury in autumn 2008, had only met infrequently and with limited results before the change of government. But momentu"

The giving's not easy here

The giving's not easy here: "ndian businessman Ratan Tata has made a $50 million donation to Harvard Business School, one of the largest individual endowments the US school has ever received. Earlier, Mr Tata, through a family trust, had donated $50 million to his alma mater, Cornell University. In between, Anand Mahindra donated $10 million for a humanities centre at Harvard. It is praiseworthy that India's richest corporate chieftains are endowing educational institutions with such generosity. Whether they give in India or overseas is a moot point, giving is a personal decision and rightly giving is not seen as being constrained by borders. India is experiencing a nascent culture of corporate philanthropy. Several big business houses were synonymous with corporate philanthropy at one time. But during the country's socialist heyday, this culture died out, not least because of a sense that social welfare was the monopoly of the state."

Top 5,000 charities have combined pensions deficit 'worth �1.66bn' - Third Sector

Top 5,000 charities have combined pensions deficit 'worth �1.66bn' - Third Sector: "Wellcome Trust, Nuffield Health and Barnardo's face biggest shortfalls, says website Charity Financials

The country's largest 5,000 charities listed a combined pensions deficit of �1.66bn in their most recent accounts, according to research from charity data website Charity Financials.

The site found that 522 of the top 5,000 charities operated a defined-benefit pension and these groups had seen their pension deficits rise by"

IIM students script self-help lesson, News - City - Bangalore Mirror,Bangalore Mirror

IIM students script self-help lesson, News - City - Bangalore Mirror,Bangalore Mirror: "But, in a first of sorts, students enrolled for the one-year Executive Post-Graduate Program at IIM-B pooled in money from their own pockets for their social responsibility initiative ‘Prayaas’. The 65 students want to fit at least 40 people with the Jaipur Foot and have collected close to Rs 1 lakh for the purpose.

“We did seek sponsors, but nothing worked out,” says Pankaj Jain who came up with the idea to do something different from the usual blood donation camps. But the students were determined to go ahead with the initiative and decided to raise the money from among themselves."

State brings out begging bowl to meet €110m hospital shortfall - Latest News, Health - Independent.ie

State brings out begging bowl to meet €110m hospital shortfall - Latest News, Health - Independent.ie: "ONE euro in every six needed to build the €650m National Children's Hospital will have to come from charitable donations, it emerged yesterday.

As well as requiring a begging bowl for a huge €110m, the hospital, which was due to open in Dublin in 2014, will not be ready until early 2015."

New government idea: donate to local charities while shopping - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

New government idea: donate to local charities while shopping - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "The government is examining proposals for a scheme to allow people to donate to good causes in their communities by adding a nominal charge to their bills in local shops and restaurants.

The idea emerged in the government’s new strategy document published yesterday, entitled Building a Stronger Civil Society."

Information Commissioner to launch first code of practice on data sharing - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Information Commissioner to launch first code of practice on data sharing - Civil Society - IT - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "Information Commissioner to launch first code of practice on data sharing
Fundraising | Vibeka Mair | 12 Oct 2010

The Information Commissioner has launched a consultation on the first-ever code of practice on data sharing for public, private and civil society organisations.

The code covers routine data sharing as well as one-off instances where a decision is made to release data to a third party.

The code covers a number of areas including:"