The Future of Foundations in an Open Society

by Feddersen, Dieter; Bertelsmann Foundation; Bertelsmann Stiftung (Gutersloh, Germany)

• ISBN13: 9783892044406
• ISBN10: 3892044406
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Bertelsmann Stiftung

Summary

This book contains the proceedings of an international symposium hosted by the Bertelsmann Foundation. It documents the growing consensus thatin the open societyit is not enough for foundations to do good; they have to do it well.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(4)
Welcome Address	11	(6)
Reinhard Mohn
The Contribution of Foundations to the Formation and Development of an Open Society
The Importance of Foundations in an Open Society	17	(14)
Kenneth Prewitt
Foundations and the Developing World	31	(10)
Caio K. Koch-Weser
The Social Responsibility and Legitimacy of Foundations
The Legitimization of Foundation Work	41	(6)
Dorothy S. Ridings
Codes of Conduct for Foundations	47	(18)
John Richardson
The Legal Framework of Foundation Activities
The Limits of the Not-for-Profit Status	65
Dieter Feddersen
Reports from the Workshops
The Development of Organizational Structures and New Governance Techniques in Foundations: A Challenge for the Future?	93
Craig Kennedy
Strategies, Methods and Instruments of Program Work: Operative Foundations and Innovative Forms of Program Management	103
H. Peter Karoff
Foundations and the Public: Facing the Challenges of the Information Age	115
Luc Tayart de Borms
The Legal Dimension of the Work of Private Foundations	127
Carl-Heinz Heuer
Annex
The Authors	143
The Participants of the Symposium	147
Theses of the Bertelsmann Foundation	153