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Philanthropists Set Spending Deadlines
Original Source By SHELLY BANJO A growing number of philanthropists are adopting spending deadlines and sunset provisions to ensure urgent global needs are addressed in a timely way. By granting the entirety of funds within a certain period of time, these charitable efforts are looking…
Author: The Wall Street Journal
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WHO vows to fundraise for Vietnam's health
Original Source Geneva (VNA) The World Health Organisation will help Vietnam source funds for developing strategies to deal with climate change’s impact on health, said General Director of the UN health body Magaret Chan. Despite not being a fundraising organisation, WHO will call on international…
Author: Vietnam News Agency
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Philanthropy can be made to measure
By Gara LaMarche The philanthropic world, poked and prodded by a wave of new donors fresh from success in the business world, is grappling with the issue of evaluation. How do we know that grants or, as they are now often called, reflecting the influence…
Author: Financial Times
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On ‘The Case for Big Government’
By Gara LaMarche. It’s bold of Jeff Madrick, a journalist who writes about economics in The New York Review of Books and elsewhere, to title this book “The Case for Big Government.” Despite the colossal failures of government in recent years — from the inadequate…
Author: Brennan Center for Justice
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Audacious Philanthropy
Image: Christopher Corr / Getty Images By Susan Wolf Ditkoff and Abe Grindle Private philanthropists have helped propel some of the most important social-impact success stories of the past century: Virtually eradicating polio globally. Providing free and reduced-price lunches for all needy schoolchildren in the United…
Author: Harvard Business Review
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Why are some students subjected to harsher discipline than others? How can we fix this problem?
A restorative school culture helps students stay in school and on the path to success at Oakland Unified School District. Photo: OUSD This post is an excerpt from Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch’s introduction to Inequality in School Discipline, a new book that fills a critical void by providing the…
Author: Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch
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Perpetuity or Spend-Down: Does the Notion of Lifespan Matter in Organized Philanthropy?
This article was originally published by NPQ online, on March 31, 2016 (https://nonprofitquarterly.org/2016/03/31/perpetuity-or-spend-down-does-the-notion-of-lifespan-matter-in-organized-philanthropy). Used with permission. Are foundations with set periods for spending down their assets more effective as grantmakers than their peers who are established to exist in perpetuity? This is a longstanding discussion among…
Author: Nonprofit Quarterly
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Communities for Just Schools Fund Newsletter: October 2015
The Communities for Just Schools Fund (CJSF) is a new national donor collaborative that supports constituency-led organizing efforts to create positive and supportive school climates, which affirm and foster the success of all students. Building upon the groundbreaking initiatives of the Just and Fair Schools…
Author: Communities for Just Schools Fund
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The Smart State: How Bioscience Revitalized Queensland, Australia
Photo: Alicia Rawlings, PhD student and research assistant, fits a geodesic sensor net on the head of a patient. The electrodes in the sensor nets are used to pick up brainwaves just below the scalp. “Before Atlantic came with this investment in bioscience and research,…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Atlantic and Leading Foundations Recommend Collective Action to Advance Opportunity for Young Men of Color
Download the report (PDF) New York, NY – The Atlantic Philanthropies joined 10 of the nation’s leading foundations today in releasing a report, “A Time for Action: Mobilizing Philanthropic Support for Boys and Young Men of Color” outlining recommendations for coordinated action and funding across…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies