Report Describes How Grant Makers Can Find Their Place During a Disaster

NEW BOOKS

Disaster Grantmaking: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations, 2007 Edition, is the product of a collaboration between the European Foundation Centre and the Council on Foundations. The report includes “broad principles, lessons from experience, examples of good and bad practices, facts and figures, and a list of useful Web sites” related to disaster grant making. It offers a list of recommendations to help foundations respond and lend aid during a crisis. An index of recent and continuing challenges — including the 2004 tsunami, civil war in Darfur, and Hurricane Katrina — describes the situations and why each region is particularly vulnerable.

Publisher: Council on Foundations, 1828 L Street, N.W., Suite 300, Washington, D.C. 20036; (202) 466-6512; fax (202) 785-3926; http://www.cof.org; 40 pages; available free for download on the organization’s Web site; ISBN 1-932677-49-6.