Book Details Rule Governing Investments by Trustees
Investing and Managing Trusts Under the New Prudent Investor Rule
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On Fund-Raising Dinners and Other Events That Deliver
How to Produce Fabulous Fundraising Events: Reap Remarkable Returns with Minimal Effort
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Study Analyzes Effects of Foundation Spending Rates
Spending Policies and Investment Planning for Foundations: A Structure for Determining a Foundation’s Asset Mix, by Carter R. Harrison, Jr., argues for maintaining the current federal requirement that foundations distribute at least 5 per cent a year of net investment assets. ALSO SEE:To Live…
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Council on Foundations Issues Salary Survey
1999 Grantmakers Salary Report offers compensation data based on information provided to the Council on Foundations by 745 foundations and corporate-giving programs. ALSO SEE:Foundation Employees Saw Salaries Rise by 5 Per Cent, New Survey Finds The participating organizations held 43 per cent of…
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Why Charities Fail or Prosper: Scholars Find No “Silver Bullet”
Nonprofit Organizations in an Age of Uncertainty: A Study of Organizational Change By Joseph Galaskiewicz and Wolfgang Bielefeld After examining more than 300 non-profit organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul from 1980 to 1994, the authors write that it is their own analysis that has raised the…
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Fund Raisers Answer Frequently Asked Questions
The Grantseeker’s Answerbook: Fundraising Experts Respond to the Most Commonly Asked Questions By Jacqueline Ferguson, Laurel Drake-Major, and Michael V. Gershowitz Fund-raising fledglings as well as experienced grant seekers are the intended audience of this book, written in question-and-answer…
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M.I.T. Announces Campaign for $1.5-Billion
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it is seeking $1.5-billion in donations by June 2004. It joins 13 American higher-education institutions conducting campaigns for at least $1-billion. Fund raising for “Calculated Risks, Creative Revolutions” began in July 1997 and has…
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Software Program on Educational AidProgram Provides Grant-Maker Profiles
FC Scholar is a CD-ROM available from the Foundation Center that provides a data base of 3,200 grant makers that offer educational support for individuals through scholarships, loans, fellowships, research grants, and awards. The program offers nine search categories: by grant-maker name,…
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Author Touts Doing Good While Taking Time Off
Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others By Bill McMillon This book, now in its seventh edition, provides information on more than 250 organizations that cater to the altruistic tourist. Whether it entails maintaining youth hostels in Malta or watching manatees…
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Guide Explores How to Tap the Wealth of Nations
International Fund Raising for Not-for-Profits: A Country-by-Country Profile Edited by Thomas Harris This book assesses the potential for fund raising in 18 countries. It outlines legal and taxation issues in each nation. Authors from their respective nations examine the state of philanthropy in…
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