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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  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Dune Thorne |
Charitable Connection American women are poised to become major influencers in the world of philanthropy, shaping social policy around the globe for future generations.  |
Energize July 2009 Susan J. Ellis |
The Drive towards "Highly-skilled" and "Pro Bono" Volunteering Skilled or skills-based volunteering is the practice of using work-related knowledge and expertise in a volunteer opportunity  |
AFP eWire June 30, 2009 |
Help AFP Fight Proposals That Would Limit Charitable Deductions The White House continues to press for harmful limits on charitable deductions to fund healthcare reforms. AFP urges you to contact members of Congress immediately to oppose these measures.  |
AFP eWire June 24, 2009 |
Analyst Predicts Slow Recovery for Sector, Advises Engagement and Planning The economy is not likely to rebound quickly and will require strong donor engagement.  |
Fast Company July 2009 Nancy Lublin |
Why Overhead Isn't Evil in the Non-Profit World Overhead is seen as the devil of the not-for-profit world. Here's why that conventional wisdom is wrong.  |
AFP eWire June 16, 2009 |
Writing Effective Newsletters, Online and Off Here, some of the most common questions about how nonprofit newsletters are sent and what makes people want to read them in the first place are answered.  |
Bank Systems & Technology June 11, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
Kiva Looks to Bring Microlending to U.S. Entrepreneurs Kiva is gaining traction in the U.S. as an alternative loan source for small business owners in need of funding.  |
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.  |
Energize June 2009 Susan J. Ellis |
Days, Hours and Minutes of Service - Enough Is Enough For over a decade it's been a clear, universal trend that new volunteers are seeking short-term assignments with a visible beginning, middle and end.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 |
Quality + Scale = Charter Schools 2.0 The Roundtable is proud to present excerpts from its most recent guidebook, Investing in Charter Schools: A Guide for Donors.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 |
Interview with Tad Taube Tad Taube is a believer. He believes in the United States, in the benevolence of its free institutions and the productive capacity of its private sector.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Adam Meyerson |
NCRP's Narrow and Arbitrary Criteria The Philanthropy Roundtable believes that the world of grantmaking can benefit from vigorous debate about standards of excellence in charitable giving.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 |
Briefly Noted News from Leona Helmsley's estate, sunset decisions of foundations, image motivations of prospective donors, and an American-style endowment at the Louvre museum.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 |
Staffing Up News about new hires in philanthropy organizations.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Denise Kersten Wills |
Lumina Foundation for Education About two years ago, Jamie Merisotis got a phone call from a recruiter who was searching for a new head of Lumina Foundation for Education, a private foundation based in Indianapolis.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Justin Torres |
Bear Necessities How are donors responding to the crisis? Regrettably, 2009 is shaping up to be a tough year for nonprofits that depend on private giving.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Cortez et al. |
Bringing Mergers and Acquisitions to the Nonprofit Mainstream The scramble is on to do more with less. As a result, nonprofit mergers and acquisitions have become an increasingly frequent topic of everyday conversation.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Bishop & Green |
The Grantmaker's Guide to Excellence Paul Brest and Hal Harvey are the authors of the new book reviewed here  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Lee Edwards |
Right on the Money The indispensable role of the conservative philanthropists is revealed in Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement, a fascinating, fast-paced book by Nicole Hoplin and Ron Robinson.  |
Philanthropy May 1, 2009 Keith Whitaker |
Discernment in Difficult Times Most donors agree with Andrew Carnegie: It is harder to give away money intelligently than it is to earn it in the first place.  |
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