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How Foundations Can Tackle the Mental Health Crisis
Description: Courage is the defining quality of people with mental and behavioral health challenges, who brave daunting internal and external challenges to seek help. Courage is also the key...
Philanthropy’s Uneasy Journey Into Mental Health Grantmaking
Philanthropy’s Uneasy Journey Into Mental Health Grantmaking,” featured in the Foundation Review Journal, dives deep into philanthropy’s evolving role in confronting the escalating crisis of mental...
Place-Based Philanthropy: Who is that in my backyard?
This research-based article explores many underpinnings of place-based philanthropic practice. It reports on dynamics, challenges, and competing approaches employed by local and non-local...
Powerful, high-performing employees and psychological entitlement: The detrimental effects on citizenship behaviors
This research-based article examines the antecedents and consequences of power and entitlement in a work environment, especially where there is significant interdependence and shared work. A stark...
Looking Back on Philanthropy in a Pandemic
Foundation Colleagues Share Common Perspectives from Across the Pond. This commentary with London-based colleague, Caroline Broadhurst, observes changes in philanthropic practice during the recent...
The Role of Collaboration in Effective Philanthropy
The Center for Effective Philanthropy introduces our recent research on rural philanthropy and foundation-to-foundation collaboration, which summarizes insights from empirical findings. Rural...
Rural Foundation Collaboration: Houston We Have a Problem
Article in the International Journal of Community Well-Being reveals new research on rural philanthropy and funder collaboration. In addition to exploring issues essential to both rural philanthropy...
The Influence of a Place-Based Foundation and a Public University in Growing a Rural Health Workforce
The Influence of a Place-Based Foundation and a Public University in Growing a Rural Health Workforce. Placed-based foundations represent a very special form of philanthropic practice. Their...
Foundation Transparency: Opacity – It’s Complicated
This peer-reviewed article employs empirical evidence to explore, through the lens of transparency and power sharing dynamics, how foundation-grantee relationships can evolve into dynamic...
The Dark Side of Transparency
This article in Philanthropy Magazine explores negative consequences that can arise from certain foundation engagement in certain transparent practices. By Robert J. (Bob) Reid [ss_social_share...









