(Modified) Strategic Health Philanthropy In Operation: Thirty Years Of Grant Making [healthaffairs.org]
After thirty years in health philanthropy at a small Kansas grantmaker, the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund , I realize that there is still much to learn. That is my principal advice to my colleagues continuing in philanthropy—do all you can to avoid certainty. Self-doubt is a tremendous asset, and far too few have it in our field. There is a strong tendency in philanthropy to believe that the rules you impose, the models you develop, and the forms you use are “right” and immutable. In...