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Fixing Neighborhoods from the Outside In

Date: July 23, 2015
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  • Environmental Issues
  • Philanthropy & Social Impact

What happens when you fix up abandoned buildings in inner-city Philadelphia neighborhoods? Besides improving the look of the space, minor building remediation can cause…

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“I have the report- now what?” 7 Questions to Ask When Reading Program Evaluations

Date: July 16, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Philanthropy & Social Impact

Program evaluations provide answers to a key question: “Did this program work in a particular population and setting?” For funders who haven’t been trained…

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Tips for Avoiding Fraud: Donors Lessons from the $187 Million Cancer Charity Scam

Date: July 9, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Philanthropy & Social Impact

The “Best of” Sirius XM Business Radio Powered by Wharton includes guidance on something that all donors care about- avoiding scams. In a recent…

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Why We’ve Failed: Lessons Learned from the US War on Drugs

Date: June 25, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Substance Use

America’s War on Drugs has been raging for decades, with specific implications for people with substance use disorders (SUDs). However, recent trends in marijuana…

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American giving after the recession: Back on track, with room to grow

Date: June 18, 2015
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  • Philanthropy & Social Impact

Has charitable giving in the U.S. recovered from the Great Recession? The answer seems to be yes—but that giving might not look the same…

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Lifting the burden of addiction: Mythbuster edition

Date: June 11, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Substance Use

Substance use has been making headlines lately as heroin use skyrockets, but in the coverage of this “quiet epidemic,” there’s been little information about…

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Our Latest Guidance: Philanthropy & Substance Use Disorders

Date: June 4, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Center Updates
  • Substance Use

The Center for High Impact Philanthropy is excited to announce our upcoming guidance, Lifting the Burden of Addiction: Philanthropic opportunities to address substance use disorders…

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Feedback Loops: Cultivating Relationships for Better Outcomes

Date: May 28, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Philanthropy & Social Impact

How ya doin? Here in the northeastern part of the United States that question (along with its variants, ‘What’s up?’, ‘How’s it going’) is…

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Dick Henriques, retired CFO of Gates Foundation, joins the Center for High Impact Philanthropy

Date: May 21, 2015
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  • Center Updates

This week, the Center for High Impact Philanthropy is pleased to announce that Richard “Dick” Henriques will be joining our team as a Senior…

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UPDATE on Nepal Earthquakes: How Can I Help?

Date: May 15, 2015
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  • Blogs
  • Disasters & Downturns

This post updates our original guidance posted 3 days after the April 25 earthquake, as well as an update issued last week. It synthesizes…

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