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May/June 2002
Volume 43, Number 3

Final Issue: Volume 47 Number 4
Foundation News & Commentary - May/June 2002

A Conversation with
Marie Wilson
by Allan R. Clyde
Ms. Foundation for Women's Marie Wilson is the 2002 winner of the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking.

Feature
Making Welfare to Work Work
by Allan R. Clyde
How the McKnight Foundation won the first Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement.

Commentary
Horse Manure and Grantmaking
by Jed Emerson
Perhaps we're "working with the wrong end of the horse."

Docket Debate
The Long & the Short of It
by Elaine Gast
When it comes to funding an organization, how long is long enough?

Commentary
Why I'm Suing the Federal Government
by Madeline Lee
This case is about curbing private philanthropy that doesn't agree with the views of the government.

Legal Brief
The Dobbins Case
by John A. Edie
Can Congress limit what foundations fund?

Two Views
Donor-Advised Funds: A Tale from Two Cities
by Stuart Appelbaum and Bryan Clontz
Here's a look at the experiences of two community foundations.

Commentary
Looking Inward After Enron
by Nancy R. Axelrod
What can nonprofit leaders learn from the spectacle of Enron's ethical and legal problems?

Technology
Take a Bite Out of Spam
by Martin B. Schneiderman
Spam, spam, spam, e-mail and more spam. What to do?

Cover Story
Social Change Philanthropy and How It's Done
by Alison D. Goldberg
There are many paths to social change.

Research Analysis
What are the Alternatives?
by Robert O. Bothwell
Alternative funders are now a serious source of money for social change.

Profile
Grantmaking from the Grassroots
by Torie Osborn and Margarita Ramirez
Liberty Hill Foundation's 25-year experiment.

The Boardroom
Form Follows Function
by Sandra R. Hughes
How committees and task forces help your board.

Good Idea
Traffic, Weather, and the Local Grant Report
by Darlene M. Siska
The Philanthropic Ventures Foundation's president appears regularly on TV.

Infrastructure
NNG Moves Money to Progressive Causes
by Katherine Noble-Goodman
Profile: National Network of Grantmakers


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