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The Top Five Most Promising Trends in Philanthropy

By Kasia Moreno

Forbes
March 2, 2015

Aaron Dorfman, executive director of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, a Washington, D.C.-based research and advocacy organization, believes that many philanthropists underinvest in the highly leveraged strategies of advocacy, civic engagement and systems-change work.

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05/09/2017 Refuse to do business with firms that undermine what your foundation stands for
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04/05/2017 Stories from the Deep South illuminate untapped potential for philanthropists
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03/23/2017 Did Illinois’ largest foundations buck the trend in giving to underserved communities?
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03/02/2017 Finally, a foundation-commissioned study that actually helps its grantees
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02/23/2017 Jennifer Choi to join NCRP as vice president and chief content officer
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02/07/2017 With Good Philanthropy, Anything is Possible
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02/03/2017 Big vision requires big bets
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02/01/2017 The time is now: How grantmakers can help preserve health access for millions of Americans
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01/26/2017 Less than one quarter of California foundation grants explicitly target underserved communities
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01/20/2017 #SugarAwarenessWeek: How can philanthropy address that other addictive white powder?
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01/19/2017 Most of Michigan’s top foundations fall short on giving to underserved communities
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01/17/2017 Voices of Orlando: How philanthropy and community unified in response to the Pulse tragedy targeting LGBTQ people of color
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01/13/2017 FCAA conference offered sober but inspiring path forward for philanthropy to advance health justice
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01/11/2017 Are New York’s largest foundations committed to helping the most vulnerable in our communities?
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12/07/2016 Philanthropy: Conversation and action needed on equity
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11/30/2016 What are you thankful for in philanthropy this holiday season?
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11/28/2016 Strategic Framework 2017-2026
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11/02/2016 Reflections on the National Museum of African American History & Culture
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11/01/2016 Sojourning for CHANGE
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10/21/2016 Should community foundations connect donors/donor advisors to organizations led by people from underserved communities?
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10/14/2016 ‘Invisible privilege,’ racism and Chicago’s struggle for reconciliation
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10/03/2016 How we strengthened “Meet the Funders” events to help under-resourced grant applicants
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09/28/2016 Reflections on Towards a More Resilient Place: There is another way
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09/13/2016 Exciting changes at NCRP: Jeanné Isler promoted to VP, new offices and more!
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09/08/2016 The Oregon Community Foundation responds to questions from Oregon’s social justice nonprofits
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09/06/2016 Baltimore surveillance effort betrays a community fund’s mission
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09/01/2016 Why and how philanthropy can better support labor organizing
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08/31/2016 Funder collaborative helps teachers and school leaders revamp classroom instruction, increase student success
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08/10/2016 A Both/And Approach to Civic Participation Funding
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08/03/2016 The Oregon Community Foundation: Leveraging assets for economic, environmental and equity aims
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07/27/2016 Standard (Mal)Practice
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07/22/2016 Three steps foundations should take to address racial equity
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07/12/2016 More faith, more money, more justice
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07/01/2016 Our top 10 blog posts from the first six months of 2016
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06/29/2016 Young Black Men & Masculinity: Why We Still Can’t Wait
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06/27/2016 A Call to Action for Philanthropists in the Wake of Orlando
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06/22/2016 How is one of the country’s largest community foundations responding to the needs of its residents?
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06/14/2016 To Articulate or Not to Articulate … a Community Foundation’s Vision
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06/09/2016 How TRANSformational Is Your Work?
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06/07/2016 Transforming Lives and the Human Spirit at the Ancient Africa Enslavement & Civil War Museum
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06/01/2016 Selma: From Chaos to Creating the Beloved Community
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05/26/2016 Farewell to Niki Jagpal
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05/24/2016 Selma: From Civil War to Civil Rights
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05/19/2016 Foundations: Don’t overlook transgender community, SDGs and state-level civic engagement
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05/16/2016 Reversing the Current of Underinvestment in Rural Communities
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05/10/2016 New Philamplify Poll: Should community foundations take the lead on policy change or serve as neutral conveners?
