The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Motown Blues: Foundations and Government Struggle for Solutions and with Each Other

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Motown Blues: Foundations and Government Struggle for Solutions and with Each Other: "The mantra of philanthropy now more than ever is: create public-private partnerships between foundations and government agencies. Nationally, big foundations have ensconced themselves in the Obama administration, promoting concepts of entrepreneurialism and innovation in such high visibility, high glitz programs as Promise Neighborhoods. Modeled on the “whatever it takes” Harlem Children’s Zone initiative and the Social Innovation Fund, such programs aim to capture and replicate “proven successes.”"