Digest: Studies, Books, Web Sites, and Other Publications

Part of the "Foundations Today" series of annual research reports on foundation growth and giving, findings presented here are based on aggregate fiscal data collected by the Foundation Center on all active U.S. foundations.

Smarter Outsourcing for Grantmakers

September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

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."

Art and Upheaval

September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 326 pages. Published by New Village Press, PO Box 3049 Oakland, CA, 94609,  (510) 420-1361, www.newvillagepress.net

Good & Plenty

September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2006, 196 pages. Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, NJ, 08540, (609) 258-4900, press.princeton.edu

September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 104 pages. The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, www.urban.org; The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10003, www.foundationcenter.org; GuideStar, 4801 Courthouse Street, Suite 220, Williamsburg, VA, 23188, www.guidestar.org

Social Effects of Culture

September 30, 2008 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 43 pages. Hill Strategies Research, Inc., Hamilton, Ontario, (877) 445-5494, www.hillstrategies.com

http://www.hillstrategies.com/docs/Social_effects_culture.pdf