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05/04/2016 2016 NCRP Impact Awards Reception Recap
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05/02/2016 How Foundations Helped Us Raise the Minimum Wage in LA
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04/28/2016 Masa: Hitting the ‘Sweet Spot’ with Resident-Led Advocacy and Organizing
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04/26/2016 Philanthropy Must Recognize South’s Social Capital, History of Social Movements
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04/21/2016 To Love and To Cherish … All of Us
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04/19/2016 What Does it Mean to Have Faith in Justice?
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04/15/2016 Lasting Criminal Justice Reform Requires More Philanthropic Investment in Public Defenders
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04/13/2016 NCRP’s First Community Foundation Philamplify Report Examines New York Community Trust
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04/07/2016 Consumer Health Foundation Engages with Grantees Through Learning Journeys
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04/05/2016 WRAG Puts Racism on the Table
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03/31/2016 A 5-Step Crisis Plan for Foundations in the Emergence of a State Budget Impasse
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03/28/2016 Minneapolis’ Rep. Keith Ellison Will Be Special Guest at 2016 NCRP Impact Awards Reception
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03/24/2016 Reflections on GIH: Equity was in the air … but not in the swimming pool
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03/22/2016 4 Foundations, 4 Sources of Inspiration for Other Philanthropists Dreaming to Change the World
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03/17/2016 Bridging the Rural and Urban Divide to End Mass Incarceration
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03/16/2016 Local Foundation Provides Surprising Support for Right-Wing Campaign
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03/15/2016 Community Foundations as Catalysts for Community-Led Change
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03/08/2016 Meet the Winners of the 2016 NCRP Impact Awards
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03/02/2016 Investing in Resident Leaders for Real Change
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02/29/2016 That Time I Met Bobby Seale… And What Philanthropy Still Has to Learn from Him
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02/24/2016 6 Questions to Ask Presidential Candidates About Their Philanthropy
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02/17/2016 May the Force (of Leadership Development) Be With You
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02/11/2016 Closing the Participation Gap: How Foundations Can Help Latino Voters
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02/10/2016 Rethinking the Funding Equation: Can General Operating Support Become the New Normal?
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02/09/2016 New “Responsive Philanthropy” Looks at the Power of Civic Engagement
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02/04/2016 On Philanthropy and Police Accountability: Knight Foundation Lifts Up Chicago Police Data Project
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02/02/2016 Good Intentions Aren’t Enough for Rural Justice
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01/29/2016 Investing to Stop Mass Incarceration
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01/27/2016 Place-Based Philanthropy Is People-Powered
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01/21/2016 Look Back, Look Forward: Prop 47 and the 2016 NCRP Impact Awards
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01/20/2016 Rush Hour Traffic on the Road to Justice
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01/14/2016 “The Self-Help Myth” Tells an Important Story About Philanthropy
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01/13/2016 Nominate Outstanding Foundations for 2016 NCRP Impact Awards!
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01/12/2016 Why Funders Shouldn’t Overlook Place-Based Grantmaking
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01/06/2016 Nonprofit Leaders Talk Place-Based Philanthropy
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01/05/2016 Philanthropy’s Young Leaders Working Toward the Future
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12/29/2015 A Journey Toward Social Change Funding Starts With a Simple Step
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12/23/2015 Linking More than Policy at the Recent Equity Summit
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12/21/2015 One Year Later: Reflecting on Detroit’s Philanthropy-Driven “Grand Bargain”
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12/17/2015 Philanthropy’s History Full of Hackers, Not Hacks
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12/15/2015 Songs for the Movement: “We Are One” and PolicyLink’s Equity Summit 2015
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12/10/2015 Unsolicited Advice for Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on Their New Philanthropic Initiative
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12/09/2015 How the Global Trans Initiative Will Revolutionize LGBTQ Funding
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12/09/2015 New Philamplify Report Examines the Knight Foundation 
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12/08/2015 The Mismanaged IRS EO Division Needs Support – Not Scorn
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12/01/2015 Why Democratic Grantmaking Cuts Across Party Lines
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11/25/2015 Happy Thanksgiving from NCRP
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11/20/2015 Remembering Rick Cohen, NCRP’s Leader from 1999-2006
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11/19/2015 Going Off-List: 7 Ways to Maximize Your Philanthropic Impact
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11/18/2015 Top 10 accomplishments from when Rick Cohen led NCRP
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11/18/2015 Fall Issue of Responsive Philanthropy Looks at Criminal Justice Reform
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11/17/2015 Mourning the loss of Rick Cohen, former NCRP Executive Director
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11/17/2015 How Hill-Snowdon Foundation Came to See Organizing as “Service-Plus”
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11/13/2015 How PUSH Buffalo Models Holistic, Equitable and Green Community Development
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11/10/2015 Dear Cato: Don’t Discount Philamplify Polls – Especially the Research Behind Them
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11/05/2015 How Investing in Religious Institutions Can Help Create Social Change
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11/03/2015 Philanthropy, Privilege and School Choice
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11/02/2015 Is Rural America Philanthropy’s Final Frontier?
