Three out of five donors to Vanguard Charitable donor-advised funds follow a long-term plan in their philanthropic giving, a report from Vanguard Charitable finds.

http://www.philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/donor-advised-funds-have-strategic-plans-vanguard-charitable-reports

Nonprofits are launching prize competitions to challenge people to solve problems. This press release links to a report that contains lessons learned from similar efforts by federal agencies.

http://kresge.org/news/prize-competitions-increasingly-drive-innovation-report-offers-guidance-for-public-sector-nonpr

It appears that the Chinese government is intensifying its scrutiny of foreign nonprofits with offices in the country.

http://www.philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/foreign-ngos-in-china-apparently-under-scrutiny

The Arnolds' latest gift to Rice University is evidence of a new way of looking at higher education philanthropy.

http://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2014/5/14/next-stop-for-laura-and-john-arnold-disrupting-higher-ed.html

While businesses are increasingly embracing philanthropy, most of them have yet to use it as a tool to increase employee engagement.

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/philanthropy/24234-mid-sized-businesses-often-fail-to-connect-the-dots-on-corporate-philanthropy.html

The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy has created a website that features not only crowd-sourced reviews but in-depth, expert evaluations as well.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/how-a-zagat-style-website-will-make-philanthropy-more-accountable/371236

Wealthy people are increasingly involving their children and grandchildren in family philanthropy in order to help teach their values and ideals. (Registration is required, but is free.)

http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20140603/FREE/140609979

Philanthropy is on the rise in Asia, with roughly 40 per cent of the wealth donated going to education last year.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/philanthropy-in-asia-on/1139558.html

This blog post gives a nice, accessible introduction to data mining.

http://fundraisingcompass.com/2014/06/02/data-mining-searching-your-database-for-gold

Nonprofits can be prone to "innovation stagnation" both in their management and in their responses to solving problems.