Kathleen Enright
Kathleen Enright is chief executive of the Council on Foundations.
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Takeaways From a Pandemic YearA year ago today, foundations and donors committed to new ways of operating to help organizations survive the health and economic crises. In 2021, there’s much more for all of us to do. -
OpinionGrant makers can increase results by offering flexible grants and clear guidance — and by keeping in mind that social change depends on charities doing the work.
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OpinionNonprofit groups find greater success when they embrace empathy -- not the secondhand, vicarious kind but empathy that comes naturally when the organization looks more like the people it serves.
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OpinionFoundations should stop focusing on the growing number of charities and instead find ways to channel dollars to the most-effective organizations.
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OpinionAssessing and achieving effectiveness is a topic of much discussion among foundations. Increasing attention from lawmakers and the news media, Warren Buffett’s high-profile contribution to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the arrival on the philanthropic scene of a new cast of more…
