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by Stephanie Hackman
Dads are busier than ever these days, but they're still looking for ways to give back. Sometimes they just need to be pointed in the right direction.  Recently my dad called me up and asked me for some advice (it's usually the other way around). He...
by Eric Johnson
November is National Novel Writing Month, in which people set out to write a novel in a month. The idea is just crazy enough that it works. Last year, more than 119,000 tried it, and 21,000 writers completed their goal of 50,000 words in the month....
by Eric Johnson
The past couple of weeks have seen drama for Kiva, the successful funder of international person-to-person loans—drama on the blogs, anyway. Bloggers criticized Kiva for misleading donors, of telling a persuasive story about its operations that wasn...
by Allie Burns
News from the Case Foundation and what people are talking about this week in the world of giving, tech and everything in between.Much of the conversation this week centered around the report released by the Giving USA Foundation, which found that...
by Eric Johnson
On a recent trip to my parents’ hometown, I checked out my Grandmother’s refrigerator. As usual, its metal door was plastered with the latest photographs of grandkids, and now, great-grandkids. Back in the day, there was always one more photo—of the...