April 9, 2009
Northwestern Foundation Leaders Find a Warmer Climate on Capitol Hill
More than 260 leaders of foundations came to Washington last month to meet with members of Congress — and grant makers say they found a receptive audience.
In previous years, lawmakers had asked mostly about abuses in the nonprofit world, wondering whether foundations were elaborate tax dodges, said Carol Lewis, chief executive of Philanthropy Northwest, a regional association of grant makers with headquarters in Seattle.
During this year's Foundations on the Hill
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