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April 2012
Past Event
A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy

A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
April 19, 2012
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19
April 2012
Past Event

1015 15th Street, N.W., 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005

Speakers:
William Schambra,

Hudson Senior Fellow and Director, Bradley Center for Philanthropy & Civic Renewal

Paul Brest,

President of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Stanley Katz,

Professor of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Heather Peeler,

Vice President for Programs at Grantmakers for Effective Organizations

Dane Stangler,

Director of Research at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

No one has done more to promote the cause of strategic or "outcome-oriented" philanthropy over the past decade than Paul Brest, outgoing president of California's William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. His recent essay on the theory and practice of this approach in the Stanford Social Innovation Review was the focus of discussion at this panel.

Required Reading

Paul Brest, A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2012

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