Research on Improving the Performance of Grant Makers
Agile Philanthropy: Understanding Foundation Effectiveness, by Joel J. Orosz, Cynthia C. Phillips, and Lisa Wyatt Knowlton, describes the growing attention researchers are devoting to determining how grant makers can better work with grantees to accomplish charitable goals. Mr. Orosz is a professor…
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Ready in Defense: a Liability, Litigation, and Legal Guide for Nonprofits
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The Writings of John W. Gardner
Living, Leading, and the American Dream
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Grant Making for Social Change
Understanding Social Justice Philanthropy, by John Hunsaker and Brenda Hanzl, encourages foundations to use their grants not just to provide food to the hungry and medical care to uninsured people, but ultimately to reduce, or even eliminate, the problems of needy people. Mr. Hunsaker, a research…
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Tax and Legal Guide for Charities in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
The Paper Chase: Nonprofit Filings, Forms, and Record-Keeping: Sixth Edition provides an overview of the legal and tax documents that are required for charities in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The guide, published by the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington and Washington Area…
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Tips for Charitable Fund Raising
Over Goal!: What You Must Know to Excel at Fundraising Today
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Questions in Humanitarian Relief
Basics of International Humanitarian Missions
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Juvenile-Justice Agencies and Religious Groups Collaborating to Help Youths
Moving Beyond the Walls: Faith and Justice Partnerships Working for High-Risk Youth, by Tracey A. Hartmann, evaluates how well religious organizations were able to work with each other and with juvenile-justice agencies in a project that sought to reduce crime and provide services for high-risk…
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Improving Services for Homeless People
Holes in the Safety Net: Mainstream Systems and Homelessnesspresents some of the failures of government-financed programs for homeless people, and suggests ways in which foundations can improve social services to the homeless. This report, prepared by Katharine Gale Consulting, in Berkeley, Calif.,…
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The Lives of 12 Philanthropists in the 19th and 20th Centuries
By Their Bootstraps: the Lives of Twelve Gilded Age Social Entrepreneurs, by Martin Morse Wooster, offers brief biographical sketches of a dozen individuals who worked to improve society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. Wooster, a visiting fellow at the Capital Research Center, in…
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