Thursday, February 08, 2007

Maine Initiatives breaks the mold

Maine Initiatives breaks the mold: "n the world of philanthropy, foundations are usually the well-endowed institutions headed by well-heeled people who give money to well-known charities. They do good work, fund needy causes and make few waves. Their donors are happy; their boards are happy; their grantees are happy.

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, many children of those foundations' founders decided they didn't want to work in the same way. So they started foundations that weren't like their fathers' and mothers' (and grandparents') foundations."

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