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10/29/2015 Social Justice Philanthropy Is Not a “Political Third Rail”
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10/28/2015 New Philamplify Report Examines the Kresge Foundation 
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10/27/2015 Foundations Funding Advocacy, Play by Play
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10/22/2015 The Trouble with Tiffany: A Reflection on the Philamplify Debate
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10/20/2015 Bringing Big Texas Thinking to Education Advocacy
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10/15/2015 The Path to Leadership and Changemaking in Philanthropy
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10/14/2015 Meyer Trust takes on the E word
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10/13/2015 Is Market-Based Education Reform Compatible with Accountability?
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10/08/2015 What Did You Think of NCRP’s Philamplify Debate?
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10/07/2015 Encouraging Arts Nonprofits Not to Miss Their Shot
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10/06/2015 New NCRP Report Shows Family Funders Are Uniquely Poised for Social Justice Giving
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10/06/2015 Family Philanthropy and Social Justice
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10/01/2015 Saying Goodbye to Three Outstanding NCRP Board Members
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09/25/2015 Four Nonprofit Leaders Join NCRP’s Board of Directors
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09/24/2015 Keeping Faith in the Transformative Power of Leadership
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09/23/2015 Keeping an Open Mind about the Education Reform Debate
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09/21/2015 What Does Philanthropy Have to Do with Our Nation’s Education Debate?
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09/16/2015 NCRP to Hold Philamplify Debate: Do Charter Schools, Vouchers Help Underserved Students?
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09/16/2015 You’re Invited: A Debate on Market-Oriented Education Reform Strategies
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09/15/2015 Minefields or Movements? Nonprofits and the Election Process
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09/11/2015 MacArthur and Ford Foundations Diverge on Strategy
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09/10/2015 Philanthropy’s Role in Katrina Response
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09/10/2015 Report Criticizes Secretive Hess Foundation
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09/10/2015 Patagonia Rallies for an Earth Tax
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09/10/2015 Why Don’t Foundations Build Capacity in Fundraising?
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09/09/2015 Community Foundations: Philamplify Decides You’re Next!
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09/04/2015 This Labor Day, Remember There Is Power in a Union
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09/02/2015 Katrina at 10 – And the Truth about the Work Left to Be Done
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08/28/2015 Required Reading for Southern Funders: New “Unequal Lives” Report
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08/25/2015 Summer Issue of “Responsive Philanthropy” Looks at Katrina@10 and More
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08/18/2015 Double Edge Theatre: Connecting Arts, Culture and Community with Hess Foundation Support
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08/14/2015 Repost: How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice
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08/07/2015 ABFE’s World Café Shows That Collaboration Is Key
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07/30/2015 What Can Philanthropy Learn from the Movement for Marriage Equality?
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07/28/2015 Investigating Charitable Lead Trusts with David Cay Johnston
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07/24/2015 Can We Love Humanity with a Market-Based Approach?
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07/21/2015 How Volunteering Gives Us Strong Roots for Strong Giving
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07/16/2015 Our Time: Echoing the Critical Call to Action in South Carolina
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07/15/2015 Philanthropy Need Not Be Powerless in Response to Tragedy
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07/09/2015 If You Had $23 Million for Education, How Would You Spend It?
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07/07/2015 Respect Is Key to Inclusive Funding
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07/02/2015 Untransparent Philanthropy: The Frustrating Case of the Hess Foundation
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06/30/2015 Do Corporate Grantmakers Care More About the Poor Than Other Foundations?
