Climate change, Divestment, Endowments 4/21/19 Climate change, Divestment, Endowments 4/21/19

Harvard's climate change problem

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Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Environment, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Sustainability 1/9/19 Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Environment, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Sustainability 1/9/19

The MacArthur Foundation invests in climate solutions--and in fossil fuels.

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Community foundations, Endowments, Foundations, Investment 9/10/18 Community foundations, Endowments, Foundations, Investment 9/10/18

Why do foundation endowments underperform?

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Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Philanthropy 10/3/17 Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Philanthropy 10/3/17

Foundation endowments: The news is not good

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Community foundations, Endowments, Foundations, Transparency 9/13/17 Community foundations, Endowments, Foundations, Transparency 9/13/17

A South Carolina foundation says no to Wall Street--and outperforms its peers

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Divestment, Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Transparency 7/25/17 Divestment, Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Transparency 7/25/17

Foundation endowments: Why smart people make dumb choices

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Corporate philanthropy, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/23/17 Corporate philanthropy, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 5/23/17

These days, it's easy to say nice things about Detroit

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Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy 5/15/17 Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy 5/15/17

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund: A 19th century fortune tackles 21st century problems

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Advocacy, Charities, Endowments, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/18/17 Advocacy, Charities, Endowments, Foundations, Nonprofits, Philanthropy 4/18/17

The Trump effect, at The Whitman Institute (and elsewhere)

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Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Philanthropy, Transparency 3/14/17 Endowments, Foundations, Investment, Philanthropy, Transparency 3/14/17

Warren Buffett has some excellent advice for foundations that they probably won't take

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Endowments, Foundations, Monitoring and evaluation, Philanthropy, Transparency 5/8/16 Endowments, Foundations, Monitoring and evaluation, Philanthropy, Transparency 5/8/16

Phil Buchanan: "We've tried to pierce the bubble"

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Capitalism, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy 5/5/16 Capitalism, Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy 5/5/16

Workers of the world, unite, says the Surdna Foundation

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Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Environment, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Sustainability 4/24/16 Climate change, Divestment, Endowments, Environment, Foundations, Impact Investing, Philanthropy, Sustainability 4/24/16

McKnight Foundation: Investing for climate impact

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Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing 9/13/15 Endowments, Foundations, Impact Investing 9/13/15

F.B. Heron is an atypical foundation. Which is a shame.

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Divestment, Endowments, Foundations 7/30/15 Divestment, Endowments, Foundations 7/30/15

The Hewlett Foundation and fossil fuels

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Climate change, Endowments, Foundations, Investment 7/19/15 Climate change, Endowments, Foundations, Investment 7/19/15

Why won't foundations divest from fossil fuels?

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