TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fleishman,Joel L.
TI  - The foundation: a great American secret : how private wealth is changing the world 
SN  - 9781586484118 (alk. paper)
AV  - HV 97 F596f 2007
U1  - 361.76320973 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - PublicAffairs
KW  - Charities
KW  - United States
KW  - Endowments
KW  - Associations, institutions, etc
KW  - Organizaciones no-gubernamentales
KW  - Estados Unidos
KW  - Desarrollo comunitario
KW  - Fundaciones benéficas
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-334) and index; 1: Foundations: what they do and how they do it -- The third great force: America's civic sector -- Why they give -- The foundation's mission: the highest use of philanthropic capital -- Foundation strategy in principle -- Foundation strategy in practice -- 2: Achieving impact: leadership, focus, alignment, and measurement -- High-impact initiatives: twelve case studies -- 3: What ails the foundations: transparency and accountability -- Steps to achieve high impact: a commonsense approach to strategy -- Characteristics of high-impact programs: leaderships, focus, alignment, and measurement -- How foundations fail -- Three essentials: discipline, boundaries, and persistence -- Should foundations be permitted to exist in perpetuity? -- Enhancing foundation effectiveness: some not-so-modest proposals -- A prophetic epilogue: philanthropy in the twenty-first century
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip071/2006027765.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2006027765-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0828/2006027765-d.html
ER  -