Guide Informs Grant Makers About Shareholder Voting
NEW BOOKS Proxy Season Preview Spring 2007: Helping Foundations Align Mission and Investment, provides a guide to forthcoming shareholder votes on corporate practices and policies. The publication offers some background information on proxy voting and organizations that are involved in shareholder…
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A Guide to Lending Capital to People in Developing Countries
NEW BOOKS A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and the Business Solution for Ending Poverty
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NEW BOOKS Angels in the American Theater: Patrons, Patronage, and Philanthropy
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Dr. Stubbs has dedicated the past two decades of his life to bringing much-needed technology — like chocolate-milk transfusions, red-nose transplants, and “kitty CAT” scans — to pediatric hospital wards around the country. “Dr. Stubbs” is Michael Christensen, the creator of Clown Care, a community…
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How to Strengthen the Relationship Between Educators and Foundations
NEW BOOKS Reconnecting Education & Foundations: Turning Good Intentions Into Educational Capital
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Charities Can Benefit From Upgrading Technology, Book Says
NEW BOOKS Nonprofits & Technology: Emerging Research for Usable Knowledge
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Book Offers Tips on Learning to Serve Others
NEW BOOKS Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World
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75 Foundations Honored for Outstanding Communications Materials
The Council on Foundations this week honored 75 foundations for creating outstanding annual and biennial reports, newsletters, public-information campaigns, special reports, and Web sites. The 23rd annual Wilmer Shields Rich Awards — named for the council’s first executive director, who led the…
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$100-Million Gift Goes to University of Virginia Leadership School
The University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, has received $100-million from Frank Batten Sr., founder of Landmark Communications, to create the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Mr. Batten, 79, is a 1950 graduate of the institution. With this commitment, the university, which…
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A Different Approach to Grant Making for Philanthropic Families
NEW BOOKS Legacy & Innovation: A Guidebook for Families on Social Change Philanthropy, by Stephanie Yang and Changemakers, looks at how family foundations can pursue social-justice work. In particular, the book focuses on ways for grant makers to provide “people in need with the means to solve…
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