Fall 2016 – Briefly Noted
…day you are increasing costs, so you have to figure out how make up for it,” says AEI economist Aparna Mathur. —Liz Essley Whyte A Screwtape for Millennials A critic,…
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Philanthropic Prod for Public Innovation
Michael Bloomberg, business titan and philanthropist perhaps best known for his stint running a small town called the Big Apple, has issued the call to other city leaders: the best…
Spring 2019 – Briefly Noted
…a step toward that last year, assembling a council of high-school students to weigh in on issues they face. —Liz Essley Whyte Girl Power Year after year, the…
4. College Should Be More Useful
…prepare them for what comes next. According to recent research, fully 40-50 percent of all college graduates age 22-27 are working in a job which doesn’t require a college degree….
Five Insights About Donors of Color
…captured by philanthropic research. A new report by the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Everyday Donors of Color: Diverse Philanthropy During Times of Change, sets out to fill in gaps in…
How One Nonprofit Is Connecting Veterans With Employment Opportunities
…conduct a job search. The Hire Heroes USA Volunteer Mentor Network connects veterans with volunteers for industry-specific coaching, networking and interview practice to move them forward in their job search….
Spring 2015 – Briefly Noted
…the Mediterranean in less-than-seaworthy vessels. After a drowning of 366 people off the coast of Lampedusa in 2013, Italy set up a specialized search and rescue operation called Mare Nostrum….
Tiny Ships to the Stars
…in the 1990s called Clementine. Later, he spent nearly a decade as director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, the agency’s outpost in Silicon Valley, supporting small-satellite and other programs, and…
Nonprofit Leverages Technology to Help Parents Choose Their Children’s Schools
…research on how to connect parents to schools In 2019, the Miles Foundation, a charitable foundation in Fort Worth, Texas, approached the Lincoln Network for help solving a problem in…
Elise Westhoff: Sharing Some Personal News
…coming weeks, the Philanthropy Roundtable board of directors will launch a national search for a new chief executive. To everyone in the Roundtable community, we are grateful to you for…
Four steps to hire the right staff at your foundation
…important job” of your board. “If the CEO is the right pick, then the donor’s wishes will be observed,” he says. Donors frequently search for CEOs with experience outside the…
Heartland Art
…have gone underappreciated. The stories of how Crystal Bridges curators discovered these artists are part of the exhibition. The works on display were assembled through a 100,000-mile coast-to-coast-to-coast search that…