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EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN PHILANTHROPY — 2009
The Development Training Institute $50,000
Ellicott City, MD
General support for programs to strengthen the capacity and leadership of community-development practitioners. Second payment of a two-year $100,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
Johns Hopkins University $5,000
Baltimore, MD
To support the Center for Civil Society Studies
 
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy $25,000
Washington, DC
General support, especially for NCRP's campaign to develop and promote "Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best". First payment of a two-year $50,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Neighborhood Funders Group, Inc. $20,000
Washington, DC
General support for a national membership association of grantmakers who fund community-based development First payment of a two-year $40,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation $150,000
Washington, DC
General support to support the implementation of the Success Measures Data System and training program for improving and demonstrating impact in communities. First payment of a two-year $300,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Philanthropy Northwest $5,000
Seattle, WA
Project support for PRI Makers Network
 
President & Fellows of Harvard College $30,000
Cambridge, MA
Project support for The Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development First payment of a two-year $60,000 grant approved in 2009.
 
Responsible Endowment Coalition $20,000
Philadelphai, PA
Project support to create a handbook to promote community investment by college and university endowments. Second payment of a two-year $30,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
The State of the USA $250,000
Washington, DC
General support to develop publicly accessible, credible, and relevant data on key indicators, developed in cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences, that measure the position and progress of the U.S. across a wide set of issues (e.g. assets, hou Second payment of a two-year $500,000 grant approved in 2008.
 
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