The Future of Philanthropy : Economics, Ethics, and Management
Susan U. Raymond
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Wiley, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (322 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - The Future of Philanthropy Economics, Ethics, and Management; About the Author; Contents; LIST 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?. - A Privilege and an Obligation: Why Stewardship Matters and Competition Is a Good ThingAre 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. - Diversity and Governance: The Not-Good NewsMinority 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?. - SECTION FOUR Philanthropy and HealthcareIntroduction 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. - State Budget Deficits: Why Red Ink Today Will Plague Management TomorrowDrilling 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. - With College Costs Rising Quickly, Can Philanthropy Close the Gap?. - The 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. It raises unsettling questions about the very assumptions upon which nonprofits are built and financed and about the future of nonprofit and philanthropic decision-making. Written to provoke thoughtful debate, as well as illuminate elusive objective data, this resource also sheds new light on the challenges that face the nation's ""
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| ISBN | 0471638552
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