Board members pull together to help a charity raise money and expand programs Betty Masi, president of the board of SOS Children’s Villages-Florida, has an ambitious list of goals for the child-welfare charity, which provides housing and other services to 55 foster children in Coconut Creek, Fla.…
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Foundations Give 11 Percent of Grant Money to Social-Justice Causes, Report Says
Social Justice Grantmaking: A Report on Foundation Trends, analyzes foundation grants made in 1998 to 2002 to projects designed to enhance opportunities for people who are disadvantaged economically, politically, and socially. The report says that of the more than 1,000 foundations studied, 749…
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A Slideshow on Strategic Planning
Presenting: Strategic Planning, Choosing the Right Method for Your Nonprofit Organization, by Michela M. Perrone and Janis Johnston, consists of a PowerPoint presentation on CD-ROM and a user’s guide written for nonprofit board and staff members who are considering whether to develop a strategic…
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How Churches Can Win Grant Money
Aligning Your Church To Receive Abundance: Faith-Based Grants, by Beverly A. Browning, a consultant and author, maps out the steps churches should take in seeking grant money from foundations and government agencies. Ms. Browning explains the 2002 executive order that extended federal grant making…
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Why Going It Alone Is Rarely the Best Strategy for Charities
Forming Alliances: Working Together to Achieve Mutual Goals
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Trustees and the Arts: a Guidebook
The Art of Governance: Boards in the Performing Arts
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The Walt Disney Company has donated its collection of African art to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, in Washington, one of several museums vying for the gift. While neither Disney nor the Smithsonian has estimated the gift’s value, experts cited in the Los Angeles…
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Essays Examine Ageless Fund-Raising Questions
New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising: Reprising Timeless Topics, No. 47, edited by Lilya Wagner and Timothy L. Seiler, of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, collects previously published essays that remain relevant to fund raisers today. Contributors, including H. Peter Karoff,…
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Report Measures Impact of Gates Foundation’s Transitional-Housing Program
Evaluation of the Sound Families Initiative: A Closer Look at Homeless Families’ Lives During and After Supportive Transitional Housing assesses the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $40-million project to combine transitional housing and support services for homeless families in Washington State.…
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Uplifting a People: African American Philanthropy and Education
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