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05/30/2017
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05/23/2017
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05/18/2017
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05/12/2017
Did philanthropy do enough?
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05/09/2017
Refuse to do business with firms that undermine what your foundation stands for
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05/04/2017
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05/02/2017
7 Actions by leading foundations to protect access to health care
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04/25/2017
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04/18/2017
As the South Grows … and NCRP along with it
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04/13/2017
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04/05/2017
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04/01/2017
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03/23/2017
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03/14/2017
How can philanthropy help stop the GOP’s ACA repeal and replacement?
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03/02/2017
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02/28/2017
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02/24/2017
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02/23/2017
Jennifer Choi to join NCRP as vice president and chief content officer
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02/22/2017
Calls to eliminate the Johnson Amendment part of a broader strategy to underwrite religious extremism
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02/17/2017
Philanthropy needs to have standards
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02/15/2017
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02/07/2017
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02/07/2017
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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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01/24/2017
5 ways foundations and wealthy donors can combat the Trump agenda
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01/20/2017
#SugarAwarenessWeek: How can philanthropy address that other addictive white powder?
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01/19/2017
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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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01/10/2017
Why bigger isn’t always better: How modest-sized foundations can provide successful outcomes and growth to smaller nonprofits
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01/05/2017
A collective strategy for funding justice
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01/03/2017
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12/30/2016
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12/28/2016
Make racial justice training your New Year’s resolution
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12/20/2016
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12/16/2016
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12/07/2016
Philanthropy: Conversation and action needed on equity
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11/30/2016
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11/28/2016
Strategic Framework 2017-2026
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11/14/2016
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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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10/20/2016
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10/14/2016
‘Invisible privilege,’ racism and Chicago’s struggle for reconciliation
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10/03/2016
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09/28/2016
Reflections on Towards a More Resilient Place: There is another way
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09/21/2016
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09/16/2016
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09/15/2016
The email that changed everything
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09/13/2016
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09/08/2016
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09/06/2016
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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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08/25/2016
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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
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07/14/2016
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07/12/2016
More faith, more money, more justice
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07/07/2016
How can community foundations rally their donor advisors to promote equity?
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07/01/2016
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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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05/18/2016
Philanthropy: Let’s Talk About Race, Baby
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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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10/13/2015
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
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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
Systems Change Approach as Top Trend
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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
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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
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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
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12/19/2014
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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
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11/26/2014
The Case Foundation on Impact Investing
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11/20/2014
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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
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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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08/28/2014
Summer Issue of “Responsive Philanthropy” Shares New Ideas from the Sector
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08/28/2014
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08/21/2014
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08/14/2014
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08/12/2014
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08/11/2014
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08/05/2014
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08/05/2014
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08/01/2014
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08/01/2014
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07/31/2014
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07/31/2014
Bremer Must Clean Up Its Act
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07/30/2014
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07/30/2014
NCRP Calls on IRS to Investigate Otto Bremer Foundation
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07/25/2014
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07/23/2014
Philanthropy Watchdog Questions Minn. FDN Trustee Compensation
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07/23/2014
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07/23/2014
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07/10/2014
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07/02/2014
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07/01/2014
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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
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06/27/2014
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06/27/2014
Bremer trustees paying themselves too much
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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
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06/13/2014
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06/10/2014
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06/10/2014
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06/06/2014
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05/31/2014
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05/30/2014
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05/12/2014
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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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05/06/2014
Philamplify on Woodruff Foundation
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05/06/2014
Philamplify on William Penn 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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02/04/2014
‘Responsive Philanthropy’ Features Mission Investing
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01/31/2014
When a foundation supports civic engagement by residents, what is the tangible impact?
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01/14/2014
2014 NCRP Impact Awards Call for Nominations
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01/07/2014
New Years Resolution: 7 things that foundations can do now to strengthen the nonprofit sector
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