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The debate over what ails philanthropy heats up

  • Written by: David Campbell, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Michael Bloomberg, Robert F. Smith and MacKenzie Bezos are among the big givers making headlines.AP Photo/Elise Amendola; Reuters/Lucy Nicholson; AP Photo/Dennis Van Tine

The Binghamton University students taking a philanthropy class I’ve been teaching for years have made more than US$150,000 in grants to local charities since 2009. Because...

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