3 Cheers for the Little Guys
Let’s hear it for the small foundations—those with assets of less than $50 million, as defined by the Foundation Source and the subject of its Annual Report on Private Foundations 2015.
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These “little guys” are certainly doing right by the charities they fund. In every category, from the very small (assets under $1 million) to the large small (assets between $10 and $50 million), the 769 small foundations in this study gave more in 2014 than they did in 2013. Across all categories, Read more
Giving Women
Recently, I watched The New York Times’ Op-Doc “Great Expectations for Female Lawyers” After reading the documentarian’s introduction, I was quite nervous as to what I would see and hear. I shouldn’t have been, as, unfortunately, I knew exactly what to expect: as professional women, we still have miles to go before we rest. Female attorneys still have to make choices about career, family, balance; they are still not climbing the ladder at a pace with men; they are still a minority at the top Read more
