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Tough Love From Funders as Radical Colleges Flunk Traditional Financing Model
Erik D'Amato
Tough Love From Funders as Radical Colleges Flunk Traditional Financing Model
Erik D'Amato

Hampshire College was founded in the 1960s in an effort to reinvent higher education. Now, like other similar institutions, the school is facing a financial crisis that threatens its existence. So far, foundations have shown little interest in coming to its rescue.

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With a Generation of New Donors Inheriting Trillions, How Can Nonprofits Boost Arts Giving?
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Mike Scutari
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Want Your Capital Campaign to Succeed? Here’s Some Candid Expert Advice
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What a Foundation’s Backing for "Social Impact Theatre" Says About the Arts Funding World
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Mike Scutari
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Why Does Hamilton’s Producer Want to Clone Giant Trees?
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How This Foundation Got Behind a Push to Bring Soccer Fields to Poor Kids Around the World
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Torch: Behind a Business Intelligence Platform for Philanthropy and the Social Sector
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Green Intermediaries: The Pooled Funds Connecting Donors to the Frontlines of Climate Change
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Listening and Evolving: How a Community Foundation Put Racial Equity at the Center of Its Work
Michael Hamill Remaley
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Debra Nussbaum Cohen
She Took on a Powerful Male Donor. Now She'll be Leading a Top Jewish Feminist Organization
Debra Nussbaum Cohen
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