Here for Good : Community Foundations and the Challenges of the 21st Century.
Title:
Here for Good : Community Foundations and the Challenges of the 21st Century.
Author:
Mazany, Terry.
ISBN:
9781317468776
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (315 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Second Century: Community Foundations as Foundations of Community -- Part I. Facing a Limitless Future: Can Foundations Adapt? -- 2. A Mandate to Innovate -- 3. The Future of Community Foundations -- 4. Designing for What's Next -- 5. The Digital Age Foundation -- 6. Future Shock: The Case for Endowment -- Part II. Connecting Community and Prosperity -- 7. Community Foundations as Impact Multipliers -- 8. Merging Money and Mission: Becoming Our Community's Development Office -- 9. Ensuring There Is "Community" in the Community Foundation -- 10. The Community Foundation as Borderland Institution -- 11. Never Second-Guess the Locals -- Part III. Community (and Change) Comes in All Shapes and Sizes -- 12. Growing Your Own: Stories About Mobilizing Philanthropic Leaders in Small Cities and Rural Communities -- 13. Connecting to Community Themes, Changing Community Values -- 14. What Is the Appropriate Role of Today's Community Foundation? Our Conclusion: Take on the Tough Issues, Create Public Space, Democratize Philanthropy, and Lead -- 15. Investing in Human Capital to Transform Rural Communities -- 16. Gulf Coast Community Foundation: From Conversion to Transformation -- Part IV. The Risks and Rewards of Strong Leadership -- 17. An Emerging Civic Leadership Model: A Community Foundation's Distinctive Value Proposition -- 18. The Courage to Lead: Worth the Risk? -- 19. From Hula Hoops to Trusted Philanthropic Advisor: An Innovative Pathway of Public Value -- 20. Community Foundation Leadership in the Second Century: Adaptive and Agile -- Part V. Conclusion -- 21. Into the Second Century -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
Community foundations bring together the resources of individuals, families, and businesses to support effective nonprofits in their communities. Over the years, foundations have come to engage community problem-solving through more than just grant-making. They have added a rich array of other activities, including programs of community capacity building, active modes of advocacy, and centres for meeting. In 2011, the 700+ institutions in the United States gave an estimated 4.2 billion to a variety of nonprofit activities in fields that included the arts and education, health and human services, the environment, and disaster relief. The origins of this book stem from conversations among the leadership of community foundations about the challenges they must overcome in order to make such "foundational" contributions to their communities. As community foundations enter the second century of their existence (the first foundation was formed in Cleveland in 1914), the need for knowledge and best practices has never been greater. This book, with expert authors representing the best and the brightest in this important field, fills that need.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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