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Philanthropic Foundations, Public Good and Public Policy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781137482884)
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xContents
1. Focus on foundations
Introduction
Philanthropy is good - more is better?
Focus of the Book
Why Focus on Foundations
Global Growth
Scale of Resources
The Reach of Foundations
Philanthropic Foundations in the DockCharges and Responses
2. Definitions and distinctions
Varieties of GivingWhat Is a Philanthropic Foundation?
Initial Definitions
Types of Foundation
Distinguishing by Source/Type of Income
Distinguishing by Style: Operating and GrantmakingRationales for Grant Making and Operating
Table 1: Grant-making vs. Operating
3. How foundations work - an overview
Birth to Work
In the Beginning- Donors and Money
A Mission/Deed
Governance
Staffing
Grant Making Styles and Processes
4. From charity to change, Brussels to Beijing
The Variety of Foundations
IntroductionApproaches to Foundation Formation Throughout the World
Sketches of Foundations Across the Globe
Introduction
Africa
China, Japan and Singapore
India
Australia and New Zealand
North America
South America
Europe
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Concluding Remarks
5. Public benefit or playthings of the rich
Introduction
Charges and Responses
The Charges
The Responses
The Charges
Why Create a Foundation?
Motives for Giving
What's Need Got to Do with It?
Where the Money Goes
The Responses
The Right to Give as You Choose
Legal Restrictions
Tax Matters
The Duty of Wealth
We're All Different
Variations in Giving
The Power of Staff
A Stop Gap Against Government and Market Failure
Sources of Innovation and Change
Discourtesy or Necessity?
Coordination - Damned If You Do ...
Unelected and Undemocratic
Funding Terms
A Product of Culture not Whims?
6. Sources of wealth and income
Introduction
Charges and Responses
The Charges
How The Money Was MadeEroding the Tax Base
'Doing good' - the Cherry on the Cake or Horse Manure
Sources of Income - Taking with One Hand and Giving with the Other
The Responses
This is Capitalism
InvestmeAuthor: Diana Leat
ISBN-10: 1137482885
ISBN-13: 9781137482884
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 06/23/2016
Pages: 185
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.70d
By Diana Leat
xDiana Leat is Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London, UK, and at the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies, QUT Brisbane, Australia. She is author of over 120 articles and books on the non-profit sector and social policy, and has held research posts in universities and think tanks in the UK, the US and Australia. Diana spent a year with the Carnegie Trust developing the first research centre for philanthropy in the UK, and until its closure in 2013 was a trustee of the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
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