by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2008 | Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Law firms are working to find a solution to a major problem for microlenders: currency risk. Twin crises – soaring food prices and a global credit contraction threaten to wreck the budget (and historically low default rate) of millions of small microloan...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2008 | Formation
The LA Times has a feature that tracks all the major charities and reports how much of each dollar goes to the actual charity. In some case organizations lose more than 90 percent of funds raised to professional cash finders.
by annaread | Mar 12, 2008 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
The Earth Times, an online environmental news site, features an article about “Discarded to Divine”, a fundraiser in which San Francisco-area designers recycle discarded clothing into fresh fashion. It benefits projects of the Society of Saint Vincent de...
by annaread | Mar 11, 2008 | Formation, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
For years the thrift store of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in McMinnville, Oregon USA has been bursting at the seams. Now retail space AND storage space will expand by about thirty per cent, thanks to a grant from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Read the...
by sjs | Mar 9, 2008 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The New York Times Magazine focuses its attention this week on giving. The features include a piece on the faces of social entrepreneurship as well as David Leonhardt’s analysis of why people give. Read the articles and see a slide show.
