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To move from philanthropy to results, you need to ask six essential questions. Click the following to explore them.

This site is for philanthropic decision makers—individual donors and those around them (spouses, family members, trusted advisors) or foundation leaders and trustees—who are motivated first and foremost by the desire to make a real difference in the world.

Philanthropy News:

The $600 Billion Challenge 

(Fortune.com; Carole J. Loomis)

"Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, and Warren Buffett are asking the nation's billionaires to pledge to give at least half their net worth to charity, in their lifetimes or at death. If their campaign succeeds, it could change the face of philanthropy."

Donating $600 Billion is Just Step One 

(Chronicle Of Philanthropy; Susan Wolf Ditkoff, Thomas J. Tierney)

Philanthropists frequently aspire to be innovators and catalysts. Now they have a chance to step up to the challenge—by directing money toward programs that work and away from those that don’t and by being disciplined enough to hold themselves accountable for real results.

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