FN&C Now
Volume 5, Number 19 – May 14, 2004
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IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS COVERAGE: Ad Council changes strategy, asks for commitments from media
JUST PUBLISHED: CFSource reports on new chair of Standards Action Team, upcoming conferences
AT THE COUNCIL: Foundation News & Commentary discusses grantmaking in an age of terrorism; sign up for Breaking News
ACT NOW: Register for the first conference for New Jersey grantmakers, the Summer Institutes or a conference on rebuilding communities
ON THE MOVE: Lawrence G. Wasden (American Legacy); Alice Mae Britt (Beamer Foundation); Kirke Wilson (Rosenberg Foundation); William Bell (Casey Family); Colin Lacon (Northern California); Chris Fitzsimon (A.J. Fletcher); Ellen Dadisman (Council on Foundations); Heather Peeler (Innonet)
NEWS COVERAGE
AD COUNCIL: Until recently, the Advertising Council has distributed free public service campaign materials to media outlets nationwide with the hopes that they will be used. But now the council is asking big media conglomerates for upfront, specific donations of time and space. Its first round of negotiations produced media commitments valued at $250 million. While previous campaigns brought in donated media worth more than $1 billion a year for the past six years, according to Peggy Conlon, president and CEO of the Ad Council, "This unprecedented contribution from the media represents a whole new era in public service advertising." The top three campaign themes are terrorism preparedness, high school dropout prevention and community drug prevention. Read more about the new strategy: http://www.adcouncil.org/about/news_050604/ .
JUST PUBLISHED
STANDARDS ACTION: The latest CFSource reports on the appointment of Mary Jalonick, executive director of The Dallas Foundation, as chair of the Standards Action Team. The issue highlights the need for reviewers of standards compliance and issues a call for proposals for small grants for the next stage of standards implementation. It also includes information on three Washington, DC, conferences: Community Foundation Fundamentals (June 14–16); Financial Administration for Community Foundations (June 17–18); and Resource Development for Community Foundations (July 22–23). CFSource is published by the Council on Foundations and the Community Foundations Leadership Team. Council members may read the issue (PDF): http://www.cof.org/files/
Documents/Community_Foundations/CFSource/2004/CFSource051004.pdf .
AT THE COUNCIL
INTERNATIONAL NEWS: The May/June Foundation News & Commentary includes a series of articles on international grantmaking and terrorism. Read an interview with international small grants pioneer Chet Tchozewski, 2004 winner of the Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking. The issue also describes the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Innovative Brownfields Program, for which the fund won the 2004 Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Achievement. Read more: http://www.foundationnews.org .
FREE NEWS SERVICE: Breaking News is a free, daily e-mail newsletter summarizing the top articles—mostly from national and regional newspapers—about philanthropy. Breaking News is available to Council members only. Subscribe by e-mailing your name, title and foundation name to media@cof.org.
ACT NOW
FIRST NEW JERSEY CONFERENCE: The Council of New Jersey Grantmakers will hold its first conference on Monday, May 17, in Trenton. Council on Foundations President and CEO Dorothy S. Ridings will give the welcome speech. Session topics include assessment, socially responsible investing, public policy and effective corporate philanthropy. Read more or register: http://www.cnjg.org .
SUMMER INSTITUTES: The 2004 Summer Institutes, held July 18–21 in San Francisco, offer new foundation staff and board members—and those interested in establishing a new foundation—workshops on philanthropy basics with respected leaders in the field. Can't make the Summer Institutes? Come to Washington, DC, this December 6–9 for the East Coast Winter Institutes. For more information, contact education@cof.org or the Council on Foundations executive education staff at 202/467-0423.
REBUILDING COMMUNITIES: The Northwest Area Foundation will host a fall conference to showcase community-based, poverty reduction models now at work in diverse communities across the country. Co-sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, "Grassroots & Groundwork: Practical Models for Rebuilding Communities," will be held September 12–14, 2004, at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota. For more information or to register: http://www.grassrootsandgroundwork.nwaf.org .
ON THE MOVE
The American Legacy Foundation appointed LAWRENCE G. WASDEN, attorney general of Idaho, to its board of directors. Read more: http://www.americanlegacy.org/
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The Todd M. Beamer Foundation and Heroic Choices named ALICE MAE BRITT as CEO. Read more: http://beamerfoundation.org/news_05_04/alice_mae_britt.html .
KIRKE WILSON, president and executive director of Rosenberg Foundation, announced that he will retire in January 2005. Wilson has served as the foundation's executive director since 1974.
In July, WILLIAM BELL will join Casey Family Programs as executive vice president of child and family services.
COLIN LACON becomes president and CEO of Northern California Grantmakers on July 1.
CHRIS FITZSIMON joined the A.J. Fletcher Foundation to head NC Policy Watch.
ELLEN DADISMAN, Council on Foundations vice president, government and media relations, was appointed vice president of communications and membership.
HEATHER PEELER is now senior associate at Innovation Network (Innonet).
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