The future of philanthropy
Subtitle: economics, ethics, and management
By: Susan U. Raymond
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780471655893
Subjects: Nonprofit organizations; Social Services & Welfare; Public Policy; Social Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE
Description: This book speaks to the practice of philantrophy of tommorow, and the issues that will shape the philantrophic and nonprofit environment just over the horizon. Written as a series of short essays - the busy manager or board memeber can tackle with limited time. The essays are not merely statements of existing conditions or ruminations on the values of service rather they raise unsettling questions about the very assumptions upon which nonprofits are built and from which philanthropic dollars flow. The book is intended to provoke thoughtful debate as well as illuminate elusive objective data.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Section I: Philanthropy and the economy. Introduction to the issues; title: Measuring the economic importance of non profits: what happens when methods change; title: Size counts in the foundation world: the dilemma of absorptive capacity; title: What you know or whom you know? Relationships matter; title: Foundation endowments: How big? How vulnerable?; title: Does philanthropy interfere with markets?; title: Venture philanthropy: two sides to the coin; title: Wages in the non profit sector: poor cousin or twin sister?; title: Diversity and governance: the not good news; title: Minority philanthropy: the future has arrived; title: Will there be a non-profit shakeout? Comparing non profits to small business trends; title: The growing demand for philanthropic accountability: will there be room for risk?; title: Managing through the market: responding to severe economic cycles; title: The philanthropic instinct: government walks the talk; title: Does Wall Street matter? The unknowns about elasticities; title: Section II: Ethics and accountability. Introduction to the issues; title: How shall we govern ourselves?; title: The mission meets the numbers: is it ok to lie?; title: A privilege and an obligation: why stewardship matters and competition is a good thing; title: Are organizational hybrids non profits? The problem of fairness; title: Have we learned nothing? Practical applications of lessons from corporate scandal; title: Great expectations collide: the consequences of assumptions; title: Section III: New non profit management dilemmas. Introduction to the issues; title: Organizational benchmarking: management solution or performance petard?; title: The illusion of knowing something: the diversity of "non profit" definitions; title: Philanthropy and the non profit budget cycle: no silver bullet; title: State budget deficits: why red ink today will plague management tomorrow; title: Drilling down: deeper revenue sources for non profits; title: Non profit compensation: charitable managers and their tax exempt colleagues.