Letters
Followers or leaders?
2 June 2008
Alliance magazine
The informative exchange between Joel Fleishman and Bill Schambra highlights two important issues in current philanthropic practice that are not explicitly addressed by either writer. First, despite Joel's claim that foundations have notably exercised leadership in finding 'innovative solutions to society's problems', most of the cases he cites actually involved foundations following the lead of other civil society groups (albeit aiding with early funding).
