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Health Affairs, 26, no. 6 (2007): 1776-1778 doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.26.6.1776 © 2007 by Project HOPE	New Online   Getting Health Reform Done   After the State of the Union   Incremental Reform   E-Health in Developing World   Most-Read Articles in 2009

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GRANTWATCH PERSPECTIVE

Understanding The Craft Of Philanthropy: Do We Make Something That Should Be Simple Too Complex?

James R. Knickman

This Perspective considers two key questions raised by John Billings: First, do philanthropies adequately evaluate their approaches to grant making when working to encourage social change? Second, could philanthropies better test ideas if they used less "merit-based" approaches to selecting grantees for demonstration projects?

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