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(UK) Charity Commission Proposes ‘Good Enough Index’ of Charities’ Administration Costs
( May 31, 2011 ) Tags: data, UKThe Charity Commission has proposed setting up a new index that would tell the public how much charities spend on administration costs, and what the regulator and the sector considers to be a reasonable level.
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Donors Give More Through Charity Websites Than Social Networking Sites, Study Finds
( May 16, 2011 ) Tags: data, donations, donors, research, social mediaResearch in the US says those giving through a charity’s website give twice as much as those giving through sites such as Facebook
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CAF Launch New Website for Open Access to Charity Data
( April 23, 2011 ) Tags: data, transparency, UKThe Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) today launches a free website, CAF Charity Trends which allows users to explore charity data in a revolutionary way. Read full article
RT @pernillan: Ready for the #IATI virtual roundtable on geocoding - using a round table of course! @ World Bank http://t.co/RRBuNdRdIG
Doing digital communications @DFID_UK - find out who we are and what we do. Blog: http://t.co/STQdSPuber #digi4dev #GlobalDev
Atheist tornado survivor sees thousands in donations 
Is growing pot indoors bad for the environment? 
Costs & Benefits of Labour Mobility between the #EU & the Eastern Partnership Countries- Today final seminar http://t.co/CErk0inV6L
RT @jpstijns: Great news for #Africa: #EU rushes out corporate #tax transparency law http://t.co/7g7wvTWKDF @FT Recommendation of AEO 2010!
IRS Veteran to Replace Lois Lerner in IRS Nonprofit Division 
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After 50 years of brutal military rule, Myanmar’s democratic opening has been swift and startling http://t.co/beFRojtk6o via @TheEconomist
Fascinating how many people are framing Compartamos results positively. Few years ago, would have been perceived very negatively
@luvhornsnhorses Thanks for the RT!
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Top #charity news: SCVO writes scathing response to OSCR guidance on political campaigning (this + lots more) http://t.co/2BvA9K3E36
Foreign Assistance Dashboard now includes data from Treasury and Defense http://t.co/MnSlBy4RwJ via @SJStaats @willmckitterick
RT @siwhitehouse: RT @pernillan Ready for the #IATI virtual roundtable on geocoding - using a round table of course! @ World Bank...
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