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Leslie Lenkowsky

Leslie Lenkowsky

Clinical Professor and Director, Graduate Programs, Center on Philanthropy


Education
Ph.D., Harvard University, 1982
A.B., Franklin and Marshall College, 1968

Professional Experience

  • Corporation for National and Community Service, Washington, D.C., 2001-2003
  • Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1990-1997
  • Institute for Educational Affairs, Washington, D. C., 1985-1990
  • United States Information Agency, Washington, D. C., 1983-1984
  • Smith Richardson Foundation, Inc., New York, NY, 1976-1983
  • University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 1973-1974

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • Helene Waislitz Fellow, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, 2007
  • Honorary Degree, Franklin and Marshall College, 2002
  • Honorary Degree, John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio 2002
  • Honorary Degree, Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri.2003

Professional Interest
Nonprofits and public policy, civil society in comparative perspective, institutional grant-makers, volunteering and civic engagement, and education and social welfare policy, social entrepreneurship

Current Projects

  • Chapter on foundations and corporate philanthropy for second edition of Salamon, ed., The State of Nonprofit America
  • Participant in Fragile States Initiative, National Academy of Public Administration

Selected Publications
Full Vita

  • “Education and the Conservative Foundations,” (with James Piereson) in Reconnecting Education & Foundations: Turning Good Intentions into Educational Capital, Ray Bacchetti and Thomas Ehrlich, eds., Jossey-Bass, 2007
  • “The Politics of Doing Good: Philanthropic Leadership for the Twenty-First Century,” in Taking Philanthropy Seriously: Beyond Noble Intentions to Responsible Giving, William Damon and Susan Verducci, eds., Indiana University Press, 2006
  • “The ‘Best Uses’ of Philanthropy for Reform,” in With the Best of Intentions, Frederick M. Hess, ed., Harvard Education Press, 2005
  • “Can Government Build Community? Lessons from the National Service Program,” in Gifts of Time and Money, Arthur C. Brooks, ed., Rowman and Littlefield, 2005
  • “Foundations and Corporate Philanthropy,” The State of Nonprofit America, Lester M. Salamon, ed., Brookings Institution Press in collaboration with the Aspen Institute, 2002