| DVG
NEWS ($35 - One-Year Subscription - 4 issues;
$30 for PANO members) |
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DVG's
quarterly newsletter includes: Articles describing
DVG's activities and new initiatives; Member News
including new staff, trustee appointments and awards;
Legislative Updates identifying critical issues
affecting the philanthropic and nonprofit sector;
Great Grant stories featuring creative funding approaches
and partnerships by DVG member organizations; and
Guest Columns addressing a variety of issues and
ideas in local and national philanthropy. Free
trial copy available.
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| "COMMON WEALTH:
GIVING IN PENNSYLVANIA - A Report on the State's
Philanthropy" |
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(Available
free online at http://www.dvg.org/commonwealth/index.html)
Covering the period from 1992 to 1999, this 29-page
study focuses on growth and giving trends of Pennsylvania's
independent, corporate, and community foundations;
identifies charitable causes and special population
groups that are supported by the state's foundations;
and presents a regional analysis of where charitable
dollars are directed in the Commonwealth, including
comparisons with U.S. figures. The report briefly
touches on individual giving, including estate bequest
information.
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| DVG 2006 COLLEAGUE-TO-COLLEAGUE
DIRECTORY*-Available to DVG Members Only! |
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($15.00 per copy).
This publication provides DVG members with a valuable
tool to connect with like-minded peers and help
identify grantmaking colleagues who have similar
funding interests. Features of the current (2006)
edition include: Profiles of over 150 DVG member
organizations, including principal funding areas;
a staff and trustee telephone directory; and a
listing of national grantmaker affinity groups
and philanthropic/nonprofit sector service organizations.
* New edition due out in Spring 2008
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| GRANTMAKING
BASICS: A Field Guide for Funders ($55) |
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By Barbara D. Kibbe,
Fred Setterberg and Colburn S. Wilbur. This updated
version of Grantmaking Basics is a joint publication
from the Council on Foundations and the David and
Lucile Packard Foundation and is a must-have for
anyone new to the field of grantmaking. The 120-page
publication includes chapters on: How to Review
Grant Proposals; Conducting Site Visits and Interviews;
Learning to Look at Nonprofit Finances; Board/Staff
Communications; and Cultivating Professional Skills
Throughout Your Career. Also contains a glossary
of terms along with sample forms, letters and worksheets.
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| GRANTMAKERS
COMMUNICATIONS MANUAL ($35 DVG members; $50
non-members) |
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Building better grantmaker
communications is key to getting your message out.
This thorough, 295-page manual draws on a variety
of proven strategies, techniques and examples from
respected communications professionals and actual
grantmaker experiences, to help you as a grantmaker:
identify your target audiences; pinpoint the essential
information to share; create delivery vehicles;
and evaluate how that information was received.
This user-friendly manual is just what you need
to fulfill your communications goals.
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SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS made available through
New
Ventures In Philanthropy, a national initiative
to increase charitable giving:
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| "A PLAN OF ONE'S
OWN: A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO PHILANTHROPY" |
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($15.00 - for-profits;
$7.50 - nonprofits)
This guide offers options and advice for women who
are interested in creating their own charitable
giving plan. Includes a glossary of terms and advice
on dealing with professional advisors. Also available
online at: http://www.givingforum.org/resources/plan.pdf
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| "CREATING A
GIVING PROGRAM" - FREE |
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Designed for new corporate
givers, this booklet identifies the steps that small
and medium-sized businesses can take to establish
a charitable giving program.
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| "STARTING A
PRIVATE FOUNDATION" - FREE |
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This 18-page booklet
provides a basic outline of some of the organizational
and legal considerations to take into account when
creating a foundation.
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| "Chris Farrell's
Sound Money Guide to SHARING THE WEALTH" -
FREE |
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The brochure was developed
as the result of a national summit produced in September
2000 by Sound Money©, public radio's national
call-in show on personal finance, in collaboration
with Minnesota Public Radio Civic Journalism Initiative.
This 27-page booklet offers straightforward and
reliable information about charitable options, and
provides a framework to help families and individuals
begin to develop their own philanthropic strategy.
Also available online at: http://access.mpr.org/civic_j/giving/sharingthewealth.pdf
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FREE
from DVG's Archives
A limited number of these publications are available
at no cost based on availability.
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REGIONAL
EQUITY: Challenges, Successes and Solutions
>available in PDF only |
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By Janet Heroux,
M.H.S., M.B.A. (2004, 9 pages). Summary report from
a meeting convened in November, 2004 by DVG and
the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers and sponsored
by the Ford Foundation. The meeting represented
the the culmination of an 18-month initiative to
identify philanthropic leadership in New Jersey
and southeastern Pennsylvania, inform these grantmakers
about regional equity issues and create an environment
where they could discuss regional equity demonstration
strategies in community development.
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| OVERCOMING THE JITTERS:
The Uneasy Relationship Between Philanthropy and
the Media and Ways to Improve It |
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Qualitative Research
Study for the Urban Institute Center on Nonprofits
and Philanthropy; Conducted by Burness Communications.
(1998; 50 pages plus Executive Summary) Based on
the results of telephone interviews, this report
seeks to provide a better understanding of the dynamic
between philanthropy and the media, and offers concrete
recommendations for improving the way these fields
communicate with each other.
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| A FOUNDER'S GUIDE
TO THE FAMILY FOUNDATION: How To Use, Enjoy And
Govern Your Family Foundation |
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By Douglas K. Freeman
and Lee Hausner. This publication, made available
by the Council on Foundations, serves as a companion
to "Family Foundations and the Law,"
and covers topics such as: governance and the
appropriate role for board members and family
members, making grants most efficiently and evaluating
impact, and transferring leadership.
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