Several top grant givers and getters were asked for how-to advice on getting a grant. Their tips are provided for allowing sufficient time for working on a proposal, developing proposal elements, and writing the proposal. Some of the best books on grantsmanship and some essential reference tools are listed. (MLW)

Memphis businessman Avron Fogelman has established a foundation that will allow former Memphis State athletes who failed to graduate to pursue their education after their athletic eligibility has expired. He encourages former university athletes to return to college and assists the scholarship recipients in getting jobs. (MLW)

In a philanthropic partnership, a corporation gives money to a university so the university can use it to further the corporation's philanthropic goals. Business must focus its support where it will have the most effect on targeted social problems. (MLW)

A coalition of 650 grant-making and non-profit organizations has begun a drive to double charitable giving by individuals in the United States and increase by 50% their volunteer activities by 1991, using national advertising and grassroots activities and focusing on the current highest givers of time and money. (MSE)

The Foundation Center is a non-profit, independent organization formed and funded by grant-makers to keep track of how foundations use their money and to make the information available to the public. It will soon expand to publishing books to increase public understanding of philanthropy, develop electronic communication and computer-based…

Of all things rooted in the American character, philanthropy is the least understood and appreciated while its importance to society is growing rapidly. The nation's academic community has almost completely ignored philanthropy as a subject for scholarly inquiry. College presidents have a vital role in encouraging this scholarly interest. (MLW)

Private foundations in the United States are being asked to play a more vital role in training and encouraging new leaders. Universities are no longer seen as "the place for the training of leadership and public service in a free society." Identification of leaders is the core of successful grant-making. (MLW)

Colleges and universities can no longer afford to remain insular when determining which new initiatives can be funded, how, and by whom. As public funding bases dwindle and individual donors begin to identify themselves as investors as well as philanthropists, higher education institutions must increasingly seek out new ways to integrate academic…

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation combined its concern that few top flight scholars are choosing the humanities for careers and its awareness of the current oversupply of humanities faculty to create a $24 million fellowship program to direct talented graduate students into English and comparative literature, American studies, history, classics,…

The foundation board at the State University of New York College at Purchase was transformed from a passive to an active board by presidential persuasion, meetings with faculty, campus tours, trustee training, facts from other colleges, survey of needs, and definition of goals. (MLW)

Philanthropy could give greater support for the kind of education that is hard to support by natural market forces--that is, liberal arts. However, higher education must not assume that corporations can or will solve all their financial problems. (MSE)

Data compiled from the American Hospital Association's annual surveys on the sources of funding for hospital construction are provided. The pattern of financing hospital construction in institutions shifted dramatically during the last decade with the most striking change in the use of debt financing. (MLW)

Although the Tax Reform Act of 1969 changed the way in which many foundations operated and brought the foundation community closer together, it did not have the devastating effect that many foundation officials feared. (Author)

Since hundreds of requests for grants appear at the offices of American foundations, a proposal that wastes an opportunity by making a poor case cannot be tolerated. Suggestions are given for beginning the grant-writing, drafting the proposal, and avoiding certain problem approaches. (Author/MSE)

College and university development officers must take an active role in soliciting foundation support and marketing their institutions and priorities. They should also exercise good judgment and fund-raising understanding to determine where their participation is beneficial and has the potential for productivity. (Author)