The corporate annual report is the chief document that is used to disseminate information about the financial performance and other issues pertaining to an organization. The report is typically divided into two sections: the front half with long narratives and photographs describing achievements, issues, and future goals; the second half…

Discusses Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA), an organization composed primarily of foundation trustees who meet to examine significant trends and problems affecting Catholic life. Highlights FADICA's successes and focuses. (DMM)

In fall 2005 the John M. Olin Foundation dispensed the last of its funds, liquidated its belongings, and vacated its offices. John Merrill Olin intended his wealth to promote conservatism in academia, and for 52 years his foundation pursued that aim by creating grants for individuals and organizations that have become founts of right-wing…

Financial inequality is growing in U.S. higher education. In this report, the author observes increasing differences between the endowments of rich and poor institutions, between the salaries of college and university presidents and their faculties, between the salaries of athletic coaches and professors, and between well and poorly compensated…

Examines the process of giving grants to fund projects in arts education, specifically the generation of funding recommendations through the peer panel system. Analyzes a National Endowment for the Arts panel as to its overall effectiveness and expense. Concludes that while the process is expensive, it works given the criteria used. (GEA)

Topics of interest to the library manager in locating potential library support, soliciting support, and managing "friends" and volunteers are covered in the 12 papers presented at the 1979 Allerton Park Institute of the University of Illinois. The papers begin with an assessment of the library context for private financial support,…

Points to revenue sources available to fund raisers, development officers, and school administrators. Analyzes three basic grants givers (i.e., government, corporations, and individuals), suggesting that development personnel use local resources to find out as much as possible about each group. Recommends specific tactics for information…

Reviews historical trends in U.S. philanthropy toward Native Americans, including the "missionary and chief making era" (1819-1940s), "political leadership era" (1940s-1960s), "issues and rights era" (1960s), "institutional era" (1970s), "self-sufficiency era" (1980s), and present day efforts. Highlights obstacles that prevented the success of…

Many projects grow out of passion and minimal outside funding. One's own personal enthusiasm, together with non-monetary encouragement of others, can fuel a project for a while. On-going development of a project and sustainability however, often depends upon partnering with people and funding resources. In this article, the author shares ideas on…

Because of the variety in the nature and interests of foundations, libraries often seek an understanding of several foundations' interests, funding history, future plans, and strategies in terms of their own needs before approaching a single foundation. A review of foundation giving within the past few years shows that construction and expansion…

The process of acquiring financial support from private foundations is discussed in 26 essays, divided into five categories (Targeting the Foundation Market; Getting Started: Tools of the Trade; The Process of Foundation Fund Raising; The Grant Maker's Perspective; and Focused Programs and Foundation Support). A prologue, "Ethics and Foundation…

Grant proposals are most likely to succeed when they are based on solid, well-conceived ideas. Long-range planning is the best way to come up with workable ideas that will convince small foundations of a project's merits. Planning helps identify an institution's top priorities and achieve a consensus. (MLW)

Recognizing the various types of foundations (general purpose, special purpose, company sponsored, community, and family or independent) and their giving potential is essential for good fund raising. Giving patterns since 1955 by donor source groups and by field of activity give clues to solicitation approaches. (MSE)

Reasons tendered by a selected group of 31 professional philanthropic foundation staff for the limited use of evaluation of philanthropic grants are reviewed. Ways to increase evaluation use are reviewed. Formal, informal, internal, and external evaluations can be very valuable to a foundation. (SLD)

This section includes three articles that discuss programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a listing of state humanities councils; the Council on Library Resources; and the U.S. Department of Education Library Programs, including the Higher Education Act and the Library Services and Construction Act. (LRW)