The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Taking Disaster Response Seriously

By Terrence R. Meersman

Foundations are expected to provide rationality and solutions to the major challenges of our time, but they have failed when it comes to dealing with natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies.

It is not that they have failed to invest, though perhaps they have not invested enough. The real problem is that grant makers have failed to do their...

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