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Book SynopsisThe allocation of limited public and private resources depends on reliable data and empirical analysis, and The Future of Philanthropy is filled with hard--to--find data, graphs, and charts, as well as full citation and source lists at the end of each chapter.
Table of ContentsList of exhibits.
Foreword.
Section One: Philanthropy and the Economy.
Introduction to the Issues.
Measuring the Economic Importance of Nonprofits: What Happens When Methods Change.
Size Counts in the Foundation World: The Dilemma of Absorptive Capacity.
What You Know or Who You Know? Relationships Matter.
Foundation Endowments: How Big? How Vulnerable?
Does Philanthropy Interfere with Markets?
Venture Philanthropy: Two Sides of the Coin.
Wages in the Nonprofit Sector: Poor Cousin or Twin Sister?
Diversity and Governance: The Not-Good News.
Minority Philanthropy: The Future Has Arrived.
Will There Be a Nonprofit Shakeout? Comparing Nonprofits to Small Business Trends.
The Growing Demand for Philanthropic Accountability: Will There Be Room for Risk?
Managing through the Market: Responding to Severe Economic Cycles.
The Philanthropic Instinct: Government Walks the Talk.
Does Wall Street Matter? The Unknowns about Elasticities.
Section Two: Ethics and Accountability.
Introduction to the Issues.
How Shall We Govern Ourselves?
The Mission Meets the Numbers: Is It Okay to Lie?
A Privilege and an Obligation: Why Stewardship Matters and Competition Is a Good Thing.
Are Organizational Hybrids Nonprofits?
The Problem of Fairness.
Have We Learned Nothing? Practical Applications of Lessons from Corporate Scandal.
Great Expectations Collide: The Consequences of Assumptions.
Section Three: Nonprofit Management Dilemmas.
Introduction to the Issues.
Organizational Benchmarking: Management Solution or Performance Petard?
The Illusion of Knowing Something: The Diversity of Nonprofit Definitions.
Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Budget Cycle: No Silver Bullet.
State Budget Deficits: Why Red Ink Today Will Plague Management Tomorrow.
Drilling Down: Deeper Revenue Sources for Nonprofits.
Nonprofit Compensation: Charitable Managers and Their Tax-Exempt Colleagues.
To: Nonprofit Human Resources Managers; From: Washington; Subject: Watch Your Back.
Estate Taxes and Giving: Crepe Armbands versus Thinking Caps.
The Growth of the Nonprofit Sector: Is It Really Real?
When Philanthropy Demands Evidence and Results: Developing a Compelling Rationale for Funding.
What History Teaches about the Root Systems That Nourish Philanthropy.
Section Four: Philanthropy and Healthcare.
Introduction to the Issues.
Healthcare in the Twenty-First Century: Why the Charity Gap Will Grow.
Hospital Philanthropy: David versus Goliath.
Fighting Disease with Philanthropy: Who Gets the Funds?
Picking Targets: Healthcare Philanthropy’s Unenviable Task.
Philanthropy and the Academic Medical System: Cavalry to the Rescue? Or, Hope Springs Eternal?
Mental Illness: Major Health Burden; But Is It a Philanthropic Priority?
Section Five: Philanthropy and Education.
Introduction to the Issues.
With College Costs Rising Quickly, Can Philanthropy Close the Gap?
Scholarship Grants: You Can’t Always Get What You Need.
University Foundations: Memo to the Dean: After the Faculty Meeting, Check the Dow.
Philanthropy in K-12 Education: A Minor Player Missing a Major Opportunity.
Learning to Be Charitable: Is It a Girl Thing?
Philanthropy and National Academic Research Funding.
Section Six: U.S. Philanthropy in an International Context.
Introduction to the Issues.
America’s International Giving: Search Elsewhere for Scrooge.
The International Scope of the Nonprofit Sector.
The Globalization of Education: How Important Is Philanthropy?
Indigenous Philanthropy: Poorer Nations Also Give.
North of the Border: Canada-United States Philanthropic Comparisons.
Is Europe Poised for a Golden Age of Community Philanthropy?
Evidence of Philanthropic Impact: A De Novo Case from Poland and the Lessons It Teaches.
Learning from International Conflict: Philanthropic Strategy Is as Important as Sympathy.
Section Seven: Corporate Philanthropy.
Introduction to the Issues.
Corporate Giving: A Workhorse in Small States.
Gifts in Kind: The Good of Goods.
Corporate Giving and Tax Policy: Let’s Do the Math.
Global Health and Corporate Philanthropy: Fickle Funder or Lasting Partner?
Section Eight: Reflections on September 11, 2001.
Introduction to the Issues.
Philanthropy Put to the Test.
U.S. Diversity Creates Philanthropic Opportunity. . .and Risk.
Did September 11 Change Philanthropy Forever?
Index.
