Comments on: Foundations and the Future: How Funder Incentives Affect Nonprofits, Grants, and Grant Writing http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:29:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: What Exactly Is the Point of Collaboration in Grant Proposals? The Department of Labor Community-Based Job Training (CBJT) Program is a Case in Point http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-17920 What Exactly Is the Point of Collaboration in Grant Proposals? The Department of Labor Community-Based Job Training (CBJT) Program is a Case in Point Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:14:34 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/#comment-17920 [...] compete one another for prestige, telegenic grantees and the like. Or have you ever wondered why it is necessary for a foundation like the MacArthur Foundation to “advertise” their support for PBS [...] [...] compete one another for prestige, telegenic grantees and the like. Or have you ever wondered why it is necessary for a foundation like the MacArthur Foundation to “advertise” their support for PBS [...]

]]> By: Grant Notes: Foundation Funders Find Us and the Helping Organizations and Programs Expand (HOPE III) http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-17509 Grant Notes: Foundation Funders Find Us and the Helping Organizations and Programs Expand (HOPE III) Mon, 22 Mar 2010 01:47:08 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/#comment-17509 [...] in “Foundations and the Future,” I wrote that, “we’ve never been called by funders asking how the process might be [...] [...] in “Foundations and the Future,” I wrote that, “we’ve never been called by funders asking how the process might be [...]

]]> By: Tracy W http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Tracy W Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:48:42 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/#comment-721 I've come to your blog from the Creative capitalism one. This all makes sense to me, depressing though it is. If companies get more into CSR we will see more of these pathologies. I’ve come to your blog from the Creative capitalism one. This all makes sense to me, depressing though it is.

If companies get more into CSR we will see more of these pathologies.

]]> By: Dee-El http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Dee-El Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:33:56 +0000 http://blog.seliger.com/2008/01/23/foundations-and-the-future/#comment-24 "The longer version: most foundations seem to be run chiefly for the social prestige and well-being of the people running them." BINGO! Well I guess I should pack my bags and rescind my membership in our local foundation...The above is exactly what I am fighting AGAINST! Those that think they are of a higher social class than anyone else...but I will read on! “The longer version: most foundations seem to be run chiefly for the social prestige and well-being of the people running them.”

BINGO! Well I guess I should pack my bags and rescind my membership in our local foundation…The above is exactly what I am fighting AGAINST! Those that think they are of a higher social class than anyone else…but I will read on!

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