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04/15/2020
The decision to spend down all the assets of the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation was made in 2008, creating significant opportunities as well as some real challenges.
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04/09/2020
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03/19/2020
Lauren Smith’s opinion article, How to Help the Most Vulnerable Through the Pandemic, made an important point about a focus on equity in philanthropy’s r
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03/19/2020
This week, amid global panic surrounding Covid-19, financial markets took the worst hit of any single day since 1987. Invest
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01/27/2020
Our sector’s addiction to intellectualizing, equivocating, risk-avoiding, and time-wasting is lethal, and there are few places where this is more present than within philanthropy.
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01/21/2020
Among the many trends in giving we have seen advancing over the last decade is a shift toward entertaining shorter time frames for the philanthropic spending of personal fortunes. Now, a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors suggests the number of time-limited foundations, sometimes referred to as “spend-down foundations,” is gaining on those organized to give in perpetuity.
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01/14/2020
Across our field, in politics, in business, and in our communities, Americans are questioning the very nature of philanthropy and probing its core value.
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01/07/2020
Eric Ward, who is African American, is an expert on white nationalism. He worked in foundations for seven years, including a three-year stint as a program officer at the Ford Foundation.
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12/16/2019
For the uninitiated, “managing up” is a relatively new concept that takes traditional management structures and principles and turns them upside down.
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12/03/2019
Today is #GivingTuesday, a beautiful day focused on generosity.