Collaborative Philanthropies

What Groups of Foundations Can Do That Individual Funders Cannot

Elwood M. Hopkins (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

112 Seiten

2005
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-1042-3 (ISBN)

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In recent years, foundations have begun to come together in groups to take on shared initiatives and agendas. Hopkins argues that these funder collaboratives are more than a collection of isolated experiments. Instead, they provide a window into a dramatic and promising new stage in the development of organized philanthropy.

American philanthropy has historically been a solitary pursuit defined by individual donor action and fragmented, uncoordinated grantmaking. But in recent years, foundations have begun to come together in groups to take on shared initiatives and agendas. InCollaborative Philanthropies, Elwood M. Hopkins—himself the executive director of the successful collaborative Los Angeles Urban Funders—argues that these funder collaboratives are more than a collection of isolated experiments. Instead, they provide a window into a dramatic and promising new stage in the development of organized philanthropy. For anyone aspiring to play a leadership role in the philanthropic field, this book lays out a visionary blueprint for smarter, more effective philanthropy in the twenty-first century.

Elwood M. Hopkins is executive director of the Los Angeles Urban Funders, housed at the Southern California Association for Philanthropy. He has consulted with foundations and funder collaboratives worldwide and speaks widely on the subject of philanthropy.

Chapter 1 Funder Collaboratives in Context: Philanthropy As a Professional Field
Chapter 2 A Tentative Trend: Illustrative Examples of Funder Collaboratives
Chapter 3 Funder Collaboration As a Tool for Increasing Philanthropic Efficiency
Chapter 4 Funder Collaboration As a Way to Frame Comprehensive Solutions
Chapter 5 Funder Collaboratives As Vehicles for Fostering Risk-Taking
Chapter 6 Funder Collaboratives As Mechanisms for Better Philanthropic Governance
Chapter 7 Funder Collaboratives As Systems for Better Communications and Knowledge Management
Chapter 8 Funder Collaboratives As Direction-Setters for the Foundation World
Chapter 9 Conclusion: Toward a Self-Organizing Philanthropic Field

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.3.2005
Sprache	englisch
Maße	158 x 235 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-7391-1042-X / 073911042X
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-1042-3 / 9780739110423
Zustand	Neuware