Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

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 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.
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005	Community Knowledge at Work A preview of the Council on Foundations' Fall Conference for Community Foundations.
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2005 Gwen I. Walden	Shaping the Course of our Democracy Here are six trends foundations should watch and use to increase their influence over the next 25 years.
Foundation News & Commentary Jul/Aug 2004 Nan Aron	Advocacy's Efficacy Nonprofit advocacy is an effective way to leverage foundation resources and make a significant impact. Here's why and how.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2006 Petsod et al.	What is Philanthropy's Role in the Immigration Debate? How are foundations and corporate giving programs addressing the issues facing immigrants from around the world as they seek footholds in 21st-century America?
Finance & Development September 1, 2001 Caroline Mascarell	The Odessa Initiative An initiative that involved local residents in reforming Odessa's housing and water sectors demonstrates how popular participation can contribute to the success of development projects...
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Arthur M. Sussman	Making Grants to Governments Providing foundation funds to government entities for specific initiatives can bring about substantial reform.
AFP eWire August 7, 2006	New Charity/Government Working Groups in Canada Following on the work done at the federal level by the Voluntary Sector Initiative, the Alberta Nonprofit/Voluntary Sector Initiative will encourage collaboration between the sector and the provincial government to ensure sustainability of the sector.
AFP eWire October 15, 2007	Overview of Canadian Philanthropic Achievements Imagine Canada has released a study detailing the specific achievements that Canadian philanthropy and the country's charitable sector has accomplished.
AFP eWire May 29, 2006	Contributions to Community Foundations Increase Dramatically Donors contributed $245 million to community foundations in Canada in 2005, an impressive 17% growth from the previous year. It is the second consecutive year that contributions to community foundations have reached an all-time high.
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 May 20, 2015	Parliament Hill Day Builds Trust, Sets Stage for Future Advocacy A variety of nonprofit organizations and associations, including AFP, participated in the first Hill Day in Ottawa to educate Parliament about the importance of Canada's charitable sector and the impact it has upon society.
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.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2006 Allan R. Clyde	Sherece West An interview with the CEO of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation about the charity and the recovery, relief, and rebuilding of Louisiana.
AFP eWire June 10, 2014 Melody Song	Philanthropy in China In consideration of China's special relationship with our country, Canada's nonprofit sector should consider market specific strategy for fundraising success to engage Chinese philanthropists
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.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Francie Ostrower	Staying the Course A new study of community foundation effectiveness generates suggestions for increasing grantmaking impact.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006	Off the Cuff, On the Record As grantmakers, we think we know what can be done and our boards are so very anxious to be able to do our thing consistently and coherently, we don't look to see whether or not all of the work that we're doing adds up to an infrastructure for change.
AFP eWire July 3, 2006	Regional and Subsector Data Now Available for Canadian Charities A large amount of data from a new nonprofit survey have been released in the form of regional and subsector profiles and fact sheets that cover: Alberta, Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Territories, Ontario, and Quebec.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Bernholz, Fulton & Kasper	Staying Ahead of the Technology Curve Here's how the latest technology trends could help community foundations serve their communities better.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2005 Stuart Appelbaum	The Cost of Sticking Your Neck Out Think taking a stand on controversial issues negatively affects a community foundation's fundraising and fund creation? Think again.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2006 Robert H. Martin	New Orleans' Philanthropic Challenge With hundreds of thousands of New Orleanians still scattered across America, homelessness and the lack of rootedness are felt intensely. Funders are helping to set the stage for transformation.
AFP eWire July 31, 2006	Improving Support for Small- and Medium-Size Canadian Charities A new report recommends reducing government burdens, investing in new research and providing tax measures to encourage investment as ways to support the work of small- and medium-size charities in Canada.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2013	Country Report: Canada Despite declining investments by big pharma in recent years, Canada has created a number of innovative ways to incentivize R&D and leverage its geographic reach in the North American Market.
