Serving the Public Trust: Insights Into Fundraising Research and Practice, Volume 2

Serving the Public Trust: Insights Into Fundraising Research and Practice, Volume 2contains four papers prepared for the 1999 Think-Tank on Fund-Raising Research, organized by the Research Council of the National Society of Fund Raising Executives (now the Association of Fundraising Professionals) and other associations. The papers discuss the issue of public trust and policy in charity fund raising. In “Law, Politics, and Charities in the Post-Liberal Era,” Peter Dobkin Hall writes that lawyers, nonprofit scholars, and trustees have imperiled the future of the nonprofit sector by focusing on legal and regulatory concerns instead of the organizations’ responsibilities for building active citizenship. “Nonprofit Accountability in the Information Age,” by Janet S. Greenlee, discusses how new data sources such as online Internal Revenue Service Form 990s will change the level of accountability for nonprofit organizations and their employees. James M. Greenfield and Richard F. Larkin in “Public Accountability” offer both practical and theoretical suggestions for nonprofit organizations that seek to show the public how they conduct business. In “The 800-Pound Canary in Philanthropy’s Coal Mine: Trends in Religious Giving,” John and Sylvia Ronsvalle look at trends in religious giving to make larger points about the philanthropic landscape and quality of life in the United States. Paul P. Pribbenow, the editor, is dean for college advancement at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind. This volume is part of the series New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

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