A selection of what we're reading this week. Get comfortable and dive in!
Connection and community is vital to philanthropy: Canada Helps 2024 Giving Report emphasizes that disconnected Canadians are less likely to give money and time. More than 80 percent of those with many close friends donate, while just over half of those with very few close friends donate. (canadahelps.org)
Art for art's sake: Michel Rushton on the moral foundations of public funding for the arts (artsjournal.com)
Elite, but not in the good way: Both the L.A. Lakers and the Los Angeles Opera feature elite performers. Guess which one gets called “elitist” and which one charges thousands of dollars for a ticket. (latimes.com) see also (thecritic.co.uk)
Is your organization using the right tools? Discovering Excel is being used to cobble together key business processes is shocking, but it is not just a problem at not-for-profits where resources are stretched. It happens to Formula 1 teams too. (arstechnica.com)
Philanthropy > Paywalls: Paywalls as a revenue model undermine the mission to share high quality journalism with as many people as possible (paywalled) (theatlantic.com)
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