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This is the first essay in the section on New Directions in Corporate Philanthropy. There is little evidence to suggest that corporations are anxious to step into the breach created by the Reagan Administration's budget cuts. Instead, argues Orski, the challenge is to make available funds work more effectively by encouraging new ideas about improving the delivery of community and social services. (p. 7)

This is the first essay in the section on A Look at the Future. As a response to new social trends, Springer suggests that corporations apply the same expertise to giving as they do to achieving business goals, and that they take a leadership role in communicating with those who receive their funds. (p. 8)

This is the fifth essay in the section on The Management of Corporate Philanthropy. Self-study of a corporate giving program provides a means for reviewing the past, exploring future options and reaching consensus on change. Hall reports that such studies need not require much time, staff, or money to be effective. (p. 7)

This is ninth essay in the section on New Directions in Corporate Philanthropy. In an effort to handle corporate contributions more effectively and to respond to community needs, more and more corporate grantmakers are turning to cooperation with others of their kind. Healey surveys such forms of cooperation as luncheon groups and regional associations of grantmakers. (p. 8)

Since the 19th century, American business leaders have contributed to the formation of many of the best museums, performance groups, and arts foundations in this country. The Art of Leadership concentrates on 29 of these leaders, specifically those active during the last three decades in the Business Committee for the Arts, a national organization founded to strengthen the bond between the two sectors.

This is the second essay in the section on A Look at the Future. As ideas about corporate philanthropy evolve, a firm's willingness to make available its unique asset and resources for the public good may become a criterion by which it is judged. And as the corporate role changes, so must that of the nonprofit sector, suggests Symes. (p. 9)

The result of these difficult, relatively new questions is an ever increasing literature that tries to provide answers. For those people striving to reply intelligently, in whatever fashion, to President Reagan's call for a new voluntarism, this literature provides a rich source for grappling with the issue of corporate philanthropy and the stakes involved in it.

The relationship of business and the arts is the story of Beauty and the Beast. Will beastly business rescue beauty in distress and be turned to charming princehood by her kiss? Prosaic moderns that we are, pundits claim the key to a happy ending is not mouth-to-mouth, but face-to-face -- not kisses, but dialogue. And herein lies the modern dilemma: without benefit of magic, whence can such dialogue come?

The over-all subject is Giving in support of the arts. I am here to talk about foundation giving, which is really a very small part of the support of the arts. Frankly, anyone who attempts to speak on behalf of foundations is bound to be wrong to some extent from the very beginning.

The corporate sector has become an aspect of American society with the power to shape its future art perspectives. Corporate patronage in recent years has made dazzling projects possible, but it has also pervaded the economy of art on every level that an examination of its more subtle effects is warranted. Does patronage make for good business? Will it create richer arts? Better communities offering diverse cultural opportunities?

The author presents a summary of her publication with Nathan Weber Arts Funding: A Report on Foundation and Corporate Grantmaking Trends, which explores the role of foundations in the funding of the arts. In addition, the author extrapolates from this study and makes an assessment of future trends. These trends are important to art policy makers because government funding has never led to private support; it has followed it. Funders, according to Renz, will be looking to enhance institutional self sufficiency.

The author introduces the issues that will be addressed in the book Corporate Philanthropy: Philosophy, Management, Trends, Future, Background. The author concludes: American business continues to be concerned about how its resources of money, people, and technology can be used most effectively to meet the urgent public needs of today. Support for nonprofit agencies must come from government, individual donors, and business. This publication should help business leaders and the public understand the role of corporations in the philanthropic field. It should become a standard text

To assist MacArthur in thinking about its future grantmaking, it would be essential to hear directly from the arts community in Chicago about the key developments and trends that had been experienced since the arts program was introduced in 1980 and, further, about the critical issues and problems facing various art forms today. A series of focus groups was held early in 1990 to provide a forum for Chicago artists to speak.

Throughout 2002, independent sector organizations faced the challenges of enormous federal and state budget crises, severe drops in many foundations' assets, and, for the first time in years, a softening in individual giving. Reacting to breaches in accountability at some well-known organizations, policymakers and media asked probing questions of the sector. Yet despite these economic setbacks and intense scrutiny, nonprofit organizations and grantmakers forged ahead to serve their communities.

This handy reference book provides complete profiles of the 1,000 largest corporate foundations and corporate direct giving programs in the U.S -- the funding sources that represent nearly $3.6 billion in cash and non-monetary support annually. Included are more than 40 new corporate foundation profiles and expanded coverage of the 100 biggest givers, the top 100 companies and preselected giving lists. It also highlights, indexes and expands coverage of top-10 corporate givers for the previous year and lists the "Top-10" givers to arts and humanities, civic and public affairs, education,

Published annually, this 10th edition of the directory is the most comprehensive source of information on the corporate philanthropic sector and their grantmaking activities. Background information on the funding organization and their sponsoring company is provided. This can be useful to grantseekers since corporate philanthropic programs are closely tied to the business practices of their parent companies.

All the attention paid to the arts in America leaves little doubt about their importance even in a period of changing values and shrinking resources. However, although cultural workers have written and spoken on a number of issues related to their field - for example, developing new audiences, expanding sources of funds, and paying attention to newly emerging community interests - too often the urgent has driven out the important. Very little coherent argumentation has come from the field on the subject of who should pay for culture.

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Photographer Annie Leibowitz collaborates with American Express on a portrait exhibition. Absolut Vodka engages artists for their advertisements. Philip Morris mounts an "Arts Against Hunger" campaign in partnership with prominent museums. Is it art or PR, and where is the line that separates the artistic from the corporate? According to Mark Rectanus, that line has blurred. These mergers of art, business, and museums, he argues, are examples of the worldwide privatization of cultural funding.

Today's environment poses challenges for all businesses. Grantmakers need to know their mission and their purpose to make informed and effective decisions. This new book addresses a host of key issues affecting corporate philanthropy now, including corporate philanthropy as competitive advantage, strategic philanthropy, transition planning, global giving, employee programs and tax and legal issues. You'll read thought-provoking views about the role corporate philanthropy can play in corporate citizenship, how to define the measures of success, the changing landscape of grantor/grantee

This article examines the highly respected philanthropic programs administered by six prominent corporations in the United States. The author reveals that support of the arts has become an essential part of their charitable giving. The corporations include MetLife, General Motors, Bank of America Foundation, Philip Morris Companies, American Express, and the Ford Motor Company Fund. 

This piece sheds light on the philanthropic sector’s efforts to improve measurement and evaluation (M&E), specifically within the context of foundations involved in social change work. The broad observations of the six contributing authors are that purpose; cost-benefit ratio; culture, context and capacity; unit of analysis; timing; feedback; and transparency matter to measurement and evaluation. Luis A. Ubinas, president of the Ford Foundation, discusses how an organization’s results-focused climate is established and can be used to “define, promote and reinforce a