Opinion: Controversy Over Grant-Maker Competition Exposed Divide Over Role of Markets - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Opinion: Controversy Over Grant-Maker Competition Exposed Divide Over Role of Markets - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Controversy Over Grant-Maker Competition Exposed Divide Over Role of Markets
By Allyson Burns and Sheila Herrling
After the Council on Foundations planned an experiment to host a $40,000 pitch competition to identify new organizations and approaches to drive social change, the recent feeding frenzy of articles criticizing the move wasn’t the normal tussle between grant seekers and grant makers. Instead, the controversy exposed a deep divide in the nonprofit world, and its discomfort in embracing the best ideas of commercial markets."



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