November 14, 2014
By at least one measure, the Kresge Foundation has made the biggest bet, among all national foundations, on the future of Detroit. The question is: What led them to accept the risk?
Here’s a further thought on
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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 Friday, and the pivotal role of philanthropy in reaching that milestone.
Friday’s ruling by federal
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 help Detroit survive bankruptcy — a crisis that many people have considered near-hopeless.
Detroit has
October 23, 2014
Foundations’ passion for grouping their grantees into networks may lead to quicker learning and more efficient operations. But it sometimes leads nowhere at all.
Foundation executives sometimes acknowledge that they live in a kind of information bubble:
September 5, 2014
A new report shows philanthropy and civil society coming to life in the great emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.
In the United States, when we wonder how the philanthropic urge begins, and how it
July 29, 2014
The newest installment in our ongoing chronicle tells about the year The Atlantic Philanthropies defined how it was going to end, and what its final goals would be.
Several weeks ago, Chris Oechsli, The Atlantic Philanthropies’ CEO,