The Charles H. Revson Foundation and six philanthropic partners this week launched a new local news outlet in America’s largest city. It is an attempt…
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February 15, 2017 Near the end of 2013, in what now seems like a distant and more innocent political era, the president of the William and…
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With all the trendy talk in philanthropy focused on “innovation,” “disruption,” and “impact investing,” it’s helpful to pay attention, now and then, to some smart…
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With apologies to Shakespeare: Tell me, where is philanthropy bred? In the heart, or in the head? (See Merchant of Venice, Act III, scene 2.) Less poetically:…
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lmost all grants support human beings. But only some concentrate on cultivating human excellence. Five factors, drawn from The Atlantic Philanthropies’ work in Viet Nam,…
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Modesty is a personal virtue, but it can be a vice for foundations and their causes. Paul Grogan of the Boston Foundation recently explained why.…
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