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The First Big Grant

Michael Kaiser | Posted 12.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nonprofits, Arts Management, Fundraising, Foundations, Kennedy Center, Grants, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

I have long lobbied foundations to make their grants to smaller organizations in the form of challenge grants. A challenge grant must be matched by other contributions, often by new gifts or increased gifts from existing donors.

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Early Reports: Stimulus Saved, Created 388,000 Jobs

USA Today | By Brad Heath and Matt Kelley, USA TODAY | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: White House, Job Losses, Bush, Economy, Grants, Jobs, Congress, Obama, Reports, Stimulus, Recession, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Stimulus Package, Report, Job Creation, Business News

States have reported using stimulus money to create or save more than 388,000 jobs so far this year, buttressing the Obama administration's claim that...

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Philanthropy Turns Away from Aggressive Advocacy for the Poor

David Jones | Posted 11.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Working Poor, Grantmaking, Philanthropy, Grants, Foundations, New York News
David Jones

The attack on Acorn comes as part of a systematic attempt to muzzle grass-roots organizing of poor and marginalized communities.

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MacArthur Genius List: 2009 Grant Winners Announced

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Sciences, Macarthur Foundation, Journalism, MacArthur Awards, Winners, Who Won Genius Grant, MacArthur Genius Award List 2009, Genius Awards, Arts, Grants, Home News

The following 24 fellows each will receive $500,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation: _Lynsey Addario,...

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Innovation Clusters Create Competitive Communities

Jonathan Sallet | Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

Read More: Grants, Research and Development, Innovation Clusters, Science, Technology News
Jonathan Sallet

As nations around the world race to copy U.S. economic success, it is a startling fact that the United States has never devoted even a single penny to direct national support for regional innovation clusters

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Senate/Assembly Pork: Who's Getting The Choicest Cuts?

Times Union | Times Union | Posted 09.03.2009 | New York

Read More: Pork Barrel, New York State Senate, Grants, New York State, Pork Barrel Spending, New York State Assembly, Pork, New York, Legislation, New York News

Under Democratic control of the Senate, upstate lost nearly $26 million in member items, the discretionary grants doled out by legislators commonly ca...

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Opening the Black Box of Peer Review

Michèle Lamont | Posted 05.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Excerpt, Education, Academia, Academic, College, Fellowship, Books, Grants, Business News
Michèle Lamont

An essay excerpted from How Professors Think: Inside the Curious World of Academic Judgment (Harvard University Press) Excellence is the holy grail o...

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Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education: not Alternatives but Additives

Michèle Lamont | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Education, Books, Grants, Social Science, Higher Education, Race, Diversity, Politics News
Michèle Lamont

Winners cannot all come from a few select institutions in the Northeast -- this would undermine beliefs in the legitimacy of the system as a whole, from a meritocratic and democratic standpoint.

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Why Do Repubicans Hate Artists And Writers So Much?

Lisa Solod Warren | Posted 03.26.2009 | Style

Read More: Nea, Writers, Republicans, Lobbying, The Arts, Economic Stimulus Package, Writing, Grants, Philip Levine, Arts Funding, Art, Publishing, Foundations, Style News
Lisa Solod Warren

I don't expect Republicans to own up to having read anything more challenging than a Tom Clancy novel, but would they really deny the rest of us the opportunity to do so?

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Why Evidence is Essential in Defining the Missions of Non-Profits

Paul Brest | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Social Change, Smart Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Charity, Obama Stimulus Plan, Foundations, KIPP Charter Schools, Funding Non-Profits, Tactical Philanthropy, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Giving, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

I believe that a great nonprofit organization is ultimately only as good as its theory of change. There is considerable knowledge about what works and what doesn't work in particular contexts.

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Guest Post: Sean Stannard-Stockton

Paul Brest | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Non-Profit Foundations, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Economy, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Grants, Non-Profits, Smart Philanthropy, Business, Sean Stannard-Stockton, Philanthropy, Strategic Philanthropy, Tactical Philanthropy, Business News, Donations, Giving, Foundations, Obama Stimulus Plan, Business News
Paul Brest

The theory of change concept makes sense in a static landscape. But it fails in a dynamic landscape, where what you learned on your last trip might not apply this time.

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Michael Edwards' Case Against Philanthrocapitalism

Paul Brest | Posted 02.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Michael Edwards, Bill Gates, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Politics News, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Civil Society, Just Another Emperor: The Myths and Realities of Philanthrocapitalism, Philanthrocapitalism, Giving, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

In "Just Another Emperor?" Michael Edwards challenges philanthrocapitalists to transform the economic system that made them rich, not just address its symptoms.

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Philanthrocapitalism

Paul Brest | Posted 01.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Grants, Donations, Charity, Politics News, Funding Non-Profits, Matthew Bishop, Business News, Michael Green, Strategic Philanthropy, Giving, Economy, Bill Gates, Philanthrocapitalism, Business News
Paul Brest

Matthew Bishop and Michael Green describe how super-rich "philanthrocapitalists" like Bill Gates are shaking up the world of giving with their businesslike methods.

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Does Your Donation Actually Make a Difference?

Paul Brest | Posted 01.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Donations, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Giving, Grants, Economy, Politics News
Paul Brest

A diverse group of nonprofit leaders have joined a Working Group for Effective Social Investing to develop a rating tool that allows donors to compare the effectiveness of various charities.

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Strategic Philanthropy in Tough Times

Paul Brest | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Donations, Charity, Funding Non-Profits, Philanthropy, Non-Profits, Business News, Strategic Philanthropy, Non-Profit Foundations, Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy, Business, Giving, Grants, Economy, Business News
Paul Brest

Dollars spent today to address issues like global warming can do more good than those spent in ten years, when the cost of mitigating climate change will certainly be much higher.

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The Philanthropist: Investor or Contractor?

Paul Brest | Posted 12.29.2008 | Business

Read More: Project Support, Alignment, General Operating Support, Grants, Philanthropy, Giving, Charity, Non-Profit Foundations, Donations, Business, Sustainability, Business News
Paul Brest

At one end of the philanthropic spectrum is unrestricted, core, or general operating support, where the funder buys into an organization's mission with no interference.

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