Does Philanthropy Make a Difference?

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Associated Program:
John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
Speakers:
Christine Letts
Margaret McKenna
Sonal Shah
Mimi Corcoran
Co-Sponsors:
Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations
Women and Public Policy Program

Mimi Corcoran, Special Fund for Poverty Alleviation Director at the Open Society Foundations; Christine W. Letts, Interim Director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations; and Margaret McKenna, President Emeritus at Lesley University and former Walmart Foundation President participated in a discussion about the power, limitations and complications of philanthropy. IOP Fellow (Fall ’12) Sonal Shah moderated the conversation, which covered partnerships, social investing and the challenges of corporate foundations.