Individual Donor

2007, 124 pages. RAND Corporation, www.rand.org

www.ncarts.org/elements/docs/RAND%20Metropolis%2007%20includes%20Charlotte.pdf

2005, 5 pages. TCC Group, 31 West 27th Street, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10001, (212) 949-0990

http://www.tccgrp.com/pdfs/per_brief_outsourcing.pdf

This paper argues that private companies are not the only organizations outsourcing key functions, but that funders are, as well. Some believe that these external helpers can do the work more efficiently or effectively. The paper asks what types of funders are outsourcing, why they are doing so, and what functions can best be "farmed out."

2008, 12 pages. Center for Social Media, School of Communications, American University, 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW, Suite 330, Washington, D.C., 20016, (202) 885-3107, www.centerforsocialmedia.org

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/files/pdf/online_best_practices_in_fair_use.pdf

2007, 12 pages. Philanthropy Northwest, 2505 Third Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA, 98121,
(206) 443-8430, www.philanthropynw.org

http://www.philanthropynw.org/pressroom/Trends/Trends_FNL.pdf

2008, 43 pages. Project Streamline, www.projectstreamline.org

http://www.projectstreamline.org/doc/PDF_Report_final.pdf

2008, 198 pages. Published by Indiana University Press, 601 North Morton Street, Bloomington, IN, 47404, (800) 842-6796, www.iupress.indiana.edu

This book presents a new way of thinking about the meaning and mission of philanthropy. Weaving together theoretical explanations with examples of philanthropic action, it advances scholarly debate about philanthropy and offers practitioners a way of explaining the rationale for their nonprofit efforts.

Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London, 2008, 297 pages, Edited by Diane Grams and Betty Farrell.

2007, 103 pages. University of New South Wales Press Ltd, Sydney, Australia www.unswpress.com.au (publisher); Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Paddington NSW (sponsor). Available through Hopkins Fulfillment Services, University of Washington Press, (800) 537-5487

2008, 328 pages. Published by University of California Press

2008, 141 pages. Council on Foundations, 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 879-0600, www.cof.org

This robust report features a series of essays on aspects of rural philanthropy from a diverse range of perspectives. The conclusion, by Sherece Y. West, alone is worth the price of admission. The report concludes with a summary of funding recommendations from the Council on Foundations Conference on Philanthropy and Rural America: A 21st Century Agenda, held in August 2007 in Montana.