Nov 5, 2008
WSJ editorial investigating a Berkley, California based organization’s work to promote diversity in philanthropy. The editorial posits the Greenlining Institute’s work in California as a “shakedown attempt” and points to other factors for why the effort may spread well beyond California.
Nov 1, 2008
The Greenlining Institute, a California-based activist organization, released a report on what it identified as gaps in funding to minority organizations in the state of Florida.
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Oct 31, 2008
Howard Husock’s excellent op-ed “Nobody Does It Better” (Taste, Oct. 25) quotes Rep. Xavier Becerra (D., Calif.) as saying charities are “getting a tax subsidy.” That is key. His chain of reasoning relies on redefining tax exemption as a tax subsidy, then claiming that those funds are public dollars, and from that there is a public interest in determining how those dollars are allocated.
Oct 24, 2008
Excerpt: “In a building that once housed a small appliance-repair business just outside of the New Orleans city limits, Zack Rosenburg and Liz McCartney lead an effort that some (including the local United Way) consider the most effective home-rebuilding program in the area. The St. Bernard Project’s combination office and warehouse is a buzzing crossroads where hipster college students work with volunteering evangelicals from around the country and local residents, plotting how to get the best deals on plumbing and electrical supplies…”