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A scarcity mentality holds philanthropists back from investing in themselves in other ways. This includes a lack of investment in research, organizational learning, operations, infrastructure, and innovation.

One couple wanted to spend $1 million to reform public education across a 12-state region of the United States. On one hand, a million dollars is a lot of money. On the other hand, it would cover the salary of about 16 teachers. For one year. It's hard to reform public education by hiring 16 teachers for a one-year gig.

Unfortunately, this couple was not willing to invest the time and resources necessary to learn about the strengths and challenges of public education, best practices in education reform, or ways it could realistically make an impact with this level of investment. Nor were they interested in exploring how they could leverage their million dollars by partnering with existing education reform efforts. They wanted all their funds to support education. While noble in its intent, this approach would not help them reach their goal.