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MODULES:

Week 2, Module 1:
Grant Research

Week 3, Module 2:
Proposal Writing

Week 4, Module 3:
Capital Campaigns

Week 5, Module 4:
Major Donors

Week 6:
Planning for
Fundraising

Module 5:
Annual & Direct
Appeals

Module 6:
Special Events

Module 7:
Planned Giving

Module 8:
Corporate
Partnerships

Module 9:
Social Enterprise

Module 10:
Online Donations

Module 11:
The Board's Role
in Fundraising

Blackboard

Fundraising Principles and Practices
Week 1: Fundraising: Introduction to the Practice of Philanthropy

Required Readings:
  • Seltzer, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
Required online readings:

Optional readings:

Competencies:

  • discuss the history of philanthropy
  • describe some reasons why people give to charitable causes
  • identify the major forms which philanthropy takes

    Demonstration of Competencies:

  • participation in online discussion, with reflection on your own beliefs and practices of giving, and how they might differ from other individual and cultural practices.

    Useful Links:

    What's Your Giving Potential? (The Twenty-First Century Foundation).

    Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), formerly, NSFRE, The National Society of Fund Raising Executives.

    From The Asia Pacific Philanthropy Information Network (APPIN):

    Asian Americans /Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP)

    Philanthropy Australia

    Voices of International Philanthropy, Grantmakers Without Borders

    Varainhankinta.net (Finnish fundraising site)

    National Black United Fund, Inc.

    Hispanics in Philanthropy (HIP)

    Native Americans in Philanthropy

    Frequently Asked Questions (The Foundation Center)

    Giving and Volunteering in the United States (1999 Survey, The Independent Sector)

    National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, 2000 (Canada) [PDF file]

    The Global Philanthropy Forum

    GuideStar

    Information About Philanthropy Abroad, The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

    Women & Philanthropy

    Women's Philanthropy Institute

    The Philanthropic Initiative, Inc.

    Common Wealth: Nonprofits, Philanthropy and Civil Society

    Generous Giving

    TEWA, Nepali Women's Fund

    CEMEFI: Centro Mexicano para la Filontropia/Mexican Center for Philanthropy

    Filantropia.org (Brazil)

    The Community Philanthropy Initiative (CPI), European Foundation Centre (EFC).

    The Chronicle of Philanthropy

    You can sign up for a free bi-weekly e-mail preview of the next issue by sending an e-mail to chronicle-request@nonprofit.com. Leave the subject line and message area blank.

    Observations in Philanthropy (e-mail newsletter) (ChangingOurWorld)

    Philanthropy News Digest (e-mail newsletter) (The Foundation Center)

    PULSE! (Alliance for Nonprofit Management). "The Online Newsletter of the Nonprofit Management and Governance Support Services Community."

    PNN Alert (e-mail newsletter) (Philanthropy News Network Online)

    "Philanthropy Is . . ." Video (requires QuickTime to view). Seven-minute video from the Minnesota Council on Foundations, "offering a glimpse of how the public views philanthropy. Discover the true, and often not so true, meaning of philanthropy in this fast-paced, humorous video."

    Nonprofit & Charity News (Australia)

    Gay and Lesbian Fundraisers List (listserv). "This e-mail list is a forum for gay and lesbian fund raisers and for fund raisers that work for gay, lesbian, or AIDS organizations to discuss fund-raising topics."

    A Glimmer of Hope. "Empowering Local Communities Globally."

    The Resource Alliance (UK), formerly the International Fund Raising Group.

    Southern Africa Institute of Fundraising

    Fundraising Institute of New Zealand

    Australian Charities

    Bibliography:

    • Anheier, Helmut K. and Regina List, Cross-border Philanthropy: An exploratory study of international giving in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany and Japan, Charities Aid Foundation, West Malling, Kent, UK, February 2000.
    • Bernholz, Lucy, Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution, Wiley & Sons: New York, 2004.
    • Campoamor, Diane, William A. Diaz, & Henry Ramos, eds., Nuevos Senderos: Reflections on Hispanics and Philanthropy, Arte Publico Press 1999.
    • Charities Aid Foundation, The Non-Profit Sector in China, Charities Aid Foundation: London 2000. "A handbook to assist staff deal with the complex legal and administrative processes involved in running and working with a Russian non-profit organisation. Chapters cover making donations, setting up a non-profit, working with the government, information on banking and tax, and background on statistics for the sector.
    • Charities Aid Foundation, in association with Kluwer Law International Working with the Non-profit Sector in Russia, UK 1998.
    • Collins, Chuck and Pam Rogers, with Joan Garner, Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change, Norton: New York 2000.
    • Egger, Robert, Begging for Change: The Dollars and Sense of Making Nonprofits Responsive, Efficient, and Rewarding for All, HarperBusiness: New York, 2004.
    • Friedman, Lawrence and Mark McGarvie, eds., Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
    • Gaudiani, Claire, The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism, Henry Holt & Company: New York, 2003. First Chapter excerpt.
    • Gronberg, Kirsten, Understanding Nonprofit Funding, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco,
    • Harris, Thomas, ed., International Fund Raising for Nonprofits: A Country by Country Profile, Wiley: New York, 1999.
    • Henderson, Bruce, ed., Philanthropy in the Americas: New Directions and Partnerships, North-South Center Press: Miami,1992.
    • Hodiak, Diane & Michael Henley, Fund Raising & Marketing in the One-Person Shop: Achieving Success with Limited Resources, Fourth Edition, Development Resource Center: Seattle, 2002.
    • Holloway, Richard, Towards Financial Self-Reliance: A Handbook of Resource Mobilization for Civil Society Organizations in the South, Earthscan: London, 2001.
    • Klein, Kim, Fundraising in Times of Crisis, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2003.
    • Klein, Kim, Fundraising for Social Change, Fourth Edition, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2001.
    • Klein, Kim, Fundraising for the Long Haul, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2001.
    • LeGendre, Paul, The Non-Profit Sector in Russia, Charities Aid Foundation: London 1997.
    • Norton, Michael and Nina Botting, The Complete Fundraising Handbook, Fourth Edition, Directory of Social Change: London 2001.
    • NSFRE, The NSFRE Fund Raising Directory, Wiley: New York
    • Ottaway, Marina and Thomas Carothers, eds., Funding Virture: Civil Society Aid and Democracy Promotion, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: New York, 2000.
    • Raymond, Susan, The Future of Philanthropy: Economics, Ethics, and Management, John Wiley & Sons: New York, 2004.
    • Tempel, Eugene, Hank Rosso's Achieving Excellence in Fund Raising, Second Edition, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco 2003.
    • Van Til, Jon, Critical Issues in American Philanthropy: Strengthening Theory and Practice, Jossey-Bass: San Francisco, 1990.



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