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The question sounds academic until it lands on your desk: 'Do we shut the foundation down in twenty years or run it forever?' Most donors never answer...
Ten years ago, a foundation I advised decided to output a promising literacy program from three cities to thirty. They had the data, the board buy-in,...
Every philanthropist I know has a graveyard of good intentions. A climate initiative that folded after three grant cycles. A democracy project whose s...
Every gift carries a hidden payload. Send food — and you might undercut local farmers. Fund a school — and the community stops investing in its own te...
Picture this: A well-meaning donor leaves $5 million to fund a polio ward. Fifty years later, polio is eradicated. The ward sits empty, but the endowm...
Here is a number that keeps me up at night: 30 years. That is the median slot from basic science discovery to a new drug reaching patients, according ...
Every grant cycle, the same question creeps into the boardroom. Do we scale fast or build deep? The numbers say one thing; the communities say another...
The phone rings. A natural disaster. A refugee crisis. A child in immediate danger. Your instinct is to act—transfer funds, deploy teams, write a pres...
So you've been generous. Tax returns show six figures in charitable gifts. Your name is on a building plaque. But somewhere between the wire transfer ...