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Volume 6, Number 10 – March 25, 2005 IN THIS ISSUE NEWS COVERAGE: Skoll announces social entrepreneurship award winners, grants for sector building AT THE COUNCIL: Panel on the Nonprofit Sector hosts meeting at 56th Annual Conference; book offers wisdom for positive change in Africa; sign up for Breaking News JUST PUBLISHED: Report anticipates significant transfer of African-American wealth; first study of Canada's nonprofit sector released ACT NOW: Expand your knowledge of grants management ON THE MOVE: Michael Bailin and Nancy Roob (Edna McConnell Clark); Marta L. Tellado (Ford); Carol Lewis (Philanthropy Northwest); Patricia Thomas (Knight); Susan O'Brien (St. Paul Educational); Cheryl M. Cronin and David E. Golden (Brown Rudnick); James C. Borel, Sue Bernetich and Cathy Emerson (Delaware) NEWS COVERAGE SKOLL SUPPORT: The Skoll Foundation announced 13 winners of the 2005 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship: Appropriate Technologies for Enterprise Creation (ApproTEC), San Francisco; Barefoot College (Social Work and Research Centre), Rajasthan, India; CAMFED, Cambridge, England; Citizen Schools, Boston; Committee for Democracy in Information Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; EcoLogic Finance, Boston; Fundación Paraguaya, Asunción, Paraguay; Institute for OneWorld Health, San Francisco; International Development Enterprises (India), Delhi; Rugmark Foundation USA, Washington, DC; Sonidos de La Tierra, Asunción, Paraguay; TransFair USA, Oakland, California; and Witness, Brooklyn, New York. The foundation also is renewing its support of the Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts and Technology (BAYCAT) in San Francisco. The $7.3 million in grants, which supports entrepreneurs whose innovative programs address social problems, will be presented at the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, England, on March 31. Through the Skoll Social Sector Program, the foundation will also give eight organizations $1.8 million to build the sector's infrastructure and effectiveness: Action Without Borders, New York City; Aspen Institute, Washington, DC; Civic Ventures, San Francisco; Community Foundations of America, Louisville, Kentucky; Give2Asia, San Francisco; Independent Sector, Washington, DC; Philanthropic Research, Inc., Williamsburg, Virginia; and Share Our Strength, Washington, DC. Read more: http://www.skollfoundation.org/media/press_releases/internal/031705.asp . AT THE COUNCIL FIELD MEETING: The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector will hold a field meeting at the Council on Foundations 56th Annual Conference in San Diego, April 10, 2005, at 4 pm. The panel's March 1 interim report to the Senate Finance Committee recommended ways to improve nonprofit governance and accountability. The panel is now holding 12 meetings across the country to allow the nonprofit community to comment on and augment those recommendations before it submits its final report later this spring. The meeting is open to all, but registration is required for those attendees who are not registered for the conference. Find out more: http://www.cof.org/index.cfm?containerid=64&menuContainerName=&navID=0 . GRANTMAKING WISDOM: Find out how grantmakers can help create positive change on the African continent from the Council's newest publication, Making a Difference in Africa: Advice from Experienced Grantmakers. Based on the insights of more than 50 foundation and corporate giving program officers, grantmakers can learn how best to address such issues as democracy and civil society, living standards, health, education and the environment. Read more or purchase the book ($20 members; $30 nonmembers): http://www.cof.org/Content/PressRelease/Display.cfm?pressReleaseID=2470 . 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. JUST PUBLISHED AFRICAN-AMERICAN WEALTH: Wealth Transfer Estimates Among African American Households, a new study from the Boston College Center on Wealth and Philanthropy, shows that between $1.1 trillion to $3.4 trillion could be transferred from bequests between 2001 and 2055. The report sheds light on patterns and trends in African-American household income, wealth and philanthropic giving, and suggests that charitable bequests could account for between $40 and $283 billion of that transferred wealth. The report, which also provides three strategies for increasing giving, was funded by the Twenty-First Century Foundation. Download the report: (PDF): http://bc.edu/research/swri/meta-elements/pdf/aawte2.pdf . CANADIAN SECTOR: According to The Canadian Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector in Comparative Perspective—the first such study—Canada's nonprofit sector is vibrant and larger as a proportion of the entire economy than its counterpart in the United States. However, in raw numbers, the U.S. nonprofit sector is the largest in the world, while Canada's is the second-largest. The study, from Imagine Canada (formerly the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy) and the Johns Hopkins Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, is part of an effort to analyze the nonprofit sector in a cross-section of countries worldwide. Download the report (PDF): http://www.nonprofitscan.ca/pdf/jhu_report_en.pdf . ACT NOW GRANTS MANAGEMENT: Expand your knowledge of grants management, explore promising practices and participate in roundtable discussions, April 8, 9 and 10, 2005, in San Diego, during the Grants Managers Network's Annual Meeting and its other events held in conjunction with the Council on Foundations 56th Annual Conference. Session topics include: Overview of Grants Management; Professional Development for Grants Managers; Fiscal Fitness: Understanding Audits & Budgets; Multi-tasking for Grants Managers; Avoiding Legal Pitfalls & Traps for the Unwary; and Shop Talk. The keynote speaker for the network's annual meeting will be Kevin Bolduc, associate director of the Center for Effective Philanthropy. Registration for the Council's annual conference is not required for preconference events, but is required for events held during the conference. Find out more (PDF): http://www.gmnetwork.org/GMN05-final.pdf . Register for the conference: http://int2.cof.org/conferences/AC2005 . ON THE MOVE MICHAEL BAILIN, president of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation since 1996, will step down in June 2005. He will be succeeded by NANCY ROOB, the foundation's vice president and chief operating officer. Read more: http://www.emcf.org/pub/bailinroob.htm . MARTA L. TELLADO joined the Ford Foundation as vice president for communications. Read more: http://www.fordfound.org/news/view_news_detail.cfm?news_index=150 . CAROL LEWIS becomes CEO of Philanthropy Northwest on April 1, 2005. Read more: http://www.philanthropynw.org/pressroom/updates/newCEO032205.htm . The first holder of the Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism at the University of Georgia is PATRICIA THOMAS, an award-winning author and editor. Read more: http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=news_at_knight/releases/2005/2005_03_23_uga.html . The St. Paul Educational Foundation announced that founding executive director SUSAN O'BRIEN will retire June 30, 2005, after 20 years of leading the organization. Brown Rudnick Charitable Foundation Corp. elected CHERYL M. CRONIN and DAVID E. GOLDEN to its board of directors. The Delaware Community Foundation appointed JAMES C. BOREL to its board of directors. The foundation also named SUE BERNETICH director of development and CATHY EMERSON executive assistant and office manager. SUBSCRIBE FN&C Now is published by the Council on Foundations to keep you in the loop by sharing news between bimonthly editions of Foundation News & Commentary magazine (FN&C Now Web archive: http://www.foundationnews.org/now/index.htm ). Please feel free to forward this message to your friends and colleagues who might enjoy it. To subscribe (it's free) to FN&C Now, send an e-mail to fncnow@cof.org . Questions or comments about FN&C Now? Contact Paula J. Kelly at 202/467-0261. To contribute a news item for consideration, please e-mail fncnow@cof.org . To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to leave-fncnow-4832R@int1.cof.org . 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