Guest blog by Michael Green, CEO of Center for Environmental Health, www.ceh.org, and former Putnam Consulting Client. For more than two decades, our organization, the
If you’re familiar with research and development philanthropy, you know that when a foundation decides to invest in R&D, they must be willing to take
I fly a good bit for my work. As a seasoned traveler, you’d expect that I’d have strategies and practices I use to make the
There is a lot of angst flying around these days. Uncertainty on the national stage and in our home communities seems to have everyone on
In the face of a rapidly changing policy environment that appears to sometimes question the values most philanthropists espouse (you know, things like justice, compassion,
By Justina Acevedo-Cross, Program Officer, & Jeff Sunshine, Program Officer, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation For just a moment, pretend you’re a public health official and
My philanthropy advisory firm has been pursuing, studying and documenting equity within philanthropy. In this important step toward philanthropic progress, we are working on
It’s the nature of philanthropy to want to help. It’s what foundations were created to do. Yet all too often, foundations, corporate grantmakers, and donors
The Putnam team recently authored two case studies for Casey Family Programs about their Communities of Hope initiative. In Hagerstown, Maryland and Gainesville, Florida, we explored collaborations among local agencies
A culture of learning is one that encourages ongoing inquiry and questioning. It is comfortable with the fact that there is always more to learn
By all accounts, this year will be one of uncertainty the likes of which we’ve not seen in a while. Everyone is poised to see
Producing the Confident Giving newsletter is one my favorite things to do – in no small part because of readers like you who open, peruse,