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06/25/2015 Rolling Back the Curtain on the Walmart Foundation’s Grantmaking
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06/24/2015 Philamplify Poll Results: Nonprofits Don’t Criticize Foundations Because of Funding Fears
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06/19/2015 How Funding Advocacy Resulted in a Huge Increase in Services for the Homeless
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06/18/2015 Are Nonprofits Ready to Give Foundations Direct Feedback?
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06/16/2015 Walton Foundation’s Market-Based Initiatives
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06/16/2015 New Philamplify Report Blasts Secretive Hess Foundation’s Checkbook Philanthropy
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06/12/2015 Recognizing Real Results at the 2015 NCRP Impact Awards
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06/09/2015 Why Foundations Should Support July’s Movement for Black Lives Convening
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06/08/2015 The Conservative Group Behind Scott Walker’s Political Rise
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06/08/2015 Standing O is at it again!
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06/03/2015 Buying Elections is Charity
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06/03/2015 ‘Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership’
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06/03/2015 Walton Family Meets Needs in Conservation
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06/03/2015 What’s It Like for Environmental Groups
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06/03/2015 Brooklyn Foundation Receives Award
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06/02/2015 Nimble Response to Community Needs
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05/28/2015 The Climate Change Fight Cannot Be Won With White Liberal America Alone
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05/26/2015 Reconciling Choice with Equity in Walton Family Foundation’s Education Portfolio
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05/22/2015 Making a Difference with a Career in Philanthropy
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05/20/2015 Foundation and Nonprofit Leaders Celebrate the 2015 NCRP Impact Awards
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05/15/2015 Philanthropy Must Confront Implicit Bias
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05/15/2015 Spring Issue of Responsive Philanthropy Looks at Implicit Bias
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05/12/2015 Six Reasons Why Foundations Should Invest in Worker Cooperatives
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05/08/2015 Who Is Helping Walton Family Foundation Replicate NOLA Ed Reform in Other Cities?
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05/08/2015 Standing for Justice: Why Courage Is Needed for Impact
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05/07/2015 Transformative Leadership Development at the Grassroots
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05/05/2015 New Philamplify Report Examines the Walton Family Foundation
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04/22/2015 This Earth Day, Start a Green Evolution in Your Foundation or Nonprofit!
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04/16/2015 Sharing the Hard Decisions: How Co-Leaders Can Do More Together
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04/14/2015 Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership Webinar: Key Take-Aways
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04/10/2015 Should Foundations Use Their Investment Muscle to Advocate?
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04/09/2015 Shifting Power Dynamics by Fostering Community Leadership Development
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04/07/2015 Announcing the Winners of the 2015 NCRP Impact Awards
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04/06/2015 The 2015 NCRP Impact Awardees
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04/02/2015 The Promise and Potential of Place-Based Leadership Programs
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03/31/2015 Why Should Foundations Serving Marginalized Communities Focus Explicitly on Equity?
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03/26/2015 Choosing Leadership Development – and Spilling the Best-Kept Secret in Philanthropy
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03/24/2015 How White Foundation Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice
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03/19/2015 Sustaining Leaders for Social Change
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03/19/2015 White Leaders Can Promote Racial Justice
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03/12/2015 Conversations to Schedule Today to Strengthen Your Nonprofit-Foundation Partnerships
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03/10/2015 Standing for Advocacy at the Florida Philanthropic Network’s Statewide Summit on Philanthropy
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03/06/2015 Sector Not Paying To Develop New Leaders
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03/04/2015 Social Change Can’t Happen Without Strong Leaders: A Case for Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership
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03/03/2015 Cultivating Nonprofit Leadership: Read NCRP’s New Report Analyzing this (Missed?) Philanthropic Opportunity
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02/27/2015 Underinvestment in Leadership Development
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02/26/2015 Reflections on Black History Month As We Look to the Future
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02/12/2015 A New Standard: “Get on the Map” and the Urgent Need for Better Data in Philanthropy
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02/10/2015 How Can Philanthropy Support Leaders of Color in the Environmental Movement?
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02/05/2015 How Can Foundations Best Support the Movement for Racial Equity?
