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Exposing Charity Fraud 26 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
All along the Vegas strip, you can find people raising money for the homeless. But is the charity, U S Missionary Corps, run by Carole Dye, that they volunteer for all that it seems? Charity Navigator...
Ken's Bodacious Dream for the Social Sector 30 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
In the following blog post, which was originally published on MarketsForGood, Ken Berger provides a spot check on the state of charitable giving and the information that is shaping how organizations a...
The Nonprofitization of Business: Two areas where business can begin to learn from nonprofits 22 Jul 2013 | 06:56 pm
Jeremy Kohomban and I wrote the following article which appeared in the Stanford Social Innovation Review on July 3rd, 2013. The purpose of the article is to provoke thought on how nonprofit values an...
Ken Berger Provides Testimony to Congress on "The Combined Federal Campaign: Making Every Dollar Count" 17 Jul 2013 | 05:00 pm
On July 10, 2013, the House Committee of Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census held a hearing titled, “The Combined Federal Campaign: ...
What are Non-profits Doing To Demonstrate Effectiveness? 15 Jul 2013 | 09:22 pm
Thanks to Dr. Dennis Smith and the conference committee, I had the opportunity to present at the 2013 Wagner Philanthropy Conference. Below is my presentation (about 26 minutes in length) titled Perfo...
The Best and Worst Way to Pick a Charity 17 Jun 2013 | 06:24 pm
Experts have noted that a one dimensional focus on nonprofit finances, if not supplemented by other information, can lead a donor/social investor to make the wrong decision as to which nonprofit they ...
The Worst Charity In America 13 Jun 2013 | 06:21 pm
Ken Berger was on Fox Business News this week to discuss a new report by the Tampa Bay Times and The Center for Investigative Reporting that calls Kids Wish Network the Worst Charity in America. Duri...
Komen CEO's Compensation Jumps as Contributions Drop 11 Jun 2013 | 08:37 pm
Ken Berger was on NBC's Today Show yesterday commenting on Nancy Brinker's (CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure) compensation which increased 64% last year to more than $684,000. That level of compens...
HEBS Conference at Harvard 16 May 2013 | 05:14 pm
Ken Berger gave an 18 minute presentation at a conference at Harvard University (for their extension business school students) regarding Social Entrepreneurship and how it relates to Charity Navigator...
Cold, Calculated and Highly Targeted Fundraising 2 May 2013 | 08:42 pm
Ken Berger was recently interviewed by KTVU-TV for a story about charities that target the elderly with excessive mail solicitations. You can watch the video here and read the corresponding article h...
