Collaborative philanthropies : what groups of foundations can do that individual funders cannot / Elwood M. Hopkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hopkins, Elwood M. (Elwood Morton)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations--Management.

Nonprofit organizations.

Cooperation.

Physical Description:

xi, 96 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2005]

Summary:

American philanthropy has historically been a solitary pursuit defined by individual donor action and fragmented, uncoordinated grantmaking. But in recent years, foundations have begun to come together to take on shared initiatives and agendas. In Collaborative Philanthropies, Elwood M. Hopkins-himself the executive director of the successful collaborative Los Angeles Urban Funders-argues that these funder collaboratives are more than a collection of isolated experiments. Instead, they provide a window into a dramatic and promising new stage in the development of organized philanthropy. For anyone aspiring to play a leadership role in the philanthropic field, this book lays out a visionary blueprint for smarter, more effective philanthropy in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Funder collaboratives in context : philanthropy as a professional field

A tentative trend : illustrative examples of funder collaboratives

Funder collaboration as a tool for increasing philanthropic efficiency

Funder collaboration as a way to frame comprehensive solutions

Funder collaboratives as vehicles for fostering risk-taking

Funder collaboratives as mechanisms for better philanthropic governance

Funder collaboratives as systems for better communications and knowledge management

Funder collaboratives as direction-setters for the foundation world

Conclusion:: toward a self-organizing philanthropic field.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

073911042X

0739110438

OCLC:

56956001