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How to trigger $200 billion in coronavirus aid at no cost to taxpayers: Tap foundations.

(May 4, 2020) If Congress could pump $200 billion into the economy at this time of unprecedented crisis without using a dime of taxpayer money, what politician of any party could resist? The funding would come from the tens of thousands of foundations set up by the wealthiest families in America: giant vaults of money they created to eventually be donated to charities.  … [Read more...] about How to trigger $200 billion in coronavirus aid at no cost to taxpayers: Tap foundations.

Behind the fence: How the world’s displaced are dealing with COVID-19

(May 4, 2020) Of the US$8.6-billion spent by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last year, 86 per cent came from governments. Canada in 2018 donated $72-million; the European Union, US$480-million; and the United States, US$1.6-billion. For Canada, that’s a small fraction of national wealth, equivalent to 0.004 per cent of the gross domestic product. … [Read more...] about Behind the fence: How the world’s displaced are dealing with COVID-19

The Charity Report releases its first intelligence report ‘The Cost of Conflict’

(May 1, 2020) In the face of a global pandemic, charities from food banks to shelters to community mental health centres are working in cities and towns across the country trying to fill gaps and support the most vulnerable.   On its free news site, The Charity Report has covered this work, conducting probing interviews with sector leaders and conducting deep news … [Read more...] about The Charity Report releases its first intelligence report ‘The Cost of Conflict’