Articles tagged with: Short-term impact
Reflecting on Risk Taking and Ambition through an NGO Lens
by Sherine Jayawickrama
Steven Lawry’s five-part series on U.S. Philanthropy’s Shrinking Amibition has provided a lot of interesting food for thought. His analysis and arguments have caused me to reflect on how this set of issues …
U.S. Philanthropy’s Shrinking Ambition
by Steven Lawry
Independent US foundations working internationally have advantages that other kinds of donors, such as the World Bank and USAID, generally don’t. As private funders, foundations are better able to bear risk on behalf …