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02/03/2015 New “Responsive Philanthropy” Offers Lessons on Movement-Building Strategies for the Sector
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02/03/2015 Responsive Philanthropy Winter 2014/15
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01/29/2015 The New Grand Challenges: Social Justice and Health Equity
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01/28/2015 What’s Next for Nonprofits
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01/23/2015 What If Foundations Applied to Nonprofits?
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01/21/2015 Philanthropy’s Role in Repairing Oppression: A Case Study in the Wake of Keepseagle v. Vilsack
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01/15/2015 Call for Foundation Nominations: 2015 NCRP Impact Awards
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01/14/2015 2015 NCRP Impact Awards Nominations
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01/13/2015 GAO, EO and the IRS: The Government’s Role in Nonprofit Accountability
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01/06/2015 Transparency in Philanthropy: Get On Board or Get Run Over
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12/31/2015 7 New Year’s Resolutions for Foundations to Strengthen the Nonprofit Sector
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12/29/2015 Transparency in Philanthropy: Get on Board or Get Run Over
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12/29/2015 Foundation Helps Get $20 Million Windfall
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12/23/2014 Which Funders Is NCRP ‘Philamplifying’ Next?
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12/19/2014 In Philanthropy, It’s Not Just the Thought That Counts
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12/09/2014 Saints or Communists: Reframing Criticism to Ask Tough Questions
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12/04/2014 Ten Things You Should Know about NCRP’s New Membership Package
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12/02/2014 Lessons for Philanthropy from Proposition 47
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11/26/2014 The Case Foundation on Impact Investing
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11/20/2014 Foundation’s Mission Investing Pays Off
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11/20/2014 Philanthropy’s Role in Education Reflects Power Dynamics at Play
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11/17/2014 Mutual Trust as a Basis for Philanthropic Excellence
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11/12/2014 Fall Issue of “Responsive Philanthropy” Highlights Value of Collaboration
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11/11/2014 Funding Systems Change Best Serves Those Who Served
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11/11/2014 Responsive Philanthropy Fall 2014
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10/30/2014 Diversity and Effectiveness: What Is the Link for Foundations?
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10/24/2014 NCRP, The Cleveland Foundation and Tides Celebrate Leaders in Philanthropy
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10/17/2014 Why Don’t Our Elected Officials Look Like Us?
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10/14/2014 Mission Investing: A Conversation with Flozell Daniels, Jr. & Foundation for Louisiana
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10/07/2014 Do Feedback Loops in Philanthropy Create Stronger Accountability?
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10/04/2014 NCRP welcomes new board members
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10/03/2014 Patrons Can Have Non-Patronizing Site Visits
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10/01/2014 Donor-Advised Funds Reform Faces Violent Opposition, For Now
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09/25/2014 Doug Stamm on the Meyer Memorial Trust’s – and His Own – Racial Equity Journey
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09/23/2014 Trustees Pay Is Challenged
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09/23/2014 Green Movement Gets Brown
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09/22/2014 “Working Well With Grantees” and Being Better Partners
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09/17/2014 Lessons in Foundation Transparency from Philamplify
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09/12/2014 Amplifying Philamplify: Sector Reactions and Visions for Impact
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09/09/2014 Should Nonprofits Be Foundations’ “Middlemen”?
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09/05/2014 The “Ice Bucket” Challenge for the Nonprofit Sector
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08/28/2014 Summer Issue of “Responsive Philanthropy” Shares New Ideas from the Sector
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08/28/2014 Responsive Philanthropy Summer ’14
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08/21/2014 Which Executive Director Would You Fund?
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08/14/2014 Celebrating The California Endowment
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08/12/2014 What Is Foundation Transparency and Why Does It Matter?
