FN&C Now
Volume 5, Number 27 – July 8, 2004
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IN THIS ISSUE
NEWS COVERAGE: Kaiser foundation to provide daily coverage of International AIDS Conference
JUST PUBLISHED: Family Giving News features top ten trends in family philanthropy; report on effective funder collaborations
AT THE COUNCIL: Foundation News & Commentary focuses on professional development; sign up for Breaking News
ACT NOW: Register for the Grassroots & Groundworks conference
ON THE MOVE: Steven E. Hyman (Dana); Daniel J. Carucci (National Institutes of Health); Gregory Scott Edwards (Mathile); Cheryl Amos Riddick (Community Foundation in Jacksonville); Jo-Anne E. Stately and D'Arcy Bordeaux (Indian Land Tenure); Frances G. Padilla and Janet Davenport (Anthem); Reatha Clark King (University of Minnesota)
NEWS COVERAGE
AIDS CONFERENCE: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation will provide daily coverage of the 15th International AIDS Conference to be held July 11-16, in Bangkok, Thailand. The coverage will be made available through kaisernetwork.org, the conference's official webcaster. Coverage, which begins with a live webcast of the opening ceremony Sunday, July 11, will feature official press briefings and selected plenaries. To sign up for daily e-mail updates, add conference coverage to your organization's website or view the coverage, go to http://www.kaisernetwork.org/aids2004 .
JUST PUBLISHED
TOP TRENDS: The July issue of Family Giving News looks at the top ten trends in family philanthropy, including the rising number of families involved in philanthropy, issues related to generational succession, more hands-on giving by younger donors, changing definitions of family and perpetuity and donor intent. Read the issue or subscribe: http://ncfp.org/FGN-July_2004/contents.html .
EFFECTIVE COLLABORATION: In Baltimore's grantmaking community, collaborative grantmaking has emerged as an effective way for funders to leverage their dollars for more results. A new report, Local Donor Collaboration: Lessons from Baltimore and Beyond, describes four effective local funder groups. One group, the Education Funders Affinity Group, is a network that discusses issues related to the shared interest of education. The group fueled Baltimore's High School Reform Initiative with both ideas and funds. The report was published by the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers and Alice C. Buhl Associates, with support from The Annie E. Casey Foundation. Read more or download the report (PDF): http://www.abagmd.org/info-url2446/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=230604 . Print copies are available from info@abagmd.org.
AT THE COUNCIL
GRANTMAKING AFTERLIFE: In the July/August Foundation News & Commentary, Lee Draper examines how jobs in philanthropy prepare grantmakers for their next career moves. The issue also covers sabbaticals, grantmaker reading groups, nonprofit advocacy and legal participation in the political process. 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
GRASSROOTS & GROUNDWORK: The brightest hope for reducing poverty and rebuilding communities is usually within communities themselves. The Grassroots & Groundwork Conference, held September 12–14, in St. Paul, Minnesota, will showcase community-based strategies with proven track records. Co-sponsored by the Northwest Area Foundation and The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the conference is geared toward funders, policymakers, nonprofit staff, business leaders, researchers and other people working in the trenches. Read more or register: http://grassrootsandgroundwork.nwaf.org .
ON THE MOVE
The Dana Foundation elected STEVEN E. HYMAN to its board of directors. Read more: http://www.dana.org/press/hotnews/hotnews_062804.cfm .
DANIEL J. CARUCCI joined the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health as director of the Grand Challenges in Global Health Initiative. Read more: http://www.fnih.org/news/06july2004.shtml .
GREGORY SCOTT EDWARDS was appointed executive director of the Mathile Family Foundation.
The Community Foundation in Jacksonville appointed CHERYL AMOS RIDDICK vice president of grantmaking services.
JO-ANNE E. STATELY was appointed vice president of development for the Indian Land Tenure Foundation and D'ARCY BORDEAUX was appointed accountant/human resource director.
The Anthem Foundation of Connecticut hired FRANCES G. PADILLA as director of programs. JANET DAVENPORT was hired as director of communications.
REATHA CLARK KING, retired president and executive director of the General Mills Foundation, was selected as the 2004 Louis W. Hill, Jr. Fellow in Philanthropy at the Hubert H. Humphrey Center of the University of Minnesota.
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