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Gratitude Isn’t a Platitude

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Gratitude Isn’t a Platitude

Fair warning: We’re gonna get personal in this post. That’s because we’re feeling extra reflective this holiday season. We both […]

Grants From Donor-Advised Funds Totaled $19.08 Billion in 2017

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Grants From Donor-Advised Funds Totaled $19.08 Billion in 2017

Grants awarded from donor-advised funds in the United States in 2017 totaled a record $19.08 billion, up 19.9 percent from […]

A Passionate, Personal Drive for Performance

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A Passionate, Personal Drive for Performance

When reading the Chronicle of Philanthropy's May 1 feature story on the Leap Ambassadors Community, we got a kick out of a quotation by our friend Brad Dudding, the brilliant COO of the Center for Employment Opportunities. Perhaps channeling Mario, Dudding pulled off a rare triple mixed metaphor...

Kering Foundation Awards 2018

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Kering Foundation Awards 2018

Lang Italia in the experts group of the “Connecting for impact” workshop, with the 7 winning social entrepreneurs and other stakeholders, to brainstorm and understand how smart local solutions can reach a wider impact to combat violence against women

Impact Investing Market Growing, Diversifying, Survey Finds

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Impact Investing Market Growing, Diversifying, Survey Finds

The global impact investing market is growing and becoming more diverse, with both impact and financial returns in line with investors' expectations, a report from the Global Impact Investing Network finds

A Revolution of Capital

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A Revolution of Capital

Clara Miller, President Emerita of the Heron Foundation, defines a trajectory of development for a more collaborative and results-oriented institutional philanthropy

Leap Update: 28 Fixes

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Leap Update: 28 Fixes

Three years ago, when the Leap Ambassadors Community released the first version of the Performance Imperative (PI), the ambassadors made it clear that they would practice what they preach about learning and improvement by collecting feedback and eventually producing a version 2.0

The Impact Evangelist

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The Impact Evangelist

The Chronicle of Philanthropy acknowledges the "Leap Ambassadors Community" launched by Mario Morino and its work toward helping funders and their grantees build and sustain high-performing organizations

Social Impact Investing for the Public Administration

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Social Impact Investing for the Public Administration

Over April 10-11-12 aprile the first of the four modules of the ”IFISE – innovative Financial Instruments in support to the Social Economy” project funded by the European Commission took place in Turin

‘Audacious Project’ Announces Grants Totaling $406 Million

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‘Audacious Project’ Announces Grants Totaling $406 Million

The Audacious Project, a philanthropic collaborative launched earlier this month by TED, a nonprofit devoted "to ideas worth spreading," has announced grants totaling $406 million to seven initiatives

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