Lessons From a Men’s-Leadership Program
NEW BOOKS Ending Violence Against Women in Eastern Congo: Preparing Men to Advocate for Women’s Rights, describes efforts to engage Congolese men in mobilizing and supporting Congolese women. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been embroiled in conflict for several years, and sexual attacks…
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Report Describes How Grant Makers Can Find Their Place During a Disaster
NEW BOOKS Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations, 2007 Edition, is the product of a collaboration between the European Foundation Centre and the Council on Foundations. The report includes “broad principles, lessons from experience, examples of good and bad…
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Economist Suggests Field Trials to Improve Aid Projects
NEW BOOKS Making Aid Work
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A Handbook for American Muslim Charities
NEW BOOKS Islamic Perspective on Charity: A Comprehensive Guide for Running a Muslim Nonprofit in the U.S.
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NEW BOOKS The Great Philanthropists and the Problem of “Donor Intent,” Third Edition
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Finding Money to Support Land Trusts
NEW BOOKS A Field Guide to Conservation Finance
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A Veteran Fund Raiser Makes a Transition to Grant Maker
When Douglas Bitonti Stewart got his first job in fund raising, as an 18-year-old ALSO SEE: TEXTBOX: About Douglas Bitonti Stewart, Executive Director of the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation conducting research on potential donors for Michigan State University’s capital campaign, he was…
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Report Studies Progress in U.S. Child-Welfare Systems
NEW BOOKS Places to Watch: Promising Practices to Address Racial Disproportionality in Child Welfare, discusses efforts to decrease racial disparity in child-welfare systems across the United States. The publication quotes a 2004 Pew Commission report that indicated that, though minority children…
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Gay and Lesbian Charities Received $53-Million in 2005, Report Finds
NEW BOOKS Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations: A Report by Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues, reviews grants made to lesbian and gay causes in 2005. That year, foundations awarded $52.8-million — a record high — to support marriage rights, employment…
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A Guide to Making Charitable Gifts
NEW BOOKS Circle of Giving: Donors’ Stories of Wisdom, by Janet K. Ginn, recounts some of the powerful experiences philanthropists have had while helping needy people or supporting institutions. This book is meant to guide and encourage new donors by offering tips on choosing what charitable cause…
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