From Grantmaker to Leader Emerging Strategies for Twenty-First Century Foundations

by Ellsworth, Frank L.; Lumarda, Joe

• ISBN13: 9780471380580
• ISBN10: 047138058X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-22
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

FROM GRANTMAKER TO LEADERThe past one hundred years has borne witness to an extraordinary revolution in the constitution and activities of philanthropic foundations. The evolution of the governance of foundations-from founder to family to professionals to institutions-has necessarily altered the role that foundations play within a society. As community foundations, for example, strengthen the essential communal fabric and help all organizations gain a financial foothold, they find themselves at times in conflict with commercial gift funds, whose transactional nature between the donor and the organization stimulates philanthropy in a wholly different fashion. From Grantmaker to Leader: Emerging Strategies for 21st Century Foundations takes stock of this shifting landscape, presenting bold leadership strategies for directing philanthropic organizations into the unchartered waters of the future. Seasoned foundation executives Frank Ellsworth and Joseph Lumarda assemble an all-star roster of insider contributors, dividing their trenchant study into three sections. "From Carnegie to Gates: The Changing Faces and Needs of Philanthropy" examines the history of family and community foundations and how the turmoil of the "New Economy" will affect these organizations in the future. Section Two, "The Foundation's New Reach: The Emerging Role of Leader, Communicator, and Facilitator of Change" addresses the critical responsibility of effectively articulating a foun

Author Biography

FRANK L. ELLSWORTH is a vice president at Capital Research and Management Company, where he oversees and coordinates programs and services to endowments in Los Angeles.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Corpus Diem (C. Rosenberg).

Introduction.

SECTION ONE: FROM CARNEGIE TO GATES: THE CHANGING FACES AND NEEDS OF PHILANTHROPY.

Chapter 1. Family Philanthropy in Twenty-First-Century America (V.M. Esposito and J. Foote).

Chapter 2. Philanthropy