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	Volume 7, Number 8 – February 23, 2006 IN THIS ISSUE NEWS COVERAGE: Mott Foundation gives $1.2 million to help automotive market and workers; Community Foundation Silicon Valley launches leadership initiative; William J. Clinton Foundation and American Heart Association announce effort to fight childhood obesity JUST PUBLISHED: Foundation salaries stay slightly ahead of inflation, report says; NYRAG offers best approaches to disaster relief and recovery; number of foundations in Silicon Valley has more than tripled, study finds AT THE COUNCIL: Trusts & Estates discount offered for PAN members; sign up for Breaking News NOW ONLINE: Participate in a discussion on foundations and accountability; James Irvine Foundation launches evaluation site ACT NOW: Come to Foundations on the Hill 2006 ON THE MOVE: H. King McGlaughon, Frederick J. M. LaValley and Jane M. Mullany (Philadelphia); Marsha J. Moore (Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan); Teresa Weintraub, Keith T. Ward and Maricarmen Martinez, et al. (Dade); Christine Ganzlin (McKnight); Tjuan Dogan and Katherine Falen (Blank); Gene Cochrane, Peter Goodwin and Raymond Baxter, et al. (Grantmakers In Health) NEWS COVERAGE EASING AUTO WOES: Because of the troubles in the automotive industry and the consequences for Michigan's economy, the Mott Foundation has provided two grants totaling $1.2 million for short- and long-term assistance. The Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, received a three-year, $900,000 grant to improve the long-term global competitiveness of the state's automotive manufacturers and suppliers through a series of collaborative efforts. The National Employment Law Project in New York City received a two-year, $300,000 grant to help increase the number of Michigan's dislocated workers receiving retraining through the federally funded Trade Adjustment Assistance program. Read more: http://mott.org/news/pr-detail.asp?newsid=42 . LEADERSHIP BOOST: The Community Foundation Silicon Valley launched the HP Nonprofit Leadership Initiative with the announcement of the program's first 20 participants. The goal of the two-year program, funded by HP, is to increase organizational sustainability and growth of the nonprofit sector in Silicon Valley. The program will connect veteran nonprofit leaders with new nonprofit leaders and provide professional development and leadership training opportunities. Applications for the program's second cohort will be available May 1, 2006. Read more: http://www.cfsv.org/enewsletter4/vol32_1.html . HEALTHY EFFORT: The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a joint initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association, announced a program to help schools create environments that foster healthy lifestyles and prevent obesity among students in grades K-12. Made possible by an $8 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Healthy Schools Program will set standards to improve the nutritional value of food served in and out of school cafeterias, to increase physical activity during and after school and to implement classroom lessons on healthy lifestyles for students and wellness programs for staff. The alliance will provide tools and materials and consultants to help schools and school districts implement the program. While any school is eligible to apply, in the first year the Healthy Schools Program will focus on recruiting approximately 300 schools in 12 states, and will place emphasis on reaching schools that have limited resources and serve students of disadvantaged socioeconomic status. Read more: http://www.healthiergeneration.org/schools_release.html . JUST PUBLISHED SALARY AND BENEFITS: Salaries in 2005 for foundation employees slightly outpaced inflation, according to the 2005 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Report, from the Council on Foundations. Grantmaker CEO inflation-adjusted salaries increased an average of 2.69 percent per year at private foundations and 2.88 percent per year at community foundations from 2001 through 2005. In addition, inflation-adjusted salaries of program officers increased by 0.92 percent per year at private foundations and 1.37 percent per year at community foundations during the same time period. The report also reveals that nearly 98 percent of responding foundations offered fulltime employees voluntary benefits, in addition to required benefits. The report is based on responses from 742 foundations and corporate giving programs, which employ a total of 6,145 fulltime employees. Read more or purchase the report (print or CD-ROM): http://www.cof.org/Content/PressRelease/Display.cfm?pressReleaseID=3397 . PREFERRED PRACTICES: Find out how grantmakers are maintaining their core missions while addressing immediate and ongoing recovery after a disaster in Rebuilding Lives: The Philanthropic Response to the Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004, from the New York Regional Association of Grantmakers (NYRAG). The report provides an overview of the financial contributions and other activities of NYRAG members following the devastating tsunami. Most initially provided immediate relief primarily through the American