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The Predicament of Strategic Philanthropy
This article was originally published on India Development Review. You can read the original here. Strategic philanthropy was born a generation ago to challenge the prevailing orthodoxies of philanthropy over the past…
Philanthropy and Migration: Europe Drawing on Innovations From Around the World
Berlin’s former mayor, Klaus Wowereit, was fond of calling the city “poor but sexy.” His phrase was inspired by the creative economy and start-up scene, which are defining features of…
The Curse of Line-Item Budgets: Tracking Pennies Instead of Outcomes
New Thinking about Networks Makes the Field Better, Stronger, More Effective
The giving sector deserves credit for many things, but efficiency is not always one of them. For as long as there have been foundations investing in worthy causes, there have…
Legacy Foundations and Risk-Taking: Different Approaches to Empowered Philanthropy
This post originally appeared on Philanthropy New York’s PhilanthroPost blog. For the last decade or so, the philanthropic sector has been struggling to adapt to changing external conditions — including…
Philanthropy’s Special Role in Supporting Community Recovery from Disasters
This week marks the two year anniversary of “Super Storm Sandy” hitting the Eastern Seaboard of the US, the Caribbean and Canada. Many of the hardest hit communities were in…
Embracing Reality
On the CEP blog last week and this week, CEP President Phil Buchanan is discussing, in a series of eight posts, recent critiques of large, staffed foundations and assertions that…
Funder Q&A: Opening Yourself Up to Grantee Feedback
Last month, CEP staff were joined by Baptist Healing Trust President and CEO Cathy Self and Program and Communications Officer Jennifer Oldham for an insightful webinar discussing the Trust’s experience…