May 7, 2009
Grant Makers Should Focus on Innovation in Addition to Serving Emergency Needs
In the face of a disastrous economic downturn that has depleted philanthropic resources even as human needs have escalated to heart-wrenching proportions, it is only natural that many foundations have refocused their grants to ameliorate human suffering and shore up frail organizations. The natural tendency in philanthropy will be to increase our commitments to alleviate the severity of the economic collapse.
But grant makers should recognize that this may also be a good time to
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