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"The Foundation: A Great American Secret," a talk by Author Joel Fleishman

On Tuesday, December 4th at New York University, Joel Fleishman—one of the nation's leading authorities on America's foundations—delivered a talk about his recent book, The Foundation: A Great American Secret, (Public Affairs, 2007, 357 pp.), at a free lunchtime conversation and book signing hosted by the George H. Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

A professor of law and public policy at Duke University, and former president of the Atlantic Philanthropic Service Company, Fleishman spoke on a range of topics: how foundation investments affect public priorities, why some foundations succeed and others fail, and whether foundations should be more accountable to the public.