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AFP eWire April 28, 2009	Foundations Plan to Shrink Grants The number and size of foundation grants will likely decrease this year, and grants for upstart organizations will be hard to come by, according to a study by the Foundation Center.
AFP eWire April 24, 2006	Slow, Steady Foundation Growth Seen in 2005, Expected in 2006 A new report shows steady, but unremarkable growth for the foundation sector in 2005 and forecasts much of the same for 2006.
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 9, 2007	Foundation Giving Rises to $40 Million Foundation giving in the United States grew to $40.7 billion in 2006, an 11.7% increase from the previous year, according to a new study.
AFP eWire April 12, 2004	U.S. Foundation Giving Declines Slightly in 2003 Grantmaking foundations in the United States gave slightly less in 2003 campared to the previous year.
AFP eWire August 8, 2005	Foundation Giving Rises in 2004 A new study reports that giving by the United State's grantmaking foundations rose 7 percent to an estimated $32.4 billion in 2004, reversing the declines of the previous two years.
AFP eWire November 17, 2008	Foundations Not Likely to Change Funding Priorities Despite Economic Distress U.S. foundations are not going to suddenly or drastically change their funding priorities in the present economic downturn, judging from historical trends.
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 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 2006 Francie Ostrower	Staying the Course A new study of community foundation effectiveness generates suggestions for increasing grantmaking impact.
AFP eWire August 7, 2006	Foundation Giving Exceeds $33 Billion in 2005 Buoyed by the establishment of new foundations, a slowly growing economy and support for relief efforts for the Southeast Asia tsunami and Gulf Coast hurricanes, giving by U.S. foundations increased to an estimated $33.8 billion in 2005, according to a new report.
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.
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.
AFP eWire May 17, 2004	Report Reveals What Grantees Value in Foundations A new report from the Center for Effective Philanthropy has identified several key areas that charity grantees most value in the foundations that fund their programs.
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 April 11, 2005	Foundation Giving Declines, Key Issues Gain Support in 2003 Despite the decrease in giving across most fields, funding of specific issues, including arms control, disaster preparedness, national security and voter education, grew substantially.
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.
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.
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.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005	Celebrating Strategic Communications Here are the winners of the Council on Foundations' Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications. The awards recognize and encourage effective communications by foundations and corporate giving programs.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2006	Communications Par Excellence Here are the Council on Foundations' Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications program, which recognizes and encourages effective communications by foundations and corporate giving programs: Skoll Foundation... etc.
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.
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.
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.
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 Nov/Dec 2005 Simone & Venkat	Planning for Consistency Corporate grantmakers can achieve stability through creating endowments, quasi-endowments and reserves. Here's how.
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 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 February 22, 2005	Lack of Standards, Assessment Hindering Foundation Effectiveness Many foundations do not have specific goals or standards of effectiveness, or ways of measuring their effectiveness, according to a study by the Urban Institute in Washington, D.C.
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.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Helen Monroe	Vision, Values & Verbalization New foundations completing first distributions, as well as foundations with a mature grantmaking program in place, should set aside time for in-depth conversations about their work.
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.
On Wall Street June 1, 2009	Page Eberstadt Snow Page Eberstadt Snow spent over 10 years with The Pew Charitable Trusts. She speaks about the difficulties currently faced by non-profits.
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 Jim Grote	Foundations for Renown Assets in domestic private foundations are growing and donors are demanding more customized service from advisory firms.
PC Magazine March 16, 2005 Cade Metz	Your Request Is Granted We go inside the soup-to-nuts Web site for running charitable foundations online.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Cole Wilbur	Self-evaluation Periodic self-evaluation can renew the vitality of any foundation.
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.
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Foundation News & Commentary Jan/Feb 2006 Lee Draper	Managing the Workload How do grantmakers meet the demands of a skyrocketing workload? Many foundations are turning to technology to help provide solutions to streamline the workload.
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.
Inc. December 2006 Daniel Akst	Foundations R Us You can give it away as smartly as you made it.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005 Allan R. Clyde	Rien van Gendt The first international winner of the Council on Foundations' Distinguished Grantmaker Award discusses his cross-sector approach.
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 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?
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.
Foundation News & Commentary May/Jun 2005 Ira Apfel	Respect the Public Trust Stewardship principles and concrete practices for corporate grantmakers.
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.
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?