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Charitable Giving in the Era of the Ice Bucket Challenge
America's charitable giving has reached only 2% of the GDP for many years now. Do Social Media and mobile devices offer new ways to raise it? How important is it for donors to know that the money they give is being used effectively?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAmerica's charitable giving has reached only 2% of the GDP for many years now. Do Social Media and mobile devices offer new ways to raise it? How important is it for donors to know that the money they give is being used effectively?
Also, the luxury cachet of Detroit, and cracks are beginning to appear between Red and Blue when it comes to America's secular religion: football.
Photo: Green Bay local radio and TV personality John Maino performs the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (ChrisBond)
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3 storiesThe Luxury Cachet of… Detroit?
“Made in the USA” sells these days, but “Made in Detroit” may sell even better. That’s the lesson of Shinola — based in a city famous for decay and depopulation — but selling luxury products to upscale consumers in places like Palm Beach and Beverly Hills.
Read the story7 minThe Changing Face of Charity
In the aftermath of last summer's sudden fad for the victims of Lou Gehrig's Disease, American charities were struck with “Ice Bucket Fever.” People raised $115 million for the ALS Foundation — a charity that took in less than $3 million in August of last year — by dumping ice on their heads.
Read the story36 minFootball, the Newest Partisan Divide
Football is still a secular religion in much of the country, but skeptics and dissenters are beginning to appear — with the dividing line parallel to what separates political partisans. That’s what David Leonhardt told us early last month.
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