August 9, 2007

Let's Stop Reinventing Potholes

By Paul Brest and James E. Canales

Politicians and philanthropic organizations share a common fault: We find it difficult to admit when we have made mistakes. In politics, it's easy to understand why. Voters may treat a legitimate mistake as a sign of incompetence and throw an elected official out of office.

But the public does not generally hold foundations accountable for results, if only because most people do not know much about what we do. And as grant makers we are seldom critiqued by grantees, who are reluctant

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