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For Immediate Release
5/25/2006
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Spring 2006 Responsive Philanthropy Digs Deeper into Foundation-Nonprofit Dynamics Gone Awry
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Highlighted in this issue of Responsive Philanthropy are the Northwest Area Foundation and a coalition of urban Indian organizations who once sat at the same table to discuss poverty alleviation in urban Indian communities.

 

"Both the Northwest Area Foundation and the various Urban Indian Community groups are engaged fully, personally, and deeply in the theory and practice of fighting poverty," said NCRP Executive Director Rick Cohen. The two articles in this issue of Responsive Philanthropy highlight "the differences between a funder truly committed to anti-poverty work and some potential grant recipients who are no less committed to their communities and the socio-economic deprivation they face."

The three articles in the spring 2006 Responsive Philanthropy are as follows:

  • "The Same Goals through Different Lenses: A Foundation-Grantee Dialogue on Poverty, Gone Awry," in which Rick Cohen, executive director of NCRP, reflects on the power dynamics at play in the dialogue and highlights the critical issues that surface and should be addressed in foundation-grantee partnerships.
  • "The New Same Old Story," from the perspective of the urban Indian community organizations involved, is written by Nichole Maher, executive director of the Native American Youth and Family Center. Maher outlines conditions American Indians/Alaskan Natives face in their communities and discusses, in par
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