Pharmaceutical Executive April 1, 2011	How US Health Reform Is Hitting Canada Canada's Russell Williams, of Rx&D, talks about the impact of US health reform on his role as chief spokesman for the country's R&D industry.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2004 Kasper, Nielsen & Chao	Democracy in Action Focus funds, the next wave of community philanthropy, are responding to the needs of both marginalized groups and new donor bases.
AFP eWire November 30, 2011	Bell Canada Awarded the 2012 Freeman Philanthropic Services Award for Outstanding Corporation Bell Canada has been a remarkable corporate citizen and has taken an important philanthropic leadership role through its Let's Talk Initiative.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Masood Ahmed & Hugh Bredenkamp	Supporting Poverty Reduction in Low-Income Developing Countries: The International Community's Response Despite developing countries' improved economic growth rates during the 1990s, poverty has remained firmly entrenched. How can developing countries, international financial institutions, and developed countries work together more effectively to reduce the incidence of poverty?
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2007 Doug Bibby	A Stubborn Affordable Housing Problem While there has never been a better time to be an apartment professional or investor, there has never been a more important time to be an advocate for the creation of more affordable housing.
Searcher August 2012 Irene E. McDermott	Internet Express: Web Help for Low-Income Patrons As cities across the nation have cut budgets as a result of the recession, citizens have turned to the library for help with a variety of issues, even for information that used to be handled by other city agencies.
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?
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.
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.
AFP eWire October 10, 2005	New Canadian Initiative to Promote Corporate Volunteerism Volunteer Canada and The Home Depot Canada have announced an initiative to work with corporations and businesses and encourage their employees to volunteer in their communities.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2005 Paula J. Kelly	Generosity & Integrity: Values for Leadership in Philanthropy The theme of the Council on Foundations' 56th Annual Conference underscores the values that sustain grantmakers throughout the year.
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.
Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Egbert & Hoechstetter	Mission Possible: Evaluating Advocacy Grants In an effort to more accurately reflect the outcomes of policy-related grants and promote more support for nonprofit advocacy, the Alliance for Justice teamed with The George Gund Foundation and Mosaica to fashion tools for grantmakers that show the effectiveness of nonprofit advocacy work.
Searcher Jul/Aug 2009 Nancy K. Herther	Grantsmanship: Information Resources to Help Researchers Get Funding There are actually many different types of support available to researchers
AFP eWire May 26, 2008	Foundations Viewed Positively, But Are Virtually Invisible to Many Americans A new study shows that a large percentage of Americans, including those engaged in the charitable sector, know very little about foundations but nonetheless tend to have favorable perceptions of them and their work.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Allan R. Clyde	A Conversation with Ben Johnson An interview with the Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO on the status of the foundation, race and class issues, and the opportunities facing philanthropy in the rebuilding of this community.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Wing et al.	Paying for Not Paying for Overhead Many nonprofits are sacrificing organizational infrastructure needs to tell foundations what they want to hear about overhead costs.
AFP eWire August 13, 2014 Lisa MacDonald	Research: Social Enterprise: Potential Impact on Nonprofit Growth and Sustainability Social Enterprise has the potential to dramatically change Canada's nonprofit sector and its ability to grow and provide programs.
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.
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.
Finance & Development December 1, 2000 Nora Lustig & Nicholas Stern	Broadening the Agenda for Poverty Reduction: Opportunity, Empowerment, Security Experience from the 1990s has led to a poverty reduction agenda that, in addition to promoting economic growth, addresses ingrained inequalities, institutional failures, social barriers, and other risks.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Millesen & Hedge	Achieving Balance and Maintaining Accountability Findings from a recent study on the decision-making abilities of community foundation boards identify some challenges and offer some lessons learned.
Foundation News & Commentary Sep/Oct 2004 Jed Emerson	Shifting into Foundation Overdrive Grantmakers' singular focus on payout as usual won't take the sector where it needs to go.
Commercial Investment Real Estate Jan/Feb 2004 Sara Drummond	The Affordability Question Commercial real estate pros find local answers to low-income housing challenges.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005 Lee Draper	Managing Expectations, Coping With Realities Newcomers to philanthropy often find acclimation difficult. Here, ten interviewees discuss their beginnings and offer recommendations from their experience.