Foundation Officials Debate Watchdog Recommendations
By Ian Wilhelm
Chronicle of Philanthropy
May 6, 2009
A recent report from the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy has roiled the foundation world, and during the Council on Foundations meeting several philanthropy officials debated the committee's recommendations for good grant making.
The foundation watchdog's contentious report, which was released in March, encouraged foundations to award at least 50 percent of their grants to disadvantaged populations, to provide a total of 6 percent of their assets to charities each year, and made other recommendations for "philanthropy at its best."
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