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Foundations may think they are meeting charities’ information needs when they put their financial data on their Web sites. But a new study says nonprofit leaders want to know more about why some charities get support and some don’t - and how grant makers assess which grantees are performing well and which aren’t.

http://philanthropy.com/article/Charities-Want-to-Know-Why/139247/

One of the underlying values shaping policy debates about ethical philanthropy is whether one believes charity is an essentially private activity or a public one.

http://nonprofitquarterly.org/philanthropy/22288-is-anonymous-philanthropy-really-the-most-virtuous.html

2012 must have been a tough year for the CEOs of the big pharmaceutical corporations. The cumulative salaries of the CEOs of the top 11 global pharmaceutical companies jumped from $174.4 million in 2011 to $199.2 million in 2012, a one-year increase of 14.2 percent.

http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/22260-big-pharma-ceos-took-salaries-of-1-57b-during-last-10-years.html

Many of us in this sector have billionaire envy, so it’s good to know where they congregate so we can hang around hoping to get noticed.

http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/policysocial-context/22263-moscow-and-nyc-duke-it-out-for-most-billionaires.html

"A "snob zone" is a place that uses restrictive zoning in a residential area to keep certain types of housing -- and therefore people -- out..."

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/wealth-poverty/how-zoning-affects-wealth-gap

South African mining magnate Patrice Motsepe announced earlier this year that his family was the first outside the United States to sign the pledge, promising to give away half the money generated by their assets to the country's poor.Though the rest of Africa's billionaires may not have joined the Giving Pledge, they have been giving to various causes close to their heart.

http://mg.co.za/article/2013-04-26-00-the-rise-of-african-philanthropy

...Between 2002-2013, emerging market and developing economies averaged a 6.5% growth in GDP. This economic growth has not only led to the development of a burgeoning middle-class in these markets, it has fueled an increase in the number of citizens actively engaging in philanthropy.

http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/05/bringing_philanthropy_closer_t.html

The number of philanthropists responding to Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett’s appeal for increased generosity grew today, as 11 more wealthy families and individuals announced they have signed the Giving Pledge, promising to give away at least half of their wealth to charity.

philanthropy.com/article/11-More-Donors-Sign-the-Giving/139095

The House Ways and Means Committee released a 558-page report this week that details options for overhauling the tax code gathered over nearly three months of meetings with thousands of individuals and interest groups, including nonprofit and charity leaders.

http://philanthropy.com/article/House-Committee-Lays-Out/139111

A new advertising campaign by Unicef Sweden bluntly urges people to do more than “like” charity efforts on Facebook to help fight poverty, hunger, and disease...

http://philanthropy.com/blogs/philanthropytoday/unicef-ads-take-aim-at-social-media-slacktivists/67201