Rick Cohen was the national correspondent of NonProfit Quarterly in the United States, and a leading writer on philanthropy and social change for openDemocracy and many other publications. He collapsed and died earlier this week in Washington DC at the age of 64, probably from a heart attack. He’s survived by his beloved daughter Ellie.
Earlier this month Rick was working on a piece for Transformation on “social impact bonds”—the latest attempt to fix social problems using the magic of the market. But then he sent an email to say he was going to miss his deadline:
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