Red Cross, then focused on critical long-term strategies for recovery and rebuilding. The report also includes a special section by the Asian American Federation of New York showing the disaster's effects on New York communities with ties to the Indian Ocean region, and how transnational needs must be met in response to wide-scale destruction. Read more or download the report (PDF): http://www.nyrag.org/info-url2325/info-url_show.htm?doc_id=330284 . STRONG GROWTH: Despite a roller coaster economy and reduced funding, the nonprofit sector in Silicon Valley grew significantly between 1994 and 2003, a report from the University of San Francisco's Institute for Nonprofit Organization Management found. According to Silicon Valley's Changing Nonprofit Sector, the number of nonprofits in the region grew by 30 percent between 1994 and 2003, while the number of foundations more than tripled, growing by 207 percent. The number of nonprofit sector employees also increased, even as the overall number of jobs in the private sector decreased. However, the study warns of significant challenges, including decreased government funding and shrinking operating margins, and suggests that some communities, such as southern Santa Clara County, may be underserved based on need. The Skoll Foundation sponsored the report. Read more or download the full report (PDF): http://www.usfca.edu/inom/research/SiliconValley/PressRelease_SVreport.pdf . AT THE COUNCIL PAN DISCOUNT: The Council on Foundations' partnership with Trusts & Estates magazine allows members of the Council's Philanthropic Advisors Network (PAN) to receive a discounted listing in the magazine's online Wealth Management Resource Guide and its 2006 print edition. The guide is published in the fourth quarter of each year. The listing fee will be discounted for PAN members from $350 to $150. Find out more (PDF): http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/PAN/Trust_&_Estates_Promo_FINAL.pdf . 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. NOW ONLINE ACCOUNTABILITY BLOG: Participate in an online discussion about foundations and accountability at Stanford Social Innovation Review's blog. Bruce Sievers, lecturer and visiting scholar on civil society and the nonprofit sector at Stanford University's Haas Center, kicked off the discussion by asking how accountable foundations should be, to whom they should be accountable and for what they should be accountable. "Neither the historical origins nor the legal status of foundations provide unambiguous answers to these questions," Sievers writes. Join the discussion: http://www.ssireview.com/forum/archives/2006/02/foundations_and_1.php . EVALUATION RESOURCE: As part of its commitment to evaluation, The James Irvine Foundation has launched a comprehensive evaluation section on its website. Visitors can find information on the foundation's self-evaluation, evaluation of its ongoing and concluded programs and tools for other nonprofits. Find out more: http://www.irvine.org/evaluation/overview.shtml . ACT NOW FOUNDATIONS ON THE HILL: Come to Foundations on the Hill, March 14–15, 2006, in Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Council on Foundations and the Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, the event brings foundation representatives from across the country to meet with members of Congress. Foundation representatives can inform and educate Congress about philanthropy, create visibility for foundations and philanthropy, advocate on issues affecting foundations, and encourage Congress to view foundations as a resource on public policy issues. In addition to congressional meetings, participants attend training sessions and a breakfast event featuring remarks by a member of Congress. Registration for Foundations on the Hill is open to all grantmaking foundations. Register or find out more: http://www.foundationsonthehill.org . ON THE MOVE H. KING MCGLAUGHON, FREDERICK J. M. LAVALLEY and JANE M. MULLANY were elected to the board of The Philadelphia Foundation. MARSHA J. MOORE joined the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan as accountant. The Dade Community Foundation named TERESA WEINTRAUB chair, KEITH T. WARD vice-chair, MARICARMEN MARTINEZ treasurer and JOHN J. GRUNDHAUSER secretary. Read more (PDF): http://www.dadecommunityfoundation.org/Site/docs/NewOfficers2006.pdf . CHRISTINE GANZLIN is now director of The McKnight Foundation's Children and Families program. Read more: http://www.mcknight.org/newsandviews/news_detail.aspx?itemID=3429&catID=2440&typeID=2 . The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation appointed TJUAN DOGAN as senior program officer for its Pathways to Success program and KATHERINE FALEN as program officer for its Better Beginnings program. Read more: http://www.blankfoundation.org/news/newsrelease33.html . On February 24, 2006, GENE COCHRANE will become chair of Grantmakers In Health and PETER GOODWIN will become treasurer. In addition, RAYMOND BAXTER, DEBBIE CHANG, CRYSTAL HAYLING and ANNIE WOHLGENANT will become board members. Read more: http://www.gih.org/newsletter2679/newsletter_show.htm?doc_id=356789 . 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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