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Volume 6, Number 42 – December 8, 2005 IN THIS ISSUE NEWS COVERAGE: New Treasury anti-terrorist financing guidelines announced; Knight foundation helps immigrants become engaged citizens; new fund allows individuals to give to UN causes with matched grants; Joyce Foundation increases arts funding JUST PUBLISHED: Report says nonprofit leadership shortage is expected during next 20 years; Foundation Giving Trends preview shows giving up by 8.1 percent; personal strategy guide for grantmakers available NOW ONLINE: Foundation News & Commentary reflects on philanthropy and disaster relief AT THE COUNCIL: CFSource reports on the Community Foundations Leadership Team's new vision and work agenda; sign up for Breaking News ACT NOW: Participate in an online survey on physical activity and nutrition; register for the 2006 Family Foundation Conference; sign up for the Innovation Funders Network summit ON THE MOVE: Jose J. Soto (Woods); Lin Ishihara (Stone); David Gappell (Schusterman); Dr. Nicholas Hellmann and Dr. Helene Gayle (Bill & Melinda Gates); Jim O'Hara (Pew); Patrick McNamara (Omaha); Ted Russell (Irvine) NEWS COVERAGE NEW GUIDELINES: On December 5, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a revised set of voluntary anti-terrorism financing guidelines to assist charitable organizations in complying with Executive Order 13224 and the USA PATRIOT Act. The revised guidelines replace the "U.S. Department of the Treasury Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines: Voluntary Best Practices for U.S. Based Charities," issued in November 2002. Although they are effective immediately, the new guidelines will be open for public comment until February 1, 2006. Read more: http://www.cof.org/Content/General/Display.cfm?contentID=3241 . Read the new guidelines: http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/key-issues/protecting/charities-intro.shtml . The Council on Foundations, which has been critical of key aspects of the original Treasury anti-terrorist financing guidelines, is reviewing the revised guidelines with its Treasury Guidelines Working Group and will submit comments to the Treasury Department within the public comment period. Council members are invited to send their comments on the revised guidelines to Rob Buchanan, the Council's director of international programs, at buchr@cof.org. NEW AMERICANS: The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awarded $1.4 million to grassroots organizations helping immigrants become citizens and engaged society members through its new American Dream Fund. The foundation made grants to 29 local and state organizations in 14 U.S. communities. Grant projects will serve Latino, Haitian, Asian, African and other immigrant communities in Miami-Dade and Palm Beach counties, Florida; Boulder, Colorado; Charlotte, North Carolina; Columbia and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Fort Wayne, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; Long Beach and San Jose, California; Wichita, Kansas; St. Paul, Minnesota; Philadelphia; and Detroit. The groups will receive funding for naturalization assistance, English language education, advocacy and public policy programs. Read more: http://www.knightfdn.org/default.asp?story=news_at_knight/releases/2005/2005_12_01_adf.asp . GLOBAL GIVING: The UN Foundation and the Domini Foundation launched Domini Global Giving Fund, which for the first time allows individuals to support United Nations' programs that safeguard children's health and protect the environment and have their funds matched up to 100 percent. Donors can give to UN-supported programs and organizations with a proven record of achievement, such as those supporting solar-energy entrepreneurs, clearing minefields, preventing the spread of AIDS and protecting sea turtles and mountain gorillas. Find out more: http://www.dominiglobalgiving.org . ARTS INCREASE: The Joyce Foundation increased its arts funding by $470,000—or nearly 40 percent—to $1,725,000 annually. The funding will be divided among community-based arts groups and major cultural institutions in Chicago for audience outreach, diversifying boards and staffs, strengthening leadership and management, overall programming and expanding creative opportunities for minority artists. In another effort three years ago to boost the arts, the foundation launched the Joyce Awards, which provides grants to major Midwest cultural organizations to commission works by artists of color. The 2006 award winners will be announced January 23. Find out more: http://www.joycefdn.org . JUST PUBLISHED LEADER SHORTAGE: Nearly three-fourths of all nonprofit executives will reach retirement age over the next 20 years, and charities will have difficulty replacing them, according to a new survey from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Change Ahead: Nonprofit Executive Leadership and Transitions Survey, the largest study to examine the tenure and future plans of nonprofit executives, points to potentially disruptive implications in nonprofit leadership as the Baby Boomer generation transitions out of the sector. The survey of 2,200 executive directors found that 73 percent of the people who now lead charities are members of this generation (those born from 1946 to 1964). However, while about 77 million Americans were born during the post-World War II boom, only 38 million are members of the generation that followed (known as Generation X). Download the full survey or summary (PDF or HTML): http://www.aecf.org/publications/browse.php?filter=20 . FOUNDATION GIVING: The Foundation Center released its first Foundation Giving Trends preview, which indicates that giving by the largest private and community foundations increased 8.1 percent between 2003 and 2004, following two years of decline. The two-page snapshot, which provides the first look at 2004 grantmaking patterns, also shows that support for most major subject areas grew, with health, science and technology posting the largest gains. A full analysis will be published in February in the 2006 edition of Foundation Giving Trends. Download the preview (PDF): http://fdncenter.org/research/trends_analysis/pdf/fgt_preview.pdf . PERSONAL STRATEGY: How can grantmakers successfully navigate situations in which both sides seem to be right and there is no clear