Just about a month ago, I decided to sign up with Kiva and contributed $25 to a loan. The loan has a term of 12 months and is repaid monthly. Kiva just made a change to their procedures as well. Now, instead of making lenders wait until the entire loan is repaid before they can …
I’ve written a bit about the benefits of donating to charity before, both in terms of tax benefits and in terms of how it makes you feel. Of course, there are many sorts of charity that don’t have a tax benefit, such as handing a few dollars to the homeless person you pass every day …
A few days ago, I found myself in an interesting conversation about panhandlers and the fact that some cities require panhandlers to be licensed. Obviously, this is a controversial issue for many reasons. A panhandling license is just what it sounds like – a license to sit/stand in a particular area and ask for money. …
A friend just pointed me to Charity for Debt, a program that is being piloted here in D.C. as well as in Dallas and Oklahoma City. The basic idea is that people with student loan debt can sign up and work at a non-profit and receive tax-free money towards their student loan in return, earning …
Over the past week or so, I’ve spent a bit of time trying to decide what I want to do with this site. I like reading and writing about personal finance, and I’m putting some financial “experiments” into play to give me more to write about (the latest being Sharebuilder). But I’m a bit limited …