Key Steps in Outcome Management, by Harry Hatry and Linda Lampkin, offers advice on how organizations can use program assessments to improve their services. Harry Hatry, principal research associate and director of the public-management program of the Urban Institute’s Metropolitan Housing and…
The Grants Register 2004: the Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide, 22nd Edition lists more than 3,500 grants that are available for postgraduate education and professional and advanced vocational training. Most entries include application procedures, contact information, deadlines,…
Establishing a Foundation Outside of the United States
International Charitable Foundations: an Introduction
Barriers to Alumni Giving for Black Colleges
Fund Raising From Black-College Alumni: Successful Strategies for Supporting Alma Mater
Examples of Youth-Led News-Media Programs
What Works in Youth Media: Case Studies From Around the World, by Sheila Kinkade and Christy Macy, profiles organizations in seven countries that give young people the opportunity to develop leadership and journalism skills as they produce radio programs, television shows, newspapers, and…
Proof Positive: Developing Significant Volunteer Recordkeeping Systems, by Susan J. Ellis and Katherine Noyes Campbell, gives advice on how to collect and maintain information about volunteers. Ms. Ellis, president of Energize, a training, consulting, and publishing company in Philadelphia that…
Things to Think About When Considering Joining a Board
The Business Professional’s Guide to Nonprofit Board Service, by Charles F. Dambach, Oliver Tessier, and Carol E. Weisman, offers advice on joining nonprofit boards. Mr. Dambach, senior consultant at BoardSource, in Washington; Mr. Tessier, executive director of the Support Center of Washington;…
A “Hands-On” Approach to Grant Making
Philanthropy’s Challenge: Building Nonprofit Capacity Through Venture Grantmaking
Survey of Foundations Emerging From Health Care Conversions
A Profile of New Health Foundations, May 2003 provides a snapshot of the characteristics and grant-making priorities of 165 health foundations formed when nonprofit organizations became for-profit companies. State laws typically require such converting organizations to preserve the charitable…