Philanthropic practice
2007, 29 pages. Grantcraft, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10017, 212-573-4879, www.grantcraft.org
http://www.grantcraft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewpage&pageid=840
Read More...2008, 70 pages. Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10003,
(212) 620-4230, www.foundationcenter.org
2008, 77 pages. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, 6 West 48th Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY, 10036, (212) 812-4335, www.rockpa.org
http://rockpa.org/pdfs/Philanthropy_in_a_Changing_Society_full.pdf
Read More...2005, 5 pages. TCC Group, 31 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 949-0990
http://www.tccgrp.com/pdfs/per_brief_outsourcing.pdf
This paper argues that private companies are not the only organizations outsourcing key functions, but that funders are, as well. Some believe that these external helpers can do the work more efficiently or effectively. The paper asks what types of funders are outsourcing, why they are doing so, and what functions can best be "farmed out."
Read More...2007, 12 pages. Philanthropy Northwest, 2505 Third Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA, 98121,
(206) 443-8430, www.philanthropynw.org
http://www.philanthropynw.org/pressroom/Trends/Trends_FNL.pdf
Read More...2008, 198 pages. Published by Indiana University Press, 601 North Morton Street, Bloomington, IN, 47404, (800) 842-6796, www.iupress.indiana.edu
This book presents a new way of thinking about the meaning and mission of philanthropy. Weaving together theoretical explanations with examples of philanthropic action, it advances scholarly debate about philanthropy and offers practitioners a way of explaining the rationale for their nonprofit efforts.
Read More...2008, 197 pages. Published by Indiana University Press, 601 North Morton Street, Bloomington, IN, 47404, (800) 842-6796, www.iupress.indiana.edu
Read More...“What are we doing to cultivate new generations of arts activistsartists, arts managers and arts philanthropers?” This questionoften asked and long massagedhas an equal number of answers to the individuals attempting to answer it. Under the broader umbrella of inspiring young people to make a differencethrough the arts or otherwiseDo Something is an organization that is effectively answering that question with meaningful action.
Read More...Founded in 2003 by GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter and producer Dallas Austin, the Dallas Austin Foundation, Inc. (DAF) aims to transform the lives of young people by enriching their educational experiences through the use of music and film.
Read More...Danny Newman, who died last year (2007) at the age of eighty-eight, was a major post- World War II patron of the arts, but his contributions were not personal checks. Rather, they lay in helping arts companiestheaters, orchestras, dance groups, operasbuild strong, committed audiences, providing the sound financial basis they needed to survive and flourish. His major tool was the promotion of subscriptions, a wide-ranging effort embodied in his book Subscribe Now! Building Arts Audiences through Dynamic Subscription Promotion.
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