Study of Organizational Growth Within Groups That Help Young People
Growth of Youth-Serving Organizations examines the trends affecting charities that work with young people as those groups increase their assets and expand their staff. The report, based on a yearlong study commissioned by the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, says that as a consequence of growth,…
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Report Evaluates Those Who Evaluate “Social Entrepreneurship”
Measuring Innovation: Evaluation in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship, by Mark R. Kramer, examines the ways in which grant makers who support efforts that encourage “social entrepreneurship” assess the success of their grantees. The report, based on research and interviews with people involved…
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A Trustee’s Manual for Setting Executive Compensation
Dollars and Sense: The Nonprofit Board’s Guide to Determining Chief Executive Compensation, by Brian H. Vogel and Charles W. Quatt, says that nonprofit trustees must execute a “careful balancing act” in deciding how to compensate their chief executives. While a good salary and benefits are…
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Report Assesses Benefits of Combining Overseas Study With Community Service
Service-Learning Across Cultures: Promise and Achievement
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Founder of Independent Sector Reflects on Half-Century of Public Service
Fifty Years in Public Causes: Stories From a Road Less Traveled
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Mixing Business and Altruism Nets Gifts From College Alumni
Barry Friedman, a home-mortgage consultant in California, Md., and a sailing enthusiast, wanted to lend his professional services to raise money for a new boathouse at his alma mater, St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Beginning last fall, he looked to other St. Mary’s graduates and fellow sailors to…
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Books Help Charities Raise Money
Helen Hicks, executive director of the Food Bank of Oakland County, in Michigan, says she is always on the lookout for people who might listen to her stories from the front lines of the fight against hunger. She says that people are so struck by her tales of older people who can’t make their Social…
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Couple Donates $93-Million to Foundation Dedicated to Improving Care of Pets
Dave Duffield, founder of the software company PeopleSoft, and his wife, Cheryl, have donated $93-million to a foundation they established in 1999 to promote the well-being of pets. The Duffields had previously donated $200-million to the foundation. The money will be used to expand the grant…
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Guide to Bridging the Corporate-Nonprofit Divide
Working With the Business Sector: Pursuing Public Good With Private Partners explores the potential for collaboration between the business and the philanthropic worlds. The guidebook gives advice on how private foundations can collaborate with corporations to finance projects of mutual interest,…
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Debating the Role of Religion in U.S. Politics
One Electorate Under God? A Dialogue on Religion and American Politics, edited by E.J. Dionne Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, and Kayla M. Drogosz, is a collection of essays that explore how religious beliefs relate to the obligations and responsibilities of American policy makers. Anchoring the book is…
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