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Free Hand and Imperfect Heroes
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Free Hand and Imperfect Heroes

June 30, 2021

A dear friend and wonderful private blogger, Carll Tucker, wrote me after reading last month’s newsletter to ask what Father Norm Smith, one of those I admired , meant by...
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Generosity Unbound
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Generosity Unbound

By Claire Gaudiani

May 1, 2021

Editor’s note:  I don’t know how I stumbled on this decade-old book but beyond Gaudiani’s ill-advised “independence declaration”, she riveted my interest.  Claire Gaudiani is a well-known student of philanthropy...
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How to Love America by David Brooks
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How to Love America by David Brooks

March 29, 2021

Like you, I’m sure, I love America, but the love has changed. I started out with the child version: America is the greatest and most powerful country on earth. That...
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Subhadramati
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Subhadramati

— Subhadramati

December 31, 2020

The practice of generosity is a wisdom practice, because it’s aligning you with the real truth of things: what you think of as yours, as part of your identity, is...
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Inclusion
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Inclusion

November 29, 2020

I worked for fourteen hours at the polls on November 3 rd . It was an unforgettable experience. Our home is just off a state park in a little resort...
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On Generosity by Walter Brueggemann
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On Generosity by Walter Brueggemann

October 31, 2020

Editor’s note: My dear friend and exemplar, Rich Clark, sent me this after reading last month’s blog about zero-sum people. On Generosity On our own, we conclude: there is not...
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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Carrie Chapman Catt

— Carrie Chapman Catt

September 29, 2020

To the wrongs that need resistance, To the right that needs assistance, To the future in the distance, Give yourselves. -- Carrie Chapman Catt
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Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy
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Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy

June 30, 2020

Editor's Note: Not sure I agree with this, but it's an interesting read. Original Article: The Ford Foundation and four others plan to substantially increase their spending, a splurge financed...
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American Dirt
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American Dirt

By Jeanine Cummins

May 31, 2020

Editor’s comment:   I read too many books this month since we are essentially still in lockdown here.  None were particularly good, I’m sorry to say, and I tried fiction...
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The Head and The Heart

October 18, 2019

Our website’s March article of the month features a wonderful story about a social enterprise named First Book.   Their organization provides tens of millions of books a year to...
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Story: Disseminating Orphan Innovations

October 18, 2019

Disseminating Orphan Innovations written by Susan H. Evans & Peter Clarke Published: Stanford Social Innovations Review, Winter 2011 Editor's Note: I feel lazy using SSIR so often to pass on...
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Pablo Picasso
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Pablo Picasso

— Pablo Picasso

October 18, 2019

The meaning of life is to find your gift, the purpose of life is to give it away – Pablo Picasso
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“Why For-Profit and Philanthropic Investing Can Succeed”, Wharton Review, Katherine Klein and Derek Hanley interview

October 18, 2019

Thanks to friend, Ron DeMattia, for passing this great interview onto me, on to you. Peace. Link to Article
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A philanthropic boom: “donor-advised funds”
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A philanthropic boom: “donor-advised funds”

October 18, 2019

From the print edition | Finance and economics www.economist.com Mar 23rd 2017 JEFF POWERS was raised as “a good Catholic boy”. So when he sold his wall-fastener business in 2012...
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Lessons Lived

October 18, 2019

Author’s Note: These short stories are a series exemplify lessons I’ve learned in building a foundation. I realized in writing these that I’m not embarrassed by the mistakes I’ve made;...
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Mohammed Yunus
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Mohammed Yunus

— Mohammed Yunus

October 18, 2019

"This is not charity. This is business: business with a social objective, which is to help people get out of poverty." -Mohammed Yunus
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Martin Luther King, Jr.

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

October 18, 2019

"Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

October 18, 2019

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived...
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None of Us Are Free
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None of Us Are Free

By Solomon Burke

October 18, 2019

Editor’s Comment:  Perhaps in honor of Martin Luther King day and all the immigration and human trafficking issues we face, this song came to me recently.  When I listened to...
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Story: The Birth of a Foundation

October 15, 2019

Written by Mario Morino Published: © 1995 by The Morino Institute . Editor's Note: I like to think of The Business of Good, its origin and its mission, as somewhat...
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Story: Ten Nonprofit Funding Models

October 15, 2019

Written by William Landes Foster, Peter Kim, and Barbara Christiansen Published: Spring, 2009 by Stanford Social Innovation Review Editor's Note: We've referred you to Bridgespan articles before. ("Money to Grow...
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