Philanthropic practice

2004, 132 pages. National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 2001 S Street, Suite 620, Washington, DC, 20009, 202-332-5084, www.ncrp.org

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The lines between arts and environmental grantmaking often are sharply drawn. However, in the life of thriving communities, the two are integrally linked. As part of a roundtable discussion at last October's GIA conference, it was heartening to share vivid examples of how GIA members are exploring the intersections of environment and art.

As one of the three vice presidents of the Ford Foundation who issued the January 8, 2004 memo, I am fascinated and impressed by Ruby's description of Creative Capital's process for dealing with the memo. She and her colleagues correctly understood that Ford was not operating in a vacuum. We were responding to new Federal legislation that required us to review our own grantmaking and monitoring processes to insure that they conform to the new law. Importantly, we chose to make our values explicit in the memo rather than repeat the exact language of the legislation.

2004, 256 pages, ISBN 0-471-44852-4. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, 210-748-6011, www.wiley.com

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2004, 9 pages. Published by the Council on Foundations, 1828 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20036, 202-466-6512, www.cof.org

This supplement to Foundation News and Commentary examines foundations' use of the Internet through case-studies of four foundations that employ varying degrees of sophistication in their use of online technologies to support their work.

2002, 27 pages. Published by the Hybrid Vigor Institute, 1459 18th Street, Suite 189, San Francisco, CA, 94107, 415-543-8113, info@hybridvigor.org, www.hybridvigor.net

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2004, 80 pages. Published by New Visions Philanthropic Research and Development, 322 LaVerne Avenue, Mill Valley, CA, 94941, 415-388-1222, info@newvisionsprd, www.newvisionsprd.org

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December 2003, 11 pages. Published by Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-371-2830, info@artsusa.org, www.AmericansForTheArts.org

This monograph describes variations on the united arts fund model of providing arts support and provides a number of statistics from 2002 on arts fund fundraising and grantmaking.

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