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Leap Update: Gates Schmates

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Leap Update: Gates Schmates

We wish we had a nickel for each time we've had a discussion about helping grantees become high-performance organizations and heard a response like this from a funder: "I get it, but we're not exactly the Gateses or Waltons."

The Dos and Dont’s of DAFs

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The Dos and Dont’s of DAFs

Donor-advised funds are a cost-effective, convenient and flexible estate planning tool, explains John Canady, CEO at National Philanthropic Trust UK

Leap Update: Light After Dark

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Leap Update: Light After Dark

We cannot in good conscience jump into this newsletter without acknowledging what we're feeling in the aftermath of Charlottesville: Can this really be happening in America?! Can history really be marching, in jackboots and loafers, in reverse?

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Call for proposal by the Academy for the Development of Philantropy in Poland

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Rockefeller Brothers Fund Expands Efforts to Promote Impact Investing

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has announced plans to expand its efforts to promote mission-aligned investing as an option for foundations and other funders.

Fund Launched to Protect Lions, Restore Habitats

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Fund Launched to Protect Lions, Restore Habitats

The Wildlife Conservation Network and Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation have announced the launch of the Lion Recovery Fund

Panelists of the Lang Philanthropy Day 2017 – Update

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Panelists of the Lang Philanthropy Day 2017 – Update

Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation... Start discovering some of the L-PDAY2017 speakers

Millennials, Invest To Achieve Profit And Purpose

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Millennials, Invest To Achieve Profit And Purpose

Forget the paradigm that many believe Millennials to be the “Me Generation.” Research proves them to be the “Us Generation.” “Us” encompasses the world.

Leap Update: Taking the Leap, Across the Pond

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Leap Update: Taking the Leap, Across the Pond

Last month, we shone a bright spotlight on Impetus-PEF, a London-based foundation that is doing a great job of investing in the performance of its grantees. The Impetus-PEF story is so rich with insights that we want to put more meat on the bones here.

We need a science of philanthropy

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We need a science of philanthropy

Billions of dollars are being donated without strong evidence about which ways of giving are effective reports Caroline Fiennes, funder of Giving Evidence. Recipients of funds are increasingly scrutinized, but the effectiveness of donors is not.

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