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Gary Bass Featured in Philanthropy News Digest on the Support of Nonprofit Advocacy
Original Source 5 Questions for… Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director, OMB Watch Founded in 1983 with the goal of lifting the veil of secrecy then shrouding the White House Office of Management and Budget, OMB Watch is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Inspiring Tomorrow's Philanthropists
The Atlantic Philanthropies Hosts ‘Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work’ Day 24 Apr 2008. April 24, 2008 — New York. The sons and daughters of Atlantic Philanthropies’ staff convened in the New York office today to learn about the organization and the various professional…
Author: The Atlantic Philanthropies
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Coming clean
The Philadelphia Foundation was one of the last places Nancy Burd thought she would work. As head of the Philadelphia office of the Nonprofit Finance Fund, a foundation grantee, she knew firsthand that it did not have a good reputation. But during the interview process…
Author: Financial Times
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Charity no longer a cottage industry
The first thing greeting visitors to kiva.org’s home page is a photograph and description of a featured business. It could be a Ugandan cobbler, a Peruvian farmer or a shopkeeper in Tajikistan. Users can make small loans to these entrepreneurs and, during the course of…
Author: Financial Times
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Online Clearinghouse Sizes Up What Works in Array of Programs
Online Clearinghouse Sizes Up What Works in Array of Programs By Debra Viadero The U.S. Department of Education isn’t the only organization in Washington with a “what works” Web site. Over the past five years, Child Trends, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research group, has been quietly…
Author: Education Week
