Thursday, April 03, 2014

Philanthropy’s Results Movement Dealt a Blow - Foundations - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

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April 3, 2014
Hewlett Ends Effort to Get Donors to Make Dispassionate Choices on Giving

By Doug Donovan

For at least a decade, movers and shakers in philanthropy have been trying to persuade donors to behave more like data-driven investors.

But the so-called effective-philanthropy movement suffered a significant setback last month when the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, a prominent champion of the idea, announced that it was ending an eight-year, $12-m

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