Synopses & Reviews
Basic information is provided on how contribution programs can be used in community-based development with satisfying results for all. Senior corporate managers are encouraged to go beyond traditional giving and to consider other areas. Concrete suggestions and a review of the experience of some of the pioneers are presented. For companies and foundations which have limited resources, but have a desire to participate, several techniques of indirect investments in social development are shown.
Synopsis
Basic information is provided on how contribution programs can be used in community-based development with satisfying results for all. Senior corporate managers are encouraged to go beyond traditional giving and to consider other areas. Concrete suggestions and a review of the experience of some of the pioneers are presented. For companies and foundations which have limited resources, but have a desire to participate, several techniques of indirect investments in social development are shown.
Synopsis
Provides basic information on how contributions programs can go into community-based development with good results for recipients and donors.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-216) and index.
About the Author
RICHARD F. AMERICA has been director of Urban Programs and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting lecturer at the Stanford Business School.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Philosophy, Policy, and Practice
Philanthropy and Economic Development by Richard Steinberg
Corporate Philanthropy, Urban Research, and Public Policy by Jennifer Wolch
Community-Based Development--Avoiding Resource Misuse and Abuse by Kenneth A. Bertsch
Community Development: Alternatives to Traditional Models by Ritchie P. Lowry
Corporate Philanthropy: A Strategic Approach to the Bottom Line by Timothy S. Mescon, Donn J. Tilson, and Robert Desman
Strategic Philanthropy and Partnerships for Economic Progress by James E. Post and Sandra Waddock
Philanthropy and Community-Based Development
Community-Based Development--Lessons Learned by Virginia Hodgkinson
Community Organizations as Housing Developers by Phillip L. Clay
Philanthropy, Community Development Organizations, and Economic Development by Raphael Thelwell and Jerome Smith
Lessons from LISC for Corporate Philanthropy by Avis C. Vidal and Arnold Howitt
Philanthropy and African-American Development Innovations: National Neighborhood and Housing Development Models by Lance Buhl
Black Self Help and Philanthropy by Emmett D. Carson
How Corporations Can Support Fund Raising and Other Strategic Development Innovations by Richard F. America
Philanthropy and Small Enterprise
Job Training Partnerships for Economic and Employee Development by Sandra Waddock
Corporate Philanthropy and Affordable Housing by Steven D. Lydenberg
Philanthropy and Venture Capital by C. Robert Kemp
Corporate Philanthropy and Small Business Opportunities by John Nelson