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Research Friday: Current Status of Arizona's Philanthropic Resources

ASU Lodestar Center

It provides an overview of the size and scope of philanthropic activities in our state, based on 2008 IRS data. Total grants made by all Arizona-based grantmaking entities (including corporate foundations) in 2008 amounted to a bit more than $653 million, with 72% ($470 million) going to Arizona nonprofits. How's our blogging?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Lost Your Tax-Exemption? What Next ?

ASU Lodestar Center

What Next — posted by Pat Lewis , Senior Professional in Residence ASU Lodestar Center The IRS has begun to revoke the tax-exempt status for those nonprofit organizations that have not filed some form of a 990 (information report) for three years. These smaller nonprofits were not required to file a year-end information report.

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Chapter 3 is a discussion on Peer production – it talks about how it is that people have come together to collaboratively create software and content – basically, knowledge production. Watching the collaboration of people across time zones developing these proposals has really been inspiring to me.

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Boosting Arizona's Philanthropic Resources

ASU Lodestar Center

The report was based on 2008 tax data for both institutions and individuals. While the markets have rebounded somewhat since 2008 and thus individual and foundation assets have grown, it's unlikely that Arizona's relative position compared with other states has changed. If they had increased their contributions to the U.S. Get another!

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Steve Bridger › Colalife: make it real

Steve Bridger

Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at 11:05 am. Filed under ideas , video. Just this morning, Mark Charmer of Akvo alerted me to a United Nations University study , which says providing sanitation and safe water is the top route to reducing world poverty. Please join the Colalife group on Facebook; 6,391 members… and counting.

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Steve Bridger › Woodland walk

Steve Bridger

Posted on Monday, June 9, 2008, at 10:31 am. Filed under photos , unplugged. Redesigning Charity for the Digital Age Skip to content Home More about Steve Bridger UK Charities Twitter 100 Woodland walk Took the family on a magical walk yesterday afternoon in Clevedon Court Woods. This was written by Steve Bridger. Tagged photos , walk.

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Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #6: Joomla!