Trust, Service, and the Common Purpose: Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in a Changing America
April 23, 1998 - April 26, 1998
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This 1998 project explored the challenges facing the rapidly changing non-profit and philanthropic sectors in America as well as the wider societal transformations that shaped their roles.  Participants recommended strategies for strengthening accountability in the sector and encouraged sector leaders to look to business for successful models of outcomes-driven investment and evaluation. 

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James Steinberg

James Steinberg is currently Deputy Secretary of State. He was previously the Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and cosponsor of The American Assembly's Next Generation Project. He will assume the position of Dean and Professor of Social Science, International Affairs, and Law at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in the summer of 2011.