In the good fight to improve the lives of the world's poor, many philanthropists and conscientious investors have joined the microloan experiment. Microloans are small amounts of money lent to those whose needs aren't met by conventional banking. However, their efficacy has been at the center of somedebate. Six new studies have presented evidence that microloans aren't as effective at alleviating poverty as expected, and while they do have small positive benefits, we aren’t seeing the level of social and economic transformation that was hoped for. Innovations for Poverty Action and ...

If a society is based on how they treat their elderly, America is not doing so well. A new study by Feeding America®, funded by the AARP, has found that 8 million Baby Boomers age 50 to 64 require charitable food assistance programs to supplement their needs. Feeding America’s 2014 Hunger in America report, the largest study of charitable food assistance in the United States, polled over 60,000 people anonymously about their present household, health, financial and employment situations. The findings documentsthe unemployment, housing instability, poor health and unpaid medical bills as ...

In this age of technology, Flipboard, and social media, there is information all the time -- frenetic, constant information. Among all the hashtags and trending phrases, philanthropy is one of them. But what is philanthropy? In this trailer for the documentary What Is Philanthropy, the org by the same name hopes to proliferate a “holistic” approach to giving. “Through multiple formats, this film targets the general public as well as students in K-12 classrooms and higher education institutions throughout the United States. The power of visual learning is well documented by research, ...