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Kiva’s Next Frontier

“Watch out Vittana”, tweeted Stephanie Strom (@ssstrom), the philanthropy writer at the New York Times, in response to Matthew’s tweet that Kiva, the online microfinance powerhouse, may be about to enter the student lending marketplace. Matthew reported Kiva’s likely expansion in an article in The Economist that argues that lending to finance students in poor […]

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New York Bounces Back

Wall Street’s rapid recovery from the financial meltdown, at least measured by profits, may have turned Goldman Sachs into Public Enemy No. 1, but it has also helped bring about a strong rebound in giving in America’s capital city of philanthropy. This much was clear from two high-profile charity events last week, both of which […]