FN&C Now
Volume 5, Number 23 – June 11, 2004
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IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS COVERAGE: Raul Yzaguirre to receive Gardner Award; foundations draft standards
JUST PUBLISHED: Family Giving News looks at philanthropy as a multi-generational enterprise; Council Columns provides Annual Conference highlights, counsel on receiving tickets and other tangible benefits
AT THE COUNCIL: Initiative to encourage and enforce ethics and accountability; sign up for Breaking News
ACT NOW: Time's running out to register for the 2004 Corporate Grantmakers Summit; submit items for directory on community-based participatory health research
ON THE MOVE: Nancy Lanham Fenimore and Dale Mitchell (Delaware Valley); Gail Snowden (Boston); Elizabeth Lach, et al. (Donors Forum of Chicago); William S. White (Independent Sector); Barbara Vanderkolk Gardner (Fannie E. Rippel); David L. Sternberg (Center on Philanthropy); Mari Ellen Reynolds (Silicon Valley)
NEWS COVERAGE
YZAGUIRRE TO BE HONORED: Independent Sector (IS) will honor Raul Yzaguirre, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza, with the John W. Gardner Leadership Award at the IS annual conference in Chicago, November 7–9, 2004. The award honors Yzaguirre's lifelong work in reducing poverty and discrimination, and improving opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Read more: http://www.independentsector.org/media/yzaguirre.html .
NEW FOUNDATION STANDARDS DEVELOPED: Responding to concerns about accountability, foundation staff and board members across the country have drafted standards and stewardship principles for family, community and large private foundations and corporate giving programs. "These foundations are defining and championing the highest standards and practices," said Dorothy S. Ridings, president and CEO of the Council on Foundations. "Like most grantmakers, they are committed to reaffirming the honesty and integrity that are a hallmark of the non-profit sector." The efforts range from clarifying legal requirements, to establishing operational norms, to setting a gold standard for the governance of grantmaking organizations. Read more: http://www.cof.org/Content/PressRelease/Display.cfm?pressReleaseID=1754 .
JUST PUBLISHED
ACROSS GENERATIONS: The June issue of Family Giving News looks at philanthropy as a multi-generational enterprise and covers succession planning, generational dynamics and encouraging youth philanthropy. The free monthly e-mail newsletter from the National Center for Family Philanthropy provides essential information on trends and resources in family giving. Read the issue or subscribe:
http://ncfp.org/FGN-June_2004/contents.html .
COUNCIL COLUMNS: The June/July Council Columns features highlights of the Council on Foundations 55th Annual Conference in Toronto and provides answers to questions about receiving tickets and other tangible benefits. Council members may read the issue (PDF) at: http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Newsletters/CouncilColumns/
2004/CCJunJuly04.pdf .
AT THE COUNCIL
DOING IT RIGHT: The Council on Foundations is spearheading a new initiative to encourage and enforce foundations' standards of ethics and accountability. "Building Strong and Ethical Foundations: Doing It Right" is a two-year, grant-funded program to increase understanding of legal practices in foundations. The Council is forming partnerships with state and federal regulators to call a halt to bad practices through legal means while educating regulators, the public and the media about the appropriate roles and functions of foundations. Dorothy S. Ridings, president and CEO of the Council, said, "Most grantmakers are 'doing it right,' but there is a hunger in our growing field for an articulation of the very highest governance standards-and a mechanism to enforce them." Read more:
http://www.cof.org/Content/PressRelease/Display.cfm?pressReleaseID=1741 .
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
CORPORATE SUMMIT: The Council on Foundations Corporate Grantmakers Summit will be held June 16–18, 2004, in Chicago. The theme is "Communicating to Influence, Inquire and Inform." Session topics include accountability, communicating with internal and external stakeholders and dealing with change. Speakers include Marilyn Laurie, president of Laurie Consulting, Inc., formerly the highest-ranking woman in the history of AT&T. Register or read more: http://int2.cof.org/conferences/2004Corporate/index.htm .
PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH DIRECTORY: The Northwest Health Foundation and Community-Campus Partnerships for Health are collaborating on a directory of U.S. funding sources for community-based participatory research (CBPR). The first edition will be distributed as a handout at the foundation's CBPR conference in Portland, Oregon, June 28–30, 2004, and will subsequently be made available online in a searchable database. Funders can help make the directory complete by sending information about funding sources, active or forthcoming requests for proposals and program announcements that have supported or could support any aspect of CBPR (e.g., planning, specific projects, core infrastructure, training or conferences). For more information, contact Jen Kauper-Brown at jenbr@u.washington.edu.
ON THE MOVE
NANCY LANHAM FENIMORE will become executive director of Delaware Valley Grantmakers on June 28. She will succeed DALE MITCHELL, who is retiring. Read more: http://www.dvg.org/news_media/index.htm#newED .
The Boston Foundation named GAIL SNOWDEN vice president for finance and operations, effective July 2004. Read more:
http://www.tbf.org/About/about-L2.asp?id=1838 .
ELIZABETH LACH is now vice president, external relations at the Donors Forum of Chicago. The forum also elected four existing board members as officers: ROBIN S. TRYLOFF, as chair; LYNETTE C. MALINGER, as vice chair; ALENE VALKANAS, as secretary; and CAROL CRENSHAW, as treasurer. New board members are RIC ESTRADA, SANDRA GUTHMAN, RICHARD JONES and JEANNE KRACHER. Read more: http://www.donorsforum.org/news/press_Lachboard.html .
Independent Sector appointed WILLIAM S. WHITE to its board of directors. Read more: http://www.independentsector.org/media/2004board_White.html .
BARBARA VANDERKOLK GARDNER is now president and CEO of the Fannie E. Rippel Foundation.
DAVID L. STERNBERG will join the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University on July 1 as associate director of public service and strategic initiatives.
MARI ELLEN REYNOLDS joined Community Foundation Silicon Valley as director of development.
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