A Peek at the Job Histories of Grant Makers
111 Visionary Program Officers: A Who’s Who of Progressive Foundations, by Mac McLean and Michael Shuman, publishes the resumes of grant makers who participated in a survey intended to shed light on their backgrounds. Each entry lists the person’s employment history, education, honors and awards,…
Charities Make Great Business Partners, Say Authors
Making Money While Making a Difference: How to Profit with a Nonprofit Partner
Author Urges Combining of Sacred and Secular to Fight Poverty
Just Generosity: A New Vision for Overcoming Poverty in America
Wealthy Foundations Gave Record Amount in 1998, Study Finds
Foundation Giving Trends: Update on Funding Priorities, 2000 Edition
Paper Examines How Welfare Shift Shook Up California
Reflections on the Impact of Devolution on California, by Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, explores how the state has been coping with new responsibilities stemming from welfare restructuring. Ms. Ross writes that reductions in federal benefits to legal immigrants…
Report Documents Rough Start for Urban Babies
The Right Start: Conditions of Babies and Their Families in America’s Largest Cities reports that many children born in cities suffer disadvantages not shared by suburban or rural babies. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Baltimore, analyzed the 1997 births in 55 U.S. cities according to certain…
The Times Favor Fund Raising, Author Says
Successful Fundraising, Second Edition: a Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals
Directory Profiles 2,500 Corporate Grant Makers
National Directory of Corporate Giving, Sixth Edition
Denver Tycoon Vows to Support Scholarships
Bill Daniels, a Denver cable-television mogul, has promised to leave the bulk of his $1.1-billion estate to a foundation he began in 1997. The Daniels Fund will use 30 per cent of the windfall to finance a college-scholarship program for students from low-income families and the remainder to…