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Recent News from Barr Foundation


Barr Foundation grants $140000 to ProArts consortium
Foundation: Barr Foundation

The ProArts Consortium received a $140,000 grant from the Barr Foundation to develop its programs with six arts-focused colleges in Boston,...more

Barr Foundation Taps Irvine Foundation Leader as President
Foundation: Barr Foundation, James Irvine Foundation, Irvine Foundation

James Canales, chief executive of the James Irvine Foundation, announced Wednesday he will step down early next year to become the first president of the...more

West, Texas: Across the Philanthropic Divide | Daily Yonder | Keep It ...
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Waco Foundation

It's one measurement of the philanthropic gap between rural and urban America. .... and philanthropy — the dearth of foundation and corporate philanthropic...more

West, Texas: Across the Philanthropic Divide
Foundation: Barr Foundation, Boston Foundation, Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Waco Foundation

However, there is a much more powerful explanation related to a core problem in charity and philanthropy — the dearth of foundation and corporate philanthropic grantmaking for rural communities and...more



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Is Corporate Philanthropy Dead?


Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however,  cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.




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