Charity Governance

SENATOR MENENDEZ’S RUSH TO LEGISLATE: EMBEDDED GIVING (AND MORE) TO BE REGULATED UNDER PROPOSED LEGISLATION

DATELINE: December 19, 2007, Chicago

Talk about the power of New York Times reporter Stephanie Strom. She writes a lengthy front-page piece on embedded giving appearing in the December 13, 2007 edition of the Times and by the next day, Senate hearings are complete, with Senator Robert Menendez indicating that he planned to introduce legislation. See Charity's Share From Shopping Raises Concerns.  After a nine-day delay...

UNITED WAY, PART II: TRANSPARENCY GIVES WAY TO EXPEDIENCY, OR 'YES' WE HAVE NO BANANAS

DATELINE: December 13, 2007, Chicago

What a coincidence. Yesterday we railed against the United Way's Pennies for Change program, and today our very own Jack B. Siegel is quoted in the New York Times railing against another embedded gifting/cause-related marketing program, this one sponsored by Whole Foods.  Stephanie Strom, Concerns Over Charitable Shopping.

Now back to the United Way. We took a look late last night at the United Way press release announcing the program. There is a slight...