Individual Donor

