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Increasing Your Grantmaking Impact

When markets shrink and foundation assets—despite being collectively measured in the billions of dollars—wither, we are again reminded of philanthropy’s rather relative insignificance in the great ...read the full discussion to share your thoughts

By Martin Lehfeldt Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010
New Professional For Our Field

Of late, there has been a steady increase in the number of articles about the fact that a generation of foundation leadership is stepping down or preparing to do so………………. That’s certainly true, bu...read the full discussion to share your thoughts

By Martin Lehfeldt Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Protecting Your Partners

In my last blog, I advanced the concept of foundations making capacity-building grants to organizations whose grant periods are nearing an end. The idea was for foundations to help to ensure the im...read the full discussion to share your thoughts

By Martin Lehfeldt Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010
 

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