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Four Freedoms Fund: A Pioneering Foundation Partnership Advocates for Immigrants

Carnegie Corporation of New York, Northern America, 2008

Although foundations aren’t known for joining forces, in some circumstances partnership more than pays off. A good example is the Four Freedoms Fund, launched in 2003 to energize American...

L. Todd Sanford Center

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Social Impact Exchange Launched

October 26, 2009. The Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, the Growth Philanthropy Network, and the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) at Duke... more »

Welcome

Welcome to Philanthropy Central, the new website of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society. more »

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David Eisner, Philanthropy Consultant

The National Constitution Center and a Question (0 comments)

November 20, 2009

This week I was appointed President and CEO of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, the museum and education center devoted to engaging Americans, especially young people, in being active and informed citizens of our constitutional... more »

David Eisner, Philanthropy Consultant

Government Innovation (0 comments)

November 17, 2009

Remember the old joke about “military intelligence” being an oxymoron? I’d bet a lot of money that it was started by people who served in the military. “Government innovation” could suffer the same stigma.... more »

Barry Varela, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society

Paper by Professor Fleishman (0 comments)

November 17, 2009

We've just posted a paper, "Foundations and Government: Social Innovation, Policy Advocacy and Collaboration to Improve Government Effectiveness," that Professor Joel Fleishman presented before the Association for Public Policy Analysis... more »

Phil Buchanan, President, Center for Effective Philanthropy

Beyond Dogma (0 comments)

November 16, 2009

I appreciate the responses to my blogs on the Intrepid Philanthropist site last week. I think my favorite line was this, from Laura Deaton: “Love outcomes, hate sector-bashing.” That certainly boils it down. Like Deaton, a... more »

David Eisner, Philanthropy Consultant

A Spark of Light in Texas (0 comments)

November 16, 2009

Last month I had the opportunity to participate in a remarkable event—President Barack Obama joined President George H.W. Bush in College Station, Texas, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Points of Light movement, begun in 1989 with... more »

Phil Buchanan, President, Center for Effective Philanthropy

Will the Real Nonprofit Sector Please Stand Up? (1 comment)

November 13, 2009

Where are the spokespeople for the nonprofit sector’s distinctive value? Where are the people who will stand up and take issue when Jack and Suzy Welch write, as they did in their BusinessWeek column in 2007, "In most nonprofit situations... more »

Duke Sanford School of Public Policy

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