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Philanthropy’s Buzzwords of the Decade

The 10 phrases I have chosen to show the steady rise in market-based solutions for social problem solving, technology’s infiltration of all things fund raising, and a shift in attention from local to global.



By Lucy Bernholz | Jan. 5, 2011
 

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The author takes a crystal ball to the 2009 economic landscape.

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