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		<title>A Family Foundation Convenes a County</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2013/12/03/a-family-foundation-convenes-a-county/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2013 19:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF What would it look like for a family foundation to convene citizens of an entire county to develop a vision for the future? This is what ASF member The Dresher Foundation did in November at Connect Harford, in partnership with Maryland’s Harford Community College. I attended the event to witness this striking [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=3652&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership Is Available to Everyone</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2013/05/23/leadership-is-available-to-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 13:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF When we see people in philanthropy speak out, advocate, and mobilize communities, it’s natural to assume they are inherently different from us. We marvel at their boldness. We assume they are extroverted. Full of charisma. Fearless. Yet we now understand that deciding to act boldly is the culmination of a journey that, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=3421&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why We Convene</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2013/04/24/why-we-convene/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Elaine Gast Fawcett on behalf of ASF When it comes to learning about important issues and moving the needle in the right direction, convening is a low-cost and high-impact leadership tool you can’t overlook. In fact, many consider it to be a funder’s most underrated. In part 1 of a 2-part series on convening, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=3348&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small Foundations Embrace Advocacy to Catalyze Change</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2013/03/05/small-foundations-embrace-advocacy-to-catalyze-change/</link>
		<comments>http://philanthrofiles.org/2013/03/05/small-foundations-embrace-advocacy-to-catalyze-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ASF]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF This post, based on research by ASF Senior Program Manager Andy Carroll as part of ASF&#8217;s Leadership Initiative, was originally featured on the Bolder Advocacy blog. An initiative of the Alliance for Justice, Bolder Advocacy equips nonprofits and foundations with the knowledge and tools to advocate effectively. People who believe in advocacy as a strategy for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=3242&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Foundation Leadership: Mobilizing Support to Protect Public Health</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/05/29/foundation-leadership-mobilizing-support-to-protect-public-health/</link>
		<comments>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/05/29/foundation-leadership-mobilizing-support-to-protect-public-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 18:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF One of ASF’s goals in developing a portrait of leadership in small foundations is to identify funders that provide leadership. The Sunflower Foundation in Kansas is one such leader in our field. According to ASF’s research: Small foundation leaders have passion and use their foundation’s freedom and access to become knowledgeable [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=1316&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Noticing Nonprofit Redundancy, Taking Action</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/04/26/noticing-nonprofit-redundancy-taking-action/</link>
		<comments>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/04/26/noticing-nonprofit-redundancy-taking-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Stuller Family Foundation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF  Last month, I interviewed Nan Pugh of Pugh Family Foundation for ASF’s Leadership Initiative. She was amazing—smart, enthusiastic, committed, curious. One of the themes Nan talked about was that foundations are leaders because they set agendas and set directions. An example she offered was that her foundation is concerned when they [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=1060&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Small Foundation Leadership: A Portrait Emerges</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/04/09/small-foundation-leadership-a-portrait-emerges/</link>
		<comments>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/04/09/small-foundation-leadership-a-portrait-emerges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ASF]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Andy Carroll]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF Leadership can be defined in literally hundreds of ways. This is why ASF knows we can’t take an “off the shelf” definition of small foundation leadership. Instead, by taking time to explore leadership in small foundations, ASF will be better able to validate, nurture, and celebrate it. And, by nurturing leadership, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=966&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership in Small Foundations</title>
		<link>http://philanthrofiles.org/2012/03/05/leadership-in-small-foundations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andy Carroll, ASF ASF is launching a Leadership Initiative. Does it sound like it’s about being a trustee of a small foundation, or top executive? That is part of it. But our look at leadership is even bigger. For one thing, we believe every individual working at a small foundation can lead, including founders, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=philanthrofiles.org&#038;blog=32236902&#038;post=283&#038;subd=philanthrofiles&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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