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For Immediate Release
2/14/2005
Contact: Jeff Krehely or Naomi Tacuyan
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Winter 2005 Issue OF RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY Released
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The winter issue of Responsive Philanthropy rebukes the nonprofit sector for pandering to the likes of Sen. Santorum for paltry legislative handouts, and explores the social and economic justice initiatives of Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Wangari Maathai and her organization, the Green Belt Movement.

The Winter Responsive Philanthropy features the following articles:

  • "The Price for Peace," a case study of Nobel Price recipient Dr. Wangari Maathai, and her environmental justice initiatives. This article recounts how Dr. Maathai and her Kenya-based Green Belt Movement have successfully prevented natural resources-related conflicts, raised environmental awareness, and continue to empower women and their communities.
  • "Pragmatic Politics," by NCRP executive director Rick Cohen, is a challenge to the nonprofit sector. As politics become more polarized, it is not a time for nonprofits to censor themselves and cozy up to the very politicians and ideologies that are a threat to nonprofit livelihood. Cohen makes this clear as he explores the sector's relationship with Rick Santorum, the Administration's tax cuts, and the increasingly biased eye of the IRS and its investigations.
  • "Maximizing Nonprofit Voices and Mobilizing the Public," an article explaining how foundations should help their 501(c)(3) grantees to effectively set up and manage 501 (c)(4) affiliates, thus facilitating these organizations' involvement in the public policy process. With the current legislative debates taking center stage in Congress, such foundation-sponsored technical assistance, Jeff Krehely suggests, is a timely and necessary way for (c)(3) organizations to better advocate for their causes.
  • Opinion pieces by Helen Vinton, on the current threat to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and the devastating effects these changes could have to rural communities; and by Alan Rabinowitz, on the Combined Federal Campaign's requirement that participating charities must check their employees and grantees against federal terror watch lists
Subscriptions to Responsive Philanthropy are free to NCRP members, and are also available to non-members for $25 annually for four issues.

Founded in 1976, NCRP is an independent organization committed to promoting greater philanthropic openness and accountability, and responsiveness to politically, economically, or socially disadvantaged individuals. While deeply dedicated to its mission, NCRP nevertheless encourages diversity of opinions and welcomes in its publications a variety of perspectives, some of which we many not necessarily support or endorse.

NCRP is a national watchdog, research and advocacy organization that promotes public accountability and accessibility among foundations, corporate grantmakers, individual donors and workplace giving programs. For more information on NCRP or to join, please visit www.ncrp.org or call (202) 387-9177.

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