Book Offers Overview of Risk Management
Risk Management for Pensions, Endowments, and Foundations
By Caroline Preston
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Book Examines Relationship Between Religion and Social Welfare
A Public Charity: Religion and Social Welfare in Indianapolis, 1929-2002
By Caroline Preston
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Essays Explore Nonprofit Groups Working Globally
Creating a Better World: Interpreting Global Civil Society
By Caroline Preston
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$750-Million Donated to Vaccine Fund
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, has donated $750-million to the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization, which the foundation helped create in 2000 to increase the number of children in the developing world who get vaccinated. The foundation previously had spent $754-million…
By Caroline Preston
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Report Assesses Achievements and Failures of Grant-Making World
State of Philanthropy 2004 is a collection of essays evaluating the success of philanthropy in helping the nation’s neediest people. Written by leading figures in the nonprofit, advocacy, academic, and foundation worlds, the report describes how grant makers might support nonprofit groups in…
By Caroline Preston
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Overview of Charitable Support in the Aftermath of September 11
September 11: The Philanthropic Response is the final component of the Foundation Center’s three-year effort to assess the philanthropic world’s response to the September, 11, 2001, attacks. The volume presents an overview of the $1.1-billion in grant money provided by 1,339 foundations and…
By Caroline Preston
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Fighting HIV/AIDS Through Development and Humanitarian Efforts
Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes, by Sue Holden, explains how international organizations can respond to the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS without setting up special treatment or care programs. Ms. Holden, an honorary research associate at Lancaster University, in…
By Caroline Preston
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How to Get Hired (and Not Get Fired) as a Nonprofit Leader
The Not-for-Profit CEO: How to Attain & Retain the Corner Office
By Caroline Preston
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Study Offers Advice on Improving Scholarship Competitions
The Lucky Few and the Worthy Many
By Caroline Preston
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How to Make Culture Meaningful for Ordinary People
Cultural Democracy: The Arts, Community and the Public Purpose
By Caroline Preston
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