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AFP eWire
June 12, 2012 |
Growth in U.S. Foundation Giving Fails to Keep Pace With Inflation Giving by U.S. foundations showed a modest increase in 2011, totaling an estimated $46.9 billion and up 2.2 percent from the year before. After accounting for inflation, however, contributions by U.S. foundations were down slightly from 2010.   |
AFP eWire
April 20, 2010 |
2009 Saw Record Decline in Foundation Giving The recent economic crisis caused the more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations in the United States to cut their 2009 giving by an estimated 8.4 percent -- by far the largest decline ever tracked by the Foundation Center. |
AFP eWire
January 31, 2012 |
What to Do When Foundations Have Walled Themselves Off From Your Organization What can you do when you come face to face with a wall built by a foundation to keep organizations like yours out? |
Financial Advisor
February 2010
Eric L. Reiner |
Shaking The Foundation Donor-advised funds report droves of conversions from private foundations. |
AFP eWire
November 23, 2010 |
Foundations Likely to Increase Giving in 2011 It may take several years for giving to match the peak level recorded in 2008, according to estimates reported by the Foundation Center. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Michelle Lodge |
Five Questions With King McGlaughon King McGlaughon of Foundation Source, which provides back-room support for foundations, tells how a financial advisor's knowledge of philanthropy gives him or her an edge. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2010
Baruch S. Littman |
The Headache-Free Philanthropist For many, the prestige of establishing a private family foundation to dispense charitable gifts to their favorite causes is alluring. They think of it as a dream come true. But is it really? |
The Motley Fool
January 4, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Community Foundations and Philanthropy Learn how local groups can enhance your giving experience. |
AFP eWire
February 21, 2012 |
Deep Roots What happened in the community of Cedar Rapids is a testament to the passion of many charitable organizations willing to get people the support they needed immediately and for years to come. |
Registered Rep.
April 29, 2013
Brill & Donovan |
The Perils of Global Giving Global philanthropy is on the rise, but wealthy individuals and foundations need to avoid the legal pitfalls. |
AFP eWire
October 7, 2014 |
REPORT: New Data Shows Canada's Largest Foundations Give over $1 Billion Annually to Canadian Charities Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Imagine Canada recently released a first-ever report about the assets and giving trends of Canada's largest grantmaking foundations. |
Information Today
February 22, 2010 |
Wikimedia Foundation Announces $2 Million Grant From Google This is the Wikimedia Foundation's first grant from Google. The funds will support core operational costs of the Wikimedia Foundation. |
Information Today
September 9, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
The Knight Foundation Welcomes Ideas to Strengthen Libraries' Roles in the Digital Age People from around the country can submit entries for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's latest Knight News Challenge: "How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?" |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Kara P. Stapleton |
Perqs Lead to Penalties About 600 charities and foundations have had to file amended tax forms due to an IRS study that found flaws in the way the organizations reported payments to executives and other employees. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
You Don't Have to Be Rich to Do Good Supporting charity isn't just for billionaires. |
U.S. Banker
June 2002
John Hackett |
Can't Go Wrong As more Americans set up private foundations, banks find that not only do they bring in money directly, they also attract other wealth management business. |
InternetNews
January 10, 2011
Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Foundation Expansion Continues in 2011 Nonprofit foundation adds Broadcom, Timesys and Protecode, bringing its total corporate membership to roughly 78 as the operating system gains traction. |
AFP eWire
August 15, 2005 |
Matching Foundation Payout Rates to Mission A new report argues that foundations would be better served by matching their payout rate to the specific needs and programs of their mission as opposed to an arbitrary, government-set limit. |
InternetNews
September 10, 2009 |
Microsoft Will Fund Open Source Foundation The CodePlex Foundation aims to build on Microsoft's existing Codeplex site. |
Chemistry World
February 2011
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: Deal or no deal The European Commission will encourage funds from the private sector in the shape of charitable donations and will allow foundations and charities to operate across Europe. BP and Russia have an Arctic oil deal. |
InternetNews
September 28, 2010 |
CodePlex Foundation Rebrands as Outercurve Open source CodePlex Foundation, a Microsoft-sponsored initiative, re-brands as Outercurve in an effort to eliminate confusion with the software giant's forge of the same name. So what changed? |
Registered Rep.