path to resolution? The new GrantCraft guide, Personal Strategy: Mobilizing Your Self for Effective Grant Making, considers how practitioners can use an active awareness of role, self and context to be more effective in their work and handle its challenges with greater sensitivity and confidence. Find out more or download the guide (PDF): http://www.grantcraft.org/catalog/guides/personalstrat/index.html . NOW ONLINE FOUNDATION NEWS: The November/December Foundation News & Commentary reflects on the philanthropic response to recent natural disasters. Articles include "Beyond Relief and Recovery," by Emmett D. Carson, who says philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar, and "Hardest Hit and Least Protected," in which Jeanne Argoff and Harilyn Rousso note that people with disabilities and older adults are especially vulnerable during disasters. Allan R. Clyde talks to Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO Ben Johnson about the hurricane devastation, relief efforts and opportunities for philanthropy to help rebuild the city; Jane C Nober explains how grantmakers can play a role in supporting military personnel. Read the issue: http://www.foundationnews.org . AT THE COUNCIL CFSOURCE: The November CFSource reports on the Community Foundations Leadership Team's new vision statement for the field for 2014 and new work agenda. The issue also provides updates on legal and technology issues, media promotion efforts, upcoming events and reports from the field, including from the Community Philanthropy Initiative (CPI) of the European Foundation Centre, which offers brief updates on community philanthropy in Europe and abroad. Read the issue: http://www.cof.org/Content/Newsletter/Display.cfm?newsletterID=3215 . 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, as well as members and staff of our colleague organizations. Subscribe by e-mailing your name, title and foundation name to media@cof.org. ACT NOW HEALTHY SURVEY: Funders can participate in a brief Web survey on physical activity, nutrition and social systems to help practitioners and funders better understand the challenges regarding active living, healthful eating, community environments, food systems and sustainable agriculture in the United States. The survey is a collaboration of The Robert Wood Johnson and W.K. Kellogg foundations and Kaiser Permanente, in collaboration with the Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. The survey, which takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, will be online until December 23, 2005. Access the survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB224U42ZQJ3T . FAMILY FOUNDATIONS: Register for the Council on Foundations' 2006 Family Foundation Conference in Honolulu, January 29–31, 2006 (preconference workshops begin January 28). The conference theme, From Principle to Practice: Navigating Your Course, focuses on improving the field's performance and raising its level of excellence by applying the new Stewardship Principles for Family Foundations. Speakers include Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle (invited); Steve Case, cofounder of America Online, Inc., and chair of the Case Foundation; and Nainoa Thompson, president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Postconference trips will offer grantmakers hands-on experiences with Hawaiian philanthropy and grantmaking models in environmental conservation, innovative education, culture preservation and more. Register or find out more: http://int2.cof.org/conferences/family2006/index.htm . In the September/October Foundation News & Commentary, Alfred L. Castle describes Hawaii's tradition of giving in "Philanthropy in Paradise." Castle is chair of the 2006 Family Foundation Conference and executive director and trustee of the Samuel N. and Mary Castle Foundation. Read the article: http://www.foundationnews.org/CME/article.cfm?ID=3409 . INNOVATION SUMMIT: The Innovation Funders Network, a network of funders who seek to strengthen nonprofits and improve the lives of people worldwide through the innovative use of information and communication technology, will hold its 2006 summit January 30–31, 2006, in San Francisco. The theme is Networks, Innovation and Social Change. Attendees will learn from funders and nonprofits who have innovative ways of carrying out their social missions and explore emerging ideas and opportunities that should be on every funder's radar, such as social entrepreneurship, collaboration, network-based grantmaking and online organizing. Keynote speakers will be Lawrence Lessig, author, legal scholar and founder of Creative Commons; and Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs. Find out more or register: http://www.innovationfunders.org/2006/Summit . ON THE MOVE The Woods Charitable Fund, Inc., elected JOSE J. SOTO to its board. LIN ISHIHARA was named senior program officer at the W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation, overseeing its youth development and education grantmaking. On January 1, 2006, DAVID GAPPELL will become director of The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation's programs and grantmaking activities in Israel. Read more: http://www.schusterman.org/Article_Display.asp?articleid=44 . At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, DR. NICHOLAS HELLMANN will begin serving as interim director of the HIV, tuberculosis, and reproductive health program starting in February 2006, when DR. HELENE GAYLE will step down. Read more: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/GlobalHealth/Announcements/Announce-051202.htm . JIM O'HARA will become director of policy initiatives and the Health and Human Services program at The Pew Charitable Trusts on January 2, 2006. Read more: http://www.pewtrusts.com/ideas/ideas_item.cfm?content_item_id=3137 &content_type_id=16&page=16&issue=13&issue_name=Miscellaneous&name=Pew%20Press%20Releases . PATRICK MCNAMARA is now director of philanthropic services at the Omaha Community Foundation. Read more: http://www.omahacf.org . On December 12, TED RUSSELL will join The James Irvine Foundation as senior program officer in the arts program. Read more: http://www.irvine.org/irvine_news/press_releases/current/12-05_Ted_Russell.shtml . 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. 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