| Strategic Grantmaking: Foundations and the School Privatization Movement |
| 11/2007 |
| This report by Rick Cohen asks: What have conservative foundations done with their grant dollards to promote concepts of privatizing public education through "school choice," primarily linked to school vouchers and tax credits? What were their strategies in providing resources to an array of conservative education think tanks, public policy advocates and organizers?
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| Rural Philanthropy: Building Dialogue from Within (Revised Edition) |
| 8/2007 |
| Current grantmaking behavior and trends are skewed heavily toward support for urban-based or urban-focused programs. In Rural Philanthropy: Building Dialogue from Within, NCRP explores both real and perceived barriers between rural nonprofits and foundations in urban areas, as well as strategies for overcoming those obstacles. Click here to download the report for free. [Note: Delivery of hard copies may take approximately 7 to 10 full business days] |
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| A Call to Action: Organizing to Increase the Effectiveness and Impact of Foundation Grantmaking |
| 3/2007 |
| Most foundations prefer to fund specific projects instead of the overall costs of running and maintaining nonprofits. NCRP’s report, "A Call to Action: Organizing to Increase the Effectiveness and Impact of Foundation Grantmaking," uses the grantee perspective to provide a rare look at how this traditional grantmaking practice limits the sustainability of many nonprofits and undermines foundations’ effectiveness. "A Call to Action" is available for free download at www.ncrp.org. Note: Delivery may take approximately 7 to 10 full business days for hard copies. |
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| Building Solid Foundations: New Approaches to Substantive Philanthropic Accountability |
| 11/2006 |
| This report aims to answer the following questions fundamental to this discussion: 1) What is the substantive value of philanthropy?, and 2) To whom are foundations substantially accountable? Building Solid Foundations sifts through the sea of ideas and uses practical examples to provide a short list of suggestions that foundations, government, and nonprofits can implement together to improve the effectiveness of American philanthropy.
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| State of Philanthropy 2006: Creating Dialogue for Tomorrow's Movements |
| 7/2006 |
| NCRP's third in a series of biennial collections, State of Philanthropy 2006 aims to initiate conversations about creating progressive social change and increasing foundation accountability. It confronts contentious issues faced by today's nonprofit and philanthropic sectors from a variety of perspectives. By addressing new foundation strategies, the impact of federal budget constraints on nonprofits, accountability legislation and regulations, and emerging progressive movements, State of Philanthropy 2006 promotes the strengthening, redirecting and refocusing of foundation and nonprofit efforts to better meet the needs of the disenfranchised. This publication serves as a primer for progressive change during an era dominated by political conservatism.
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| The Waltons and Wal-Mart: Self-Interested Philanthropy |
| 9/2005 |
| This new NCRP report reveals more than just charitable intentions in Wal-Mart�s seemingly generous, but systematically self-interested philanthropy. The Waltons and Wal-Mart: Self-Interested Philanthropy chronicles the philanthropic and political activities of the Walton family through their family foundation and through their Wal-Mart corporate empire, painting a picture of a family and corporation with increasing financial and political prowess. Profiled are two Walton-affiliated foundations: the Walton Family Foundation and the Wal-Mart Foundation, with the latter's scattershot giving analyzed in a recent issue of Responsive Philanthropy, NCRP's quarterly.
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| Social Justice Philanthropy: The Latest Trend or a Lasting Lens for Grantmaking? |
| 5/2005 |
| A new report that defines and discusses the concept of social justice philanthropy and provides an assessment of its future in philanthropy. Social Justice Philanthropy: The Latest Trend or a Lasting Lens for Grantmaking? explores how grantmakers define and apply the concept of social justice to their work.
The report's findings indicate that social justice philanthropy is fraught with many definitional variations, as well as disagreements on how to apply social justice concepts to grantmaking. While many agree that social justice philanthropy is somehow concerned with a more equitable redistribution of economic, political, and social power, there is little consensus on what a more just society would look like, or if philanthropy is capable of fostering these changes.
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| Funding the Culture Wars: Philanthropy, Church and State |
| 2/2005 |
| This new report on the connections between conservative foundation grantmaking and the politically influential evangelical movement. Funding the Culture Wars: Philanthropy, Church and State clearly shows how strategic grantmaking is being used to promote �traditional family values� and stances on issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, stem cell research, school prayer, and public displays of the Ten Commandments
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| Community-Based Public Foundations: Small Beacons for Big Ideas |
| 1/2005 |
| Community-Based Public Foundations (CBPFs) are democratic philanthropic grantmaking institutions, functioning as partnerships between donors and community activists, committed to supporting the work of community-based nonprofit organizations engaged in progressive social change organizing addressing the root causes of inequality, lack of opportunity, discrimination and political and economic powerlessness experienced by disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations in our society.
