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Foundations With a Limited Life
By DEBORAH L. JACOBS ALL IN THE TIMING John Hunting started the Beldon Fund in 1982, but in 1998 he devised a 10-year plan to wind it down., Photo: Adam Bird for The New York Times TRADITIONALLY people who set up private foundations — either during their…
Author: The New York Times
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Foundations Put New Emphasis on Communications, Report Says
By Grant Williams. More and more foundations are paying increasing attention to the role of communications in furthering their public-policy work “in ways that go far beyond the annual reports, press releases, and grant lists of yesteryear,” according to a new study of 18 foundations…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Nonprofits Face Serious Constraints on Policy Involvement; Charities Engaged in Advocacy Despite Limitations, New Survey Finds
BALTIMORE, July 30 (AScribe Newswire) — America’s nonprofit organizations are widely involved in efforts to influence the public policies affecting them and those they serve, but are constrained by tight budgets, limited staff time and confusing legal restrictions, according to a new survey by the…
Author: Johns Hopkins University Nonprofit Listening Post Project
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Richard Boone and the Field Foundation: Beacons of Leadership for Social Justice Philanthropy
On a mellow California afternoon earlier this month, I drove a few hours up the coast from Los Angeles, where I’d been on a panel at the annual meeting of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, to spend some time with one of the most influential…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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Americans of All Ages Are Ready for Citizen Service: Are Politicians Ready to Lead Them?
This morning Senators John McCain and Barack Obama suspended their intense competition for the Presidency to visit Ground Zero in lower Manhattan, in tribute to those who lost their lives on a brilliantly sunny New York morning seven years ago today. And tonight they will…
Author: Gara LaMarche
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A California financier emerges as one of the nation's most prolific philanthropists
Bernard Osher, called the ‘quiet giver,’ donates large sums to education and the arts. Original Source Reporter Paul Van Slambrouck discusses the character of ‘The Quiet Philanthropist.’ From a distance, the philanthropic world can look much like the for-profit world. The metrics that seem to…
Author: The Christian Science Monitor
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'Philanthropic Divide' Between States Widens, Report Finds
Original Source The gap between the ten states with the most foundation assets and the ten states with the least continues to widen, a new report from the Helena-based Big Sky Institute for the Advancement of Nonprofits finds. According to the report, The Philanthropic Divide…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Letters to the Editor: Philanthropy and Racism
Original Source To the Editor: Structural-racism training programs have helped hundreds of nonprofit organizations and community foundations, many of which are administered or operated by white people but primarily serve people of color, learn how to orient their theories of change from charity to empowerment…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Gaining a Voice After School
Why After-School Programs Are a Powerful Resource for English-Language Learners By Claudia Weisburd At the age of 14, Miguel, a recent immigrant from Mexico, is struggling to acclimate to a new school, language, and culture while also dealing with the social and developmental challenges of…
Author: Education Week
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Frankly, they don't give a damn
By Miriam Steffens When it comes to philanthropy, many seriously wealthy Australians have deep pockets and short arms. IN THE midst of an unprecedented mining boom that’s creating more millionaires than ever, rising standards of living and wealth, it is our dark little secret. Australian…
Author: The Sydney Morning Herald