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Foundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doing

  • Written by Aaron Zeiler, Director of Partner Strategies - Center for Public Interest Communications, University of Florida
Foundations are using so many confusing words that few people can figure out what they’re doingTalking about your 'theory of change' may not help make your point.Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Moment via Getty Images

The United States has the largest philanthropic sector in the world. Foundations and similar grantmakers have US$1.5 trillion in assets and disburse more than $100 billion annually to everything from hospitals and museums to making...

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