This report seeks to raise the profile of CBPFs based on the results of a survey NCRP conducted in late 2002 and early 2003 of CBPFs across the nation. Of 192 CBPFs contacted nationwide, sixty-four responded to the survey for a 33 percent response rate. In-depth interviews were also conducted with eight of the CBPF correspondents.
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| State of Philanthropy 2004 |
| 9/2004 |
| State of Philanthropy 2004 is a collection of analyses on the accomplishments and shortcomings of the grantmaking field, with a focus on the social justice arena. The second in a series of publications, the biennial presents diverse perspectives from nonprofit, academic, foundation and advocacy leaders, and discusses how philanthropic institutions can assist the nonprofit sector in securing social and economic justice for the nation.
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| Axis of Ideology: Conservative Foundations and Public Policy |
| 3/2004 |
| NCRP's Axis of Ideology details the effective philanthropic strategies that 79 conservative foundations have used to support the activities of 350 public policy-oriented right-wing think tanks at the federal, state, and local levels.
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| Advocacy for Social Change in Metropolitan Washington |
| 9/2003 |
| Though often overshadowed by their more prominent national counterparts, local and regional public policy advocacy groups in the nation's capital are doing vital work while struggling for adequate and appropriate foundation funding. With the support of the Washington Grantmakers' Community Capacity Fund, NCRP surveyed local and regional advocacy groups in the metropolitan Washington area looking into the advocacy infrastructure in the region.
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| State of Philanthropy 2002 |
| 9/2002 |
| NCRP'S First State of Philanthropy Report Offers Sensible Solutions to Improve Field of Grantmaking. A compendium of thoughtful analyses on the current state of affairs in the field of grantmaking - where the field is now, where it is going and how it can do better.
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| Beyond Access: A Foundation Guide to Ending the Organizational Divide |
| 12/2001 |
| Beyond Access: A Foundation Guide to Ending the Organizational Divide is the latest in NCRP's continuing series of reports aimed at helping foundations better serve the most disadvantaged Americans. The new research examines how nonprofits currently use IT, the ways in which foundations are responding to nonprofit IT needs and how these funders can do an even better job of building the technology infrastructure of nonprofits.
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| A Democratic Landscape Funding Social Change in California |
| 4/2000 |
| NCRP continues to advocate for the rights of nonprofits to engage in public policy advocacy and the necessity of grantmakers to support such activities. A Democratic Landscape highlights how foundations and nonprofit groups influence progressive social and economic policy in California. Based on interviews with leaders of 73 nonprofit advocacy groups and eight of the state's leading foundations, this study found that California nonprofits play a crucial but undervalued role in shaping public policies benefiting the state's poorest and most vulnerable communities. |
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| Are We Ready? Social Change Philanthropy and the Coming $10 Trillion Transfer of Wealth |
| 5/1999 |
| An NCRP examination of the history, current status and future outlook of social change philanthropy. This Special Report provides an analysis of fund raising strategies, emerging models of philanthropy and their potential impact on progressive organizations. This report also shares, and examines, the perspectives of those involved in the process of giving - from individuals and financial advisors to activists and foundation leaders. NCRP presents an overview more comprehensive than that seen by any single one of these elements in order to catalyze a more strategic - and responsive - philanthropy. |
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| $1 Billion for Ideas: Conservative Think Tanks in the 1990s |
| 3/1999 |
| The rising influence of conservative think tanks has been a notable development during the 1990s. Today, the conservative policy establishment is perhaps the key generator and purveyor of public ideas. This report focuses attention on the top 20 right-of-center think tanks, the ways in which they operate, where they get their funding, how they are governed and the links that exist in the "conservative labyrinth." |
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| Moving a Public Policy Agenda: the Strategic Philanthropy of Conservative Foundations |
| 7/1997 |
| For more than three decades, conservative strategists have mounted an extraordinary effort to reshape politics and public policy priorities. NCRP's report documents the substantial role that 12 conservative foundations have played in developing and sustaining key institutions in the movement. It also outlines lessons learned from grantmakers interested in influencing public policies.
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| Foundations in the Newt Era |
| 9/1995 |
| An examination of how foundations respond to radical shifts in public policy. This report details changes in grantmaking priorities made by key foundation leaders after the 1994 election of a Conservative Congress. Interviews with over forty foundation leaders and 30 social justice activists. |
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| Responsive Philanthropy (4 Issues) |
| The NCRP Quarterly provides comprehensive coverage of the latest trends and critical issues surrounding foundation, corporate and workplace philanthropy as they affect social justice and the public interest.
NCRP members automatically receive Responsive Philanthropy for free. Subscriptions are also available to non-members for $25 annually for four issues.
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