Philanthropy in the 21st Century
The Foundation Center's 50th Anniversary Interviews
Throughout the Foundation Center’s 50th anniversary year in 2006,
Philanthropy News Digest featured a series of special Newsmakers interviews (identified below by our 50th anniversary logo) that illuminate both the current state and future of American philanthropy. We have now published these interviews in a printed volume,
Philanthropy in the 21st Century.
Ann Beeson, Executive Director of U.S. Programs, Open Society Institute
PND spoke with Beeson about the foundation's recent work and steps it has taken in response to the economic downturn....
6/10/10
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Diane Kaplan, President, Rasmuson Foundation
PND spoke with Kaplan about the effects of the economic downturn on Alaska nonprofits and what the state's largest private funder is doing to address recession-related challenges there....
5/13/10
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Jacqueline Novogratz, Founder and CEO, Acumen Fund
PND spoke with Novogratz about the Acumen Fund's anti-poverty investment strategies, the problems with traditional development aid, the importance of moral imagination, and the opportunities created by the economic crisis and Great Recession of 2008-09...
4/23/10
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Albert Ruesga, President/CEO, Greater New Orleans Foundation
PND spoke with Ruesga about the post-Katrina recovery effort in his adopted city, the role of foundations in that recovery, social justice philanthropy in an imperfect America, and his hopes for the "Venice of the Gulf Coast"....
8/26/09
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Richard Barth, Chief Executive Officer, KIPP Foundation
PND spoke with Barth about the success of KIPP schools, the national crisis in education, and why he is optimistic about the future of education in the United States....
8/21/09
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