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SSIR blogger John Brothers the Principal of Cuidiu Consulting, a Senior Fellow in executive leadership with the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Wagner School for Public Service.

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The Key to Capacity Building Is Funding Long-Term Health Not Short-Term Workouts

Philanthropists: Rather than making periodic grants that focus on capacity building, embed capacity-building funding into each and every grant you make.

By John Brothers | 10 | Jun. 2, 2011
 

Social Innovations

Charter Schools and Unions: Good Ideas in Conflict?

Unionizing charter-school teachers bring to light the ever-present income inequity that takes place within the nonprofit sector.

By Kelly Kleiman | Apr. 20, 2009
 

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