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Carla Wright Gentles – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative correlational research included examination of whether relationships exist between philanthropic revenue, employment, and philanthropic research in the year 2019 for US philanthropic organizations. As US government resources decrease and societal needs increase, the reliance on philanthropic support to bridge unmet societal needs…
Descriptors: Private Financial Support, Income, Employment, Philanthropic Foundations
Janae Asali Oliver – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study explored the influence of racialized lived experiences (RLEs) on equitable decision-making among philanthropic leaders, employing a narrative inquiry approach. It examined how diversity within philanthropy, beyond tokenistic representation, can introduce a wide range of perspectives that enhance equitable decision-making…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Grantsmanship
John Garcia III – ProQuest LLC, 2016
This capstone documents a strategic project at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation aimed at increasing college readiness and postsecondary success by creating greater alignment and shared collaboration between K-12 and postsecondary systems within the education sector. The core of the strategic project included an analysis culminating in a…
Descriptors: Philanthropic Foundations, Private Financial Support, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
Jaumont, Fabrice – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This discussion encompasses the specifics of a partnership between leading U.S. foundations---the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Ford Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Kresge Foundation. This analysis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Philanthropic Foundations, Educational Development, Higher Education
Murphy, Nora F. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this research was trifold. First, it was an attempt to gain an understanding of the experiences of fourteen unaccompanied, homeless youth between the ages of 18 and 24, living in the Twin Cities metro area, who have utilized services at two or more of the six grantee organizations. The second purpose was to understand how the shared…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Young Adults, Experience, Metropolitan Areas
Lechuga, Deborah Chang – ProQuest LLC, 2010
College and university leaders must remain responsive to their environments by promoting institutional innovation and change. External grant-funders, such as foundations, view themselves as initiators of change. Foundations can provide the necessary tools to jump start innovation within colleges and universities. However, despite the best…
Descriptors: Innovation, Program Effectiveness, Organizational Change, Liberal Arts