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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.
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Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005 Deborah S. Hechinger	Building Better Boards Congress has focused on compliance, but effective governance requires strong leadership. Foundation boards must step up to the task of working with chief executives to empower foundations to identify critical needs and to fund strong and effective programs.
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Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2006 Brian Flahaven	Time Well Spent Foundations on the Hill 2006 participants talk about the value of meeting with members of Congress and their legislative staffs.
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AFP eWire June 21, 2004	U.S. Foundations Draft Standards to Increase Public Confidence In another sign of the nonprofit sector's emerging focus on accountability, the foundation community is in the process of developing a series of standards and stewardship principles to encourage public trust.
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005	Community Knowledge at Work A preview of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community Foundations.
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Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2004 Dorothy S. Ridings	Foundations' Hidden Treasures Want to know what's really going on at foundations? Read their annual reports.
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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.
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Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2004 Andras Kosaras	Marion R. Fremont-Smith An interview with Harvard's senior research fellow at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations and author of Governing Nonprofit Organizations: Federal and State Law and Regulation, on her work as an attorney specializing in the representation of nonprofit organizations.
AFP eWire April 28, 2008	New Study Recommends Ways to Address Flaws in Grant Application and Reporting Nonprofit organizations and foundations alike are beginning to stagger under the weight of a grant application and reporting system that needs fixing.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 James A. Joseph	Redefining Accountability On the international stage, philanthropic accountability must refer not only to enforceable rules and regulations, but also the unenforceable laws of ethics and respect for culture.
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2004 Dorothy S. Ridings	Tough Tax Talking Congress should appropriate more money to the IRS because critical enforcement functions of the IRS aren't being performed against the relatively few who abused laws governing foundations and charitable giving programs, thus tainting the entire sector.
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 August 16, 2004	IRS to Investigate Charity Salaries, Benefits The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced a new project to crack down on excessive compensation and benefits in the charitable sector.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2005 Lee Draper	Where the Money is: Tapping Overlooked Sources of Support for Nonprofits Where will the funding come from to enable nonprofits to serve more people? How can nonprofits find the capital to reorganize for greater efficiency and economies of scale or to invest in new ways to address growing social needs?
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AFP eWire May 12, 2008	Mixed Results on Growth in Foundation Diversity A new report reveals that foundation diversity has increased significantly in some areas, including board and staff composition, but there continues to be problems in others, such as funding to diverse organizations.
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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.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Kathleen P. Enright	Philanthropy's New Clothes New study results represent the most comprehensive look at how foundations view their own effectiveness to date.
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AFP eWire May 6, 2004	Urban Institute Releases Study on Foundation Practices, Attitudes Urban Institute study reveals a wealth of data about the attitudes and practices of different types of foundations, including how they view effective philanthropy and the monitoring and evaluation processes.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2005 Gerald R. Solomon	The New Conversation for Capacity Building Looking beyond institutionalized definitions can help the nonprofit sector reshape its approach to capacity building.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2005 Emmett D. Carson	Standing at the Crossroads Community foundations worldwide are at a critical juncture where they must decide between being a field or a movement.
AFP eWire January 20, 2004	Foundation Leaders Debate Problems Outlined in New Report Foundations have failed to adequately address the issues of effectiveness and accountability, opening the door for Congressional and public scrutiny, argued the author of a new report examining the foundation environment.
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Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2004 Allison H. Fine	Blending the Bottom Line Nonprofits and grantmakers must meet each other halfway to move toward outcomes-focused approaches to collaboration.
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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.
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Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Steve Gunderson	Growth, Ethics and Accountability To America's citizens, its policymakers, the media and our courts, the bad actions of one foundation smear the image and reputation of them all.
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