From Egypt to the US: Governments, Hope, and Jobs

February 7, 2011 – 3:31 pm

Hope and optimism can be crushed or facilitated by government as the events of the past week in Egypt and Tunisia make clear.  When people don’t feel their voices are heard, and they can’t get jobs, they rebel. The other week, during the State of the Union speech, the President focused on how to create [...]

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A good risk not a sure bet

December 21, 2010 – 11:49 am

As a tough year ends, we are still fascinated by America’s wealthiest men and women – like Warren Buffet who sits atop the Forbes 400. Fewer obsess about the men and women that REDF meets who have gotten their lives together and started working after hard times and years of unemployment. With unemployment for everyone [...]

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Election Day 2010: An open letter to the incoming Governor of the State of California

November 2, 2010 – 12:08 pm

Dear Governor-Elect: Congratulations, and please get some rest.  We’ll need all the energy you have for the next four years. When Governor Schwarzenegger was first sworn in as Governor in November 2003, Californians faced an unemployment rate of 6.6% — 5.4% when he was reelected in January 2007. You take the oath of office with [...]

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The next big thing

September 8, 2010 – 10:58 am

Dropping my son and daughter at college for their respective Freshman years, I not only experienced the unique mixture of sadness, pride, and elation that accompanies these fraught moments; but also spent some time thinking about the job market that will await them next summer, and four years from now. I thought about how the [...]

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Notes from Israel

May 4, 2010 – 2:55 pm

In Israel with a small visiting committee on Evaluation and Performance Management. We have met with nonprofits large and small, philanthropy – Israeli and US-based, corporations and banks, and the people and organizations that measure nonprofit performance. A lot of philanthropy here has historically been US-based, but because of more recent economic growth, there is [...]

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Where is the Trust?

April 20, 2010 – 10:38 am

According to a new report on National Public Radio, “Americans’ trust in government and its institutions has plummeted to a near-historic low, according to a sobering new survey by the Pew Research Center. Only 22 percent of Americans surveyed by Pew say they can trust government in Washington ‘almost always or most of the time’ [...]

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Changing the game

November 2, 2009 – 11:06 am

The Huffington Post recently released their list of top ten “game-changers” in philanthropy – you can vote for one “ultimate game changer” – who are using new media as a foundation to create real change. The list includes blogger and inspirational thought leader, Lucy Bernholz. Among many hot topics she has raised, her suggestion for [...]

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Opportunities in the midst of a changing economy

May 29, 2009 – 10:09 am

As the economy continues to stumble, federal spending ramps up, and California government melts down, the buzz in the air is about the respective roles and effectiveness of the public and private sectors in solving social problems. Some are concerned that we might take a step backwards from the current emphasis on private-public partnership – [...]

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Government vis-à-vis philanthropic ‘take-out’ strategies

April 24, 2009 – 3:35 pm

By Carla I. Javits, REDF President Sean Stannard-Stockton’s recent blog post suggests government as the ‘take out’ for social innovations pioneered through philanthropic investment. This is a new way of looking at the relationship between philanthropy and government, which has been evolving and changing for decades. While it is intriguing to consider a rational system [...]

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Philanthrocapitalism – finding the middle ground

April 7, 2009 – 10:18 am

By Carla I. Javits, REDF President I recently participated in a lunch plenary at the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s (CEP) “Aligning for Impact” conference. My fellow speakers included Matthew Bishop, whose recent book “Philanthrocapitalism” was a largely positive review of business influence on philanthropy, Michael Edwards, who wrote a piece critical of “philanthrocapitalism”, and Gara [...]

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