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Government and philanthropy spend $7 billion annually on programs related to youth employment.  Yet without engaging employers in shaping these programs, real progress in reducing youth unemployment isn't likely to happen.  This report from The Bridgespan Group explores promising e

Nonprofit organizations face a long list of challenges that start with fundraising and can include everything from meeting increasing demands for services to utilizing technology most effectively. Who do they turn to for assistance as they grapple with these issues?

The crises affecting our nation and the world have prompted philanthropists to become more organized, focused, and, perhaps above all, "strategic" in their efforts. The movement toward "strategic philanthropy" has already contributed to greater philanthropic effectiveness.

Leaders of community foundations agree on the importance of strategy, but new research indicates that few actually use it in the programmatic and donor-related work of their organizations.