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Bob Bothwell’s Fearless and Effective Advocacy Shifted Power in Philanthropy to Nonprofits

As the first leader of the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, a watchdog group founded in 1976, he spoke bluntly about what was wrong with grant making and pushed for change in an era when foundation critiques were rarely welcomed.

Do the Math: Foundations Can Afford to Advance the Nation’s Covid Reset

Solving big problems revealed by a year of cascading crises demands a surge in grant making. Fortunately, endowments have swelled enough in the past year to enable steady increases in giving.