Social Impact & Philanthropy

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  A Christian Health Nonprofit Saddled Thousands With Debt as It Built a Family Empire Including a Pot Farm, a Bank and an Airline

  propublica.org - Ryan Gabrielson, J. David McSwane, Kolin Pope

  Despite a history of fraud, one family has thrived in the regulatory no man’s land of health care sharing ministries, where insurance commissioners …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Subway’s late co-founder left half the company to a charity—and it could be a $5 billion donation

  Fortune - Chloe Taylor

  The late co-founder of Subway left a multibillion-dollar donation to a charity run by his sons when he passed away in 2021: his half of the …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Nonprofits are left empty handed and furious as Amazon closes down it’s charity program: ‘At the very least, they can be good corporate citizens’

  Fortune - Thalia Beaty, Glenn Gamboa, The Associated Press

  Amazon’s surprise decision to shut down its AmazonSmile donation program has left thousands of its nonprofit beneficiaries disappointed and concerned …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  King Charles is planning to use some of his wealth for ‘public good’

  Cosmopolitan - Isabelle Aron

  King Charles has asked for the profits from a new Crown Estate wind farm deal, worth £1 billion a year, to be used for the ‘wider public good’, rather than to fund the monarchy. The Crown Estate belongs to the reigning monarch, and the King receives 25% of its annual profits. The profits are expected …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Aligning Your Philanthropic Operating Model with Your Goals

  Harvard Business Review - Olga Tarasov

  Philanthropies — be it private foundations, corporate and family funders, LLC’s, or other vehicles for giving — often struggle with the same set of fundamental questions around how to best leverage resources for greater impact. Operating Archetypes, developed by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors …

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  Michael Hartley CFP®

  

  Famine in Somalia slowed but not averted by donor support, World Food Program chief says

  PBS NewsHour - Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

  DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning World Food Program says support from donors like the United States and Germany …