Grant Makers Should Rethink Their Agenda to Meet Society’s Needs

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Pablo Eisenberg

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Pablo Eisenberg

When the Council on Foundations released its agenda this spring to outline its hopes for the 112th Congress, some parts were predictable. Most notably, the grant-makers group once again asserted its 11th commandment: “Thou shall not increase the payout rate.” That foundations continue to lobby tenaciously to give just 5 percent of their assets is shortsighted

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