June 25, 2003
Ross Tucker |
Fidelity Offering Private Foundations This week the fund giant unveiled a new service allowing registered investment advisors to create and manage private foundations for affluent clients. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
One From The Heart As the economy sputters, charities try to keep their footing. Advisors who understand the world of philanthropy will find themselves better positioned with high-net-worth clientele. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2010 |
Microsoft-Backed Open Source Group Talks Plans The CodePlex Foundation describes the role it can play in nurturing open source projects, and its relationship with Microsoft. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Richard F. Larkin |
Time for a Financial Checkup This checklist can help foundations spot problems with internal financial controls. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Jane C. Nober |
Military Aid Grantmakers can support military personnel. Here's how. |
InternetNews
March 9, 2010 |
Microsoft-Sponsored CodePlex Moves Ahead The non-profit open source foundation looks to show it's not just an extension of its main backer, Microsoft. |
AFP eWire
September 18, 2006 |
New Standards for Community Foundations More than 260 community foundations recently earned the National Standards Seal, which was created by the council and leaders of the community foundation field. Nearly 300 more organizations are in the process of either compiling materials for their record book or are currently under review. |
Investment Advisor
October 2005
Robert Bingham |
The IA Soapbox: Giving with Head as Well as Heart A massive national tragedy will prompt your clients to make financial gifts from the heart. It is the financial advisor's job to help prepare clients to make those decisions from the head with assets set aside for this purpose. |
InternetNews
November 1, 2010 |
Open Source Self-Assessment Tool Now Available Linux Foundations makes a key element of a new compliance program available to enterprises and other users. |
AFP eWire
August 1, 2005 |
Operating Style Key Factor in Foundation Expenses A new study of the expense and compensation patterns of the 10,000 largest grantmaking foundations in the U.S. suggests not only that there are vast differences among these entities, but also operating style may be the most critical factor in determining and explaining such expenditures. |
AFP eWire
May 21, 2007 |
Foundations Don't Support Overhead Costs, Do They? A new study suggests that foundations are more likely to support overhead expenses and award unrestricted gifts than most nonprofits realize. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2013
Jennifer Norbut |
Building the Foundation As a pillar of education in the commercial real estate CCIM Institute has helped thousands of members advance their careers. In the early 1990s, the Institute formalized the Education Foundation of the CCIM Institute, which is now known as the CCIM Foundation. |
AFP eWire
June 9, 2010 |
Total U.S. Giving Decreased in 2009 The amount of money donated to charity by individuals, foundation and corporations decreased again in 2009, dropping 3.2 percent |
Financial Advisor
September 2008
Karen DeMasters |
Reducing Guesswork Helping wealthy clients set up charitable giving plans or donor-advised funds through one of the 650 community foundations that now exist in the United States is becoming more popular with financial advisors. |
Chemistry World
November 26, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Gates Foundation champions open access The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Washington, US, has adopted a new policy that requires free, unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research that the foundation funds |
Information Today
December 3, 2015 |
CHORUS Helps NSF Disseminate Its Research Results CHORUS signed an agreement with the National Science Foundation to help expand the agency's public access to its research results in accordance with its public access plan from early 2015. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2005
Andras Kosaras |
Self-Regulation An Overview of Principles and Standards Work at the Council on Foundations that provides the opportunity, leadership and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance and sustain their ability to advance the common good. |
AFP eWire
November 29, 2010 |
Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts The small rebound hasn't been enough to help many nonprofits that are grappling with staff and service cuts even as demand for their services has increased. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jan/Feb 2006
Jane C. Nober |
Discretionary Grants Foundations reviewing an existing or proposed discretionary grant program should keep some of these basic legal principles and operational guidelines in mind. |
AFP eWire
October 21, 2004 |
Community Foundations See Strong Gains in 2003 Two new surveys by the Columbus Foundation and the Council on Foundations show that the community foundation field had a strong year in 2003, primarily because of the steadily improving economy. |
AFP eWire
May 5, 2008 |
Despite Economy, Some Foundations Plan to Increase Giving Three recent surveys that asked foundations if they plan to increase their giving in 2008 and beyond show mixed results. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Kelly Shipp Simone |
Legal FAQs on Disaster Grantmaking Qualified disasters offer corporate grantmakers flexibility in response -- within legal parameters. Here are some. |
AFP eWire
May 21, 2007 |
Corporate Giving Reaches Milestone Independent of Disaster Relief A new study reveals that foundation giving rose by 6% in 2006, even though most giving related to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Southeast Asia Tsunami has already been completed. Giving exceeded $4 billion for the first time ever. |
Entrepreneur
April 2004
Joan Szabo |
Hey, Give a Little! Thinking of making a charitable donation? Giving to charity and receiving a tax deduction for your contribution remains a win-win situation, even though there are more federal restrictions on giving than ever before and federal tax brackets are lower due to recent tax law changes. |
Chemistry World
December 4, 2014
Anthony King |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation sells drug royalty rights for $3.3bn The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation has sold royalty rights to treatments developed with support from its 'venture philanthropy' model. |
Information Today
May 13, 2010 |
Wikimedia Foundation Launches Wikipedia Public Policy Initiative The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia, announced a new project designed to improve the quality of public policy-related articles on Wikipedia. |
AFP eWire
October 8, 2007 |
"Orphan" Trusts Controlled by Large Banks, Law Firms Offer Less Charitable trusts that are created by families and then controlled by banks and law firms after family members pass away often grant fewer funds, while the fees to manage those trusts actually increase, according to a recent article in The New York Times. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2012
Deena Katz |
Giving It Away Charitable tax planning for clients may peak in the later months of the year, but it is really a year-round activity, and the first quarter is not too soon to start thinking about it. |
Lucire
February 21, 2015 |
A new skin: more realistic foundations Advances in foundations in the 2010s have made them more skin-like. Jamie Dorman has been putting them to the test, finding four that are as good as the claims |
