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Volume 6, Number 25 – July 11, 2005 IN THIS ISSUE NEWS COVERAGE: W.K. Kellogg Foundation stimulates entrepreneurship in rural America; Colorado Trust announces grants for patient care campaign NOW ONLINE: GuideStar announces new disclosure tool JUST PUBLISHED: Stanford Social Innovation Review discusses historic change in corporate charitable giving; Family Giving News provides six tips for raising philanthropic children ACT NOW: Register for conference on the role of philanthropy in effecting change; submit promising practices in civic engagement among adults 50 years and older AWARDS ROUNDUP: Cleveland Foundation names inaugural class of civic fellows ON THE MOVE: Hodding Carter III and Alberto Ibargüen (Knight); Jack Fuller (MacArthur); Harry S. Johnson and Marc B. Terrill (Baltimore Community); Alvertha Penny (California Community); Earl S. Johnson and Joaquin Garza, Jr. (The California Endowment); Mark Daley (Women & Philanthropy); Kristen Russi (Council on Foundations) NEWS COVERAGE PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP: In the most recent in a series of special projects to mark its 75th anniversary, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation is providing $12 million in Rural Entrepreneurship Development Systems grants to stimulate entrepreneurship across America. The foundation is awarding $2 million grants to six collaborative efforts in nine states. The grants will help promote regional entrepreneurial activity, showcase successful models of entrepreneurship for other rural communities, encourage significant new investments and stimulate interest in rural entrepreneurship policies and strategies. Read more: http://www.wkkf.org/Knowledgebase/Pubs/RenderRes.aspx?CID=4&ID=4136 . IMPROVING CARE: The Colorado Trust is committing $3.8 million over 18 months to help hospitals statewide save lives by improving the quality of patient care. The effort is based on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's (IHI) nationwide 100k Lives Campaign, an initiative to save 100,000 lives through the implementation of procedures that prevent medical injuries in hospitals and eliminate hospital-acquired infections. Colorado acute care hospitals may apply for grants of $35,000 to participate in the campaign. The effort is being coordinated by the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care. The trust also is providing IHI with funds to measure the progress of the state and national campaigns, including by tracking mortality rates. Read more (PDF): http://www.coloradotrust.org/repository/ newsreleases/pdfs/2005/7-05_IHI-1stAnnouncement.pdf . NOW ONLINE DISCLOSURE TOOL: To increase transparency and public access to nonprofit information, GuideStar launched eDocs, a tool that allows the 1.5 million nonprofits in its database to post letters of determination, audited financial statements, annual reports and other documents. Nonprofits can also post their Forms 990 at the site as soon as they submit them to the IRS. Find out more: http://www.guidestar.org/about/press/050629_edocs.jsp . JUST PUBLISHED CHANGING CORPORATE CHARITY: In the Summer 2005 Stanford Social Innovation Review, Keith Epstein describes the "broad, historic shift" in how large corporations view their charitable donations. In "Philanthropy, Inc," Epstein writes that although corporations use a variety of names-such as cause marketing or strategic philanthropy-most want to closely align their donations with their business objectives. In "Developing Native Capability," Stuart L. Hart and Ted London write that to survive and thrive, multinational corporations must forge new partnerships. The issue also includes a review of three online organizations that help rate nonprofits for potential donors and a venture philanthropist's account of her experiences with reforming education. Read more or subscribe: http://www.ssireview.com . CHARITABLE KIDS: The July issue of Family Giving News offers six tips for raising charitable children, including providing a philanthropic mentor or hero and making philanthropy a family affair. As part of its continuing Profiles in Family Philanthropy series, the issue also includes an Alliance magazine interview with Lord David Sainsbury, whose family received a Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy in 2003. The National Center for Family Philanthropy is offering a 30 percent discount on all publications and free shipping during July. Read more or subscribe: http://www.ncfp.org/FGN-July_2005/contents.html . ACT NOW EFFECTING CHANGE: The Colorado Association of Funders presents Perspectives on Effecting Change: The Role and Message of Philanthropy, a day-long conference July 22, 2005, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Council on Foundations Director of Communications Jeff Martin will lead a session on communicating leadership, which will include results of a survey in which civic leaders shared ideas for increasing the sector's value with Congress and the public. The presentation will be followed by a working session to help attendees develop their organization's own success story. Linda Shoemaker, president and trustee of the Brett Family Foundation, will present the keynote address on how grantmakers make a difference. Registration deadline is July 15, 2005. Find out more (PDF): http://www.coloradofunders.org/docs/2005~On~The~Road.pdf . PROMISING PRACTICES: The National Council on the Aging's RespectAbility initiative launched the first national campaign to identify and catalogue promising practices in the field of civic engagement with adults 50 years of age and older. The goal is to gather practices from local organizations and community-wide initiatives experiencing demonstrable success in engaging older adults in service to their communities. Winners will receive cash awards of up to $10,000 and be featured in RespectAbility's report, Profiles of Most Promising Civic Engagement Initiatives in America. The initiative is funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies. Deadline for submissions is July 25, 2005. Find out more: http://www.respectability.org/promisingpractices/promise_1.htm . AWARDS ROUNDUP CIVIC FELLOWS: The Cleveland Foundation selected eight young leaders, Jeffrey Pesler, Jacqueline Ruiz, Diane Schorr, LaTasha Stanley, Sonja Thomas, Tyrone White, Eric Wobser and Rachel Zinn, for the inaugural class of its year-long Cleveland Executive Fellowship—A Coro Program. The fellowships will teach the next generation of local leaders how the public and private sectors interact, how decisions are made and how people and institutions guide Cleveland's civic agenda. The foundation worked with Coro, a national leader in civic training, to create a program tailored to the city's needs. The fellows will immerse themselves in Cleveland's decision-making process by completing high-level placements in corporate, nonprofit and public sector workplaces. Other activities include interviewing citizens and leaders and designing workshops on the region's major issues. Read more: http://www.clevelandfoundation.org/newsarticle.cfm?articleID=91207 &PTSidebarOptID=5048&returnTo=index.cfm&returntoname=Home&SiteID=23&banner 1img=banner_1h.jpg&banner2img=banner_2.jpg&bannerbg=bannerbg.gif&pageid=1431 &sidepageid=1421&thetitle=Cleveland%20Executive%20Fellowship%20Program%20Announces%20Inaugural%20Class%20of%20Civic%20Fellows . ON THE MOVE The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced HODDING CARTER III will leave his position as president and CEO July 18, 2005, when ALBERTO IBARGÜEN will succeed him. Carter will serve as a consultant through the fall. Read more: http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=news_at_knight/releases/ 2005/2005_07_06_carter-ibarguen.html . The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation elected JACK FULLER to its board of directors. Read more: http://www.macfound.org/announce/press_releases/7_1_2005.htm . HARRY S. JOHNSON and MARC B. TERRILL were elected to the board of The Baltimore Community Foundation. Read more (PDF): http://www.bcf.org/newsreleases/pr070605.pdf . ALVERTHA PENNY is vice president of programs at the California Community Foundation. Read more: http://www.calfund.org/3/release_july1_2005.php . EARL S. JOHNSON joined The California Endowment as senior program officer, California Works for Better Health-a joint initiative with the Rockefeller Foundation. Read more: http://www.calendow.org/news/press_releases/2005/07/070605.stm . JOAQUIN GARZA, JR., joined as program officer, Agricultural Health Initiative. Read more: http://www.calendow.org/news/press_releases/2005/07/070705.stm . MARK DALEY joined Women & Philanthropy as director of communications and outreach. Read more: http://www.womenphil.org/info-url_nocat3909/info-url_nocat_show.htm?doc_id=283638 . KRISTEN RUSSI is now manager, publications and marketing, in the Council on Foundations' Communications and Membership Group. 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. 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