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Community Philanthropy: Strategies for Impacting Vulnerable Populations

July 13, 2020 Steve Mayer

This piece seeks to show opportunities for philanthropy to intervene in the often-dismal life trajectory of vulnerable populations. Written while a Resident Scholar at the Clinton School of Public Service (Center for Community Philanthropy) at […]

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A Statement of Values, Accomplishments, and Intentions of the Twin Cities Neighborhood Movement

September 2, 2017 Steve Mayer

  This Declaration is put forward as a discussion paper to distill the core values that connect those within the neighborhood movement, and to clarify the importance of partnership with foundations and other grantmakers to […]

Recent Articles

  • Headless, Heartless, Clueless
    April 12, 2021
  • Pathways to Progress: Focusing Philanthropy on Racial Equity and Social Justice
    April 10, 2021
  • Evaluation Court: A Mock Trial to Judge Program Effectiveness
    April 2, 2021
  • Can Grantmakers and Nonprofits Work Together?
    March 30, 2021
  • The Choices We Make As Evaluators: You Gotta Serve Somebody
    February 12, 2021
  • Wanted: Better Evaluation Practices for a Better Philanthropy
    January 16, 2021
  • A “Dignity Gap”
    January 15, 2021
  • How to Assist Disadvantaged Groups
    December 14, 2020
  • Use Advocacy To Promote Social Change
    November 18, 2020
  • Indicators of Freedom From The Film, “12 Years a Slave”
    November 12, 2020

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