Describes the Ranfurly Library Service, a British charitable institution that supplies books in English to developing nations. The development and organization of the service, financial support, criticisms of the service, the increased involvement of the British Council, and the future of the service are discussed. (CLB)

The charitable tax deduction has created a system in which the rich can choose to support institutions that perpetuate their own class, with little scrutiny by the general public or elected officials. Museums, libraries, orchestras, etc., receive more gifts than do programs that benefit the needy. (MLW)

The procedures and philosophy of the Ford Foundation are outlined in this book, which reviews the past and present practices of the philanthropic organization and illustrates the processes through which more than $1,000,000 in funding support is annually dispensed. Case studies are presented that reflect the vast extent of the foundation's…