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Smart Money

General operating grants can be strategic – for nonprofits and foundations

Paul Brest

This article takes a look at strategic or effective philanthropy—funding which actively seeks to efficiently achieve a donor's goals—and assesses some ways in which strategic philanthropy is structured.

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