Are foundation officers more courageous risk-takers than other people? Some new research says: Evidently not. Then again, should they be? Speaking at Duke last year, John R. Ettinger,…
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Organizations need change periodically, and most of them think they’ve found the perfect one. The Ford Foundation isn’t so sure, but it’s open to suggestion.…
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November 10, 2014 A recent talk by the president of the Kresge Foundation sheds light on the path by which Detroit emerged from bankruptcy last…
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October 29, 2014 Those who doubt foundations’ real appetite for risk make a strong case. But then comes the Kresge Foundation and its efforts to…
Comments closedNovember 26, 2013 In 2001, when Paul Grogan was named president of the Boston Foundation (the nation’s 15th largest community foundation in 2012), it was…
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