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Sep
16
2010
Citizen-Centered Solutions: What we’ve learned from Make It Your Own
by Jean Case
Today, we are pleased to share with you a new report, Citizen-Centered Solutions: Lessons in Leveraging Public Participation from the Make it Your Own Awards. The report takes a look at our experiments to inspire passionate people and teams to...
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Aug
24
2010
More than $: Insights from the Case Foundation-White House gathering on prizes, challenges and open grantmaking
by Jean Case
We're proud today to release a new report as part of our “Case Studies” from the spring gathering, Promoting Innovation: Prizes, Challenges and Open Grantmaking, a daylong strategy session we co-hosted along with the White House Office of Science...
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Jul
15
2010
Sharing lessons from America's Giving Challenge: A different approach
by Jean Case
After closing out the 2009 America's Giving Challenge late last year, which raised more than $2.1 million from 105,000 donations for nonprofits (in just 30 days) we made a commitment to conducting in-depth research to better understand the impact...
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May
04
2010
The painful acknowledgement of coming up short
by Jean Case
"So, what do we do next?" According to reports, that is the response Bill Gates offered upon learning that the Gates Foundation's $700 million polio effort had fallen short of stopping the disease from spreading throughout Africa. Indeed, instead of...
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Apr
30
2010
Public-Private strategy session with White House takes citizen participation to the next level
by Jean Case
This morning, I have the honor of kicking off the public-private strategy session we're hosting with the White House on driving innovation and civic dialogue through the use of prizes, challenges and open grantmaking. I feel a great sense of...
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Apr
28
2010
Dear Mom, here's your new iPad™
by Jean Case
Note 5/3/2011: This post kicked off our 2010 Mother’s Day iPad Giveaway. Be sure to check out and enter our latest Mother’s Day giveaway for a chance to win an iPad 2. Whether giving their time to their children, opening up their homes to friends...
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Mar
18
2010
Palestinian Venture Fund creates opportunity and optimism
by Jean Case
Following the Annapolis Israeli-Palestinian talks in 2007, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed a group of private-sector leaders to help ignite economic development in the West Bank. The idea was that the co-chairs would mobilize private...
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Mar
03
2010
Let's help the Special Olympics spread the word
by Jean Case
As many of you know, the Special Olympics holds an important place in the history of the Case Foundation - Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a dear friend, and her tireless effort and dedication to helping individuals with intellectual disabilities, which...
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Dec
30
2009
Looking back on 2009 and forward to 2010
by Jean Case
For many organizations, year-end is a time to reflect on accomplishments and lessons learned throughout the year. I think it’s fair to say that for all of us, both professionally and personally, 2009 can be described as a year of change, challenges...
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Dec
21
2009
Some reflections on giving this Holiday Season
by Jean Case
Giving – whether gifts for friends and family, giving back to your community by volunteering, or donating to the organizations you care about – is a central theme of the holiday season. Naturally, it’s a time of year when we at the Case Foundation...
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