The Need for Need-Based Aid
January 17, 2012Many low-income college students will still receive up to $5,500 in Pell grants during the 2012-2013 academic year, thanks to federal budget negotiations that …
New Year, New Ways of Seeing
January 11, 2012I love it when a writer inspires you to view familiar things in a new light. Lucy Bernholz’s review of the book Philanthropy in America: A History by Olivier …
The Global Fund: Too Important to Fail
January 10, 2012Ten years ago, the world’s wealthiest nations made an unprecedented commitment to save the lives of the world’s poor by creating The Global Fund to Fight AIDS,…
The Intersection of Strategy & Evaluation: Philanthropy’s Sweet Spot
January 9, 2012Though I am an optimist by nature, I have long been concerned about the schisms that exist between strategy and evaluation, in most organizations, and how this…