Balancing Act: The roles of a community foundation

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Thought, Action, Impact, Vol 1, Issue 1: The Economy Issue

The Council on Foundations has launched what it describes as an e-journal of philanthropic ideas. Thought, Action, Impact will appear every two months. The inaugural edition focuses on philanthropy's response to the current economic crisis, providing both practical advice and wider analytical views.

Thought, Action, Impact, Vol 1, Issue 1: The Economy Issue
Council on Foundations

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Building Bridges: Philanthropy strengthening communities

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Giving In Numbers 2008 Edition: An analysis of recent trends in corporate philanthropy

The 2008 edition offers a comprehensive study of 2007 corporate giving data drawn from 155 prominent companies, including 69 of the Fortune 100. The report contains a special section on Corporate Philanthropy and the Economy, as well as CECP's annual Fortune 100 Analysis, Benchmarking Tables, and 2007 Findings Snapshot.

Giving In Numbers 2008 Edition: An analysis of recent trends in corporate philanthropy
Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy

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A Guide to Giving, 3rd edition

Topics in the revised Guide include charity impact evaluation, community development finance, donor-advised funds and sustainable finance. There is also a new section on family business and philanthropy, while the ‘Framework for effective giving’ provides a step-by-step process for creating a tailored charitable giving strategy. A comprehensive resource section introduces donors to the growing range of charitable services and products to help UK donors give more effectively. Finally, there are profiles of both new and experienced philanthropists, including Sir Ian Wood, Stanley Fink and John Wates.

A Guide to Giving, 3rd edition
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From Intelligent Funder to Intelligent Recipient: Civil society’s intermediary role in delivering change

What makes a funder intelligent, asks this paper? First of all, a willingness to listen to people on the ground, be a part of the culture, share values and act as part of the civil society (that is, as an active citizen, not simply as an external donor) where funding is invested. The intelligent funder should work with, and help to develop, an intelligent grantee able to carry out a joint strategy. Click here to read ...

Global Development 2.0: Can philanthropists, the public and the poor make poverty history?

Argues that the development agenda is no longer dominated by a club of rich-country officials, but that mega-philanthropists, celebrities, advocacy networks and the general public have elbowed their way in. This breaking open of the charmed circle heralds a new era of global action on poverty. But how can we ensure that it yields lasting and widespread improvement in the lives of the world’s poorest people? Contributors include Matthew Bishop, Mark Kramer, Ashok Khosla and Simon Zadek.

Global Development 2.0: Can philanthropists, the public and the poor make poverty history?
Lael Brainard and Derek Chollet (eds) Brookings Institution Press $22.95
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Tools for Success

A series of guides designed to help third sector organizations develop long-term sustainability. The topics covered by the seven guides are compliance, governance, direction, finance, personnel, operations and networks.

Tools for Success
Centre for Charity Effectiveness

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The Funders’ Almanac, 2008

Provides an account of the giving of over 3,000 donors in the UK, including grantmaking trusts, companies and government. It includes an analysis of the geographical distribution of grants and cash donations throughout the UK, the types of beneficiaries and causes supported, and the funding provided by a range of government programmes.

The Funders’ Almanac, 2008
J Kennedy et al Directory of Social Change £50
ISBN 9781906294274

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Philanthrocapitalism: How the rich can save the world - Matthew Bishop and Michael Green

This is a book worth reading for anyone interested in today’s philanthropy. The philanthropic landscape presented (though with a strong Anglo-Saxon bias) challenges the reader with the bold view that the ‘philanthrocapitalism revolution’ will succeed in eradicating the world’s toughest problems where governments, NGOs and businesses have failed. Click here to read ...