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WASHINGTON ­­­­- The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) today announced the release of the new issue of its quarterly periodical, Responsive Philanthropy, which features articles addressing key concerns facing the nonprofit sector.  Summer 2002's issue includes stories on the need for increased foundation funding for legal advocacy and affordable housing, organizing progressive young donors and reforming the estate tax.

"One of NCRP's key programmatic functions is to effectively communicate sensible progressive solutions to the philanthropic community," said Sloan C. Wiesen, NCRP's communications director and editor of Responsive Philanthropy.  "To strengthen that educational effort, we want to more widely share and publicize the perspectives offered quarterly in Responsive Philanthropy.  We envision this periodical as a vehicle for thoughtful voices for philanthropic reform - voices that need to be heard more broadly."

The articles in this edition, summarized below, may be reprinted with written permission from NCRP and may be of particular interest to journalists covering philanthropy, law, housing, youth, tax and social justice issues:

• "Uphill Climb Toward Justice," the lead article by Bristow Hardin of the Community Research and Resource Center, makes the case that foundations should increase funding for a wide array of legal advocacy groups that have been hobbled by cuts and restrictions in Legal Services support.
• "Championing Legal Services and the First Amendment," by NCRP President Rick Cohen, explains why NCRP and other leading nonprofits have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a case challenging the ever-tightening government restrictions on groups receiving Legal Services funds.
• "Preserving Affordable Housing: Leaders Wanted," by Andy Mott of the Center for Community Change