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08/11/2014 Celebrating Hill-Snowdon Foundation
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08/05/2014 Hoping William Penn avoids more upheaval
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08/05/2014 Stakeholder Engagement: Still a Philanthropic Learning Curve
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08/01/2014 IRS, MN AG Asked To Investigate Bremer
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08/01/2014 Another Departure from William Penn
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07/31/2014 Bremer Foundation calls claims ‘baseless’
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07/31/2014 Philanthropy 3.0: The Value of Fundamental Change
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07/31/2014 California Endowment Rated Well
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07/31/2014 Bremer Must Clean Up Its Act
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07/30/2014 IRS Should Investigate Otto Bremer
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07/30/2014 NCRP Calls on IRS to Investigate Otto Bremer Foundation
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07/25/2014 Three Reasons the Woodruff Foundation Should Sell Some of Its Coca-Cola Stock
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07/23/2014 Philanthropy Watchdog Questions Minn. FDN Trustee Compensation
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07/23/2014 Corporate Cash Donations Creep Up
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07/23/2014 Hewlett Bets $50-Million
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07/16/2014 Do Foundations Seeking Policy Change Need Community Roots? (Part 1)
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07/10/2014 Trustees’ actions raise some serious questions
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07/10/2014 Celebrating Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
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07/02/2014 On the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, Foundations Must Be ‘Freedom Funders’ Once Again
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07/01/2014 SoCal Charities Mobilize Behind Blue Ribbon Commission
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07/01/2014 Watchdog Seeks Probe of Minn. Fund’s Booming Trustee Pay
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07/01/2014 Investigate Bremer Foundation salaries
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07/01/2014 Watchdog Groups Multiply and Demand More
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06/30/2014 Ben & Jerry’s Foundation receives award
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06/27/2014 Bush Foundation charts new course – again
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06/27/2014 Bremer trustees paying themselves too much
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06/27/2014 Where Should William Penn Spend Its Dollars? Philadelphians Weigh In on Facebook!
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06/25/2014 New Philamplify Reports Look at The California Endowment and Daniels Fund
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06/25/2014 Philamplify Releases New Assessments
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06/16/2014 Meet the Freedom Funders: The Foundation Supporters of the Civil Rights Movement
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06/13/2014 Philanthropy and the Civil Rights Movement
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06/10/2014 Leaders Gather at NCRP Impact Awards
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06/10/2014 An Inspiring Night at the NCRP Impact Awards
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06/06/2014 How Can Foundations Best Support Equity in College Degree Attainment?
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05/31/2014 Research and Crowdsourcing Shine a Light on Grantmaking Institutions
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05/30/2014 Assessing NCRP’s Impact in Philanthropy
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05/29/2014 Private Foundation With Student Loan Ties
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05/29/2014 How A Zagat Style Website Will Increase Accountability
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05/29/2014 5 Reasons Philanthropy Will Benefit from Philamplify
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05/28/2014 Partnerships and Relationship-Building Boost Philanthropy’s Effectiveness
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05/28/2014 Relationship-Building and Philanthropy
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05/21/2014 How can local foundations best support quality public education?
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05/14/2014 Announcing the Winners of the 2nd Annual NCRP Impact Awards
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05/12/2014 Burning Questions about Philamplify Answered
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05/09/2014 When a foundation funds advocacy and organizing for five years, what changes for individuals and families?
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05/07/2014 New Website Invites Feedback on Grant Makers
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05/07/2014 NCRP Launches Assessment Website
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05/07/2014 NCRP launches Philamplify
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05/06/2014 Announcing Philamplify: NCRP’s New Project to Break the ‘Isolation Bubble’ in Philanthropy
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05/06/2014 Philamplify on Lumina Foundation
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05/05/2014 Philamplify is here!
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05/05/2014 How Philanthropy Contributed to Improved Conditions for Tomato Pickers
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04/17/2014 Charitable giving firm sees surge
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04/17/2014 Race For Results Index: A great new resource for measuring equity
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04/04/2014 This list of 15 “Movement Heroes” of NCRP staffers will inspire you, and numbers 10 & 13 may surprise you!
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03/31/2014 The Ethics Conundrum for Foundations
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03/27/2014 Would Gandhi, Chavez or King Receive a Grant Today? Movement Building as a Grantmaking Strategy
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03/14/2014 Why Philanthropy Should Address Gender Norms
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03/07/2014 Foundation Leaders and President Obama Get It Right With ‘My Brother’s Keeper’
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02/28/2014 Grantmakers – it’s time for critical self-reflection
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02/27/2014 Proposed rules threaten nonprofit advocacy
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02/25/2014 Philanthropy’s Top Priority: Impact and results that lead to stronger communities
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02/14/2014 What keeps foundations from funding more advocacy? Share your perspective!
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01/14/2014 2014 NCRP Impact Awards Call for Nominations
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