Developing Affordable Housing Ecosystems World Wide
By: David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday's Part 1.] Yesterday we sought reasons why celebrity charities so often flame out, from Louise Ciccone’s (Madonna’s) Raising Malawi, which not only abandoned its attempt to build a school but also is entangled with an IRS investigation to potential fraud and tax evasion, as reported in [...]
By: David A. Smith What is it with celebrities and philanthropy? Look grateful, honey I have a theory. Put a dollar sign on it, Albert It’s easy to see why celebrities are adopting charitable causes. For those for whom personal brand is the basis of economic value, philanthropy has become [...]
By: David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday's Part 2 and the preceding Part 1.] [I've constructed this multi-part post from three principal sources: the Guardian (21 Jan 11, Calibri), Newsweek (3 Apr 11, Georgia), and the New York Times (24 Mar 11, Arial). I sought and failed to obtain a copy of the Global [...]
By: David A. Smith [Continued from yesterday's Part 1.] [I've constructed this multi-part post from three principal sources: the Guardian (21 Jan 11, Calibri), Newsweek (3 Apr 11, Georgia), and the New York Times (24 Mar 11, Arial). I sought and failed to obtain a copy of the Global Philanthropy Group (GPG) report [...]
By: David A. Smith A non-profit social enterprise or Mission Entrepreneurial Entity is a charity joined at the hip to a business, and the two elements are non-convertible – strength in one cannot make up for weakness in the other. One raised fist = guaranteed success? Ms. Ciccone at one of two ceremonial [...]
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