WCF News
First Quarter Giving $455,606.30
WCF is thrilled to announce record high grants awarded to charitable and philanthropic causes this first quarter of 2012. Check out the Press Release!
Calling All Leaders!
The search is on for Waccamaw American Leadership Forum's next class of Fellows. Find out how you can nominate the leaders making a difference in your life and our community for Class III, 2012-2013.
COF News
Funders and Apes: Our Troglodyte Approach to Failure
Last year, influenced by the hype around Darwin’s 150th anniversary, I developed an interest in evolutionary theory. I read a few books about it, including the masterful Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, and since then I’ve been kind of obsessed. I usually find myself in odd moments trying to analyze human behaviors and traits, especially emotions, focusing [...]
Is Outcomes-Driven Philanthropy Affecting Creativity?
“The movement towards outcomes-driven philanthropy has done a lot to diminish creativity,” concluded one CEO at a recent GMA Foundations’ NPO Conversation on creativity. At this regular lunchtime forum, leaders of seven Boston-area nonprofits were asked to open up about their organization’s most creative moments, their innovation wish list for 2012, and obstacles to organizational [...]