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With an innovative sabbatical program for nonprofit leaders, Carrie Avery is translating her grandfather’s values into the third generation of family involvement with Durfee
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What would you do with one billion dollars? Jennifer and Peter Buffett were faced with this extraordinary challenge and opportunity.
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What are your plans for retirement? In Afghanistan, Connie Duckworth is putting her Wall Street ambition and savvy to the test.
Philanthropy Roundtable
Leona Helmsley left her fortune for the care of dogs—or did she? Controversy ensued when a donor left billions to charity, without clear direction as to how it should be spent.
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According to Steven Rothstein, president of the Perkins School for the Blind, if it takes a village to raise a child, then it takes a “big village” to raise a child with disabilities. It also takes a donor with a special kind of focus, patience, and willingness to learn.
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Philanthropy Roundtable
Houston entrepreneur Michael Holthouse invented a concept to teach entrepreneurship to kids: Lemonade Day, on which millions of kids nationwide set up lemonade stands and learn the basics of business.
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Philanthropy Roundtable
Memphis donor Barbara Hyde supports local K-12 education reform and community revitalization. In education, her foundation has a three-pronged approach, working with the public school district, public charter schools, and private schools that serve low-income kids.
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Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
When Lisa and Charly Kleissner need to make a big decision, whether it impacts family, investments, or philanthropy, they first look to their values.
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Peter and Carolyn Lynch take a portfolio approach to their philanthropy, and Teach For America is just one example of how they’re returning outsized impact for their investment dollars.
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Too often, it’s not the academics that bring down a charter school; it’s the building. Together with Civic Builders, hedge fund manager Brian Olson is offering leases to charter schools—under one condition.
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The Bridgespan Group
Pam Omidyar's philanthropic work—including founding or co-founding with her husband, Pierre, the Omidyar Network, Hope Lab, and Humanity United—demonstrates how she has translated her passions into social change.
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Tiger Foundation, created by hedge fund pioneer Julian Robertson, trains philanthropists as it funds high-impact nonprofits in New York City.
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What is the best way to tackle corruption? With ProPublica, the Sandler Foundation has revived a time-tested tactic that is proving as effective as ever.
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What is the best way to help proven nonprofit models spread to new cities? John Simon tried several tactics and then invented a new approach.
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Is it possible to help preserve a language and culture that is not your own? Dwayne Steele worked together with local Hawaiians to reverse the decline in native Hawaiian speakers and catalyze a broad cultural preservation movement.
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Philanthropist Jeff Walker began with a desire to help nonprofits struggling with technology, discovered that a nonprofit with a similar mission already existed, and built it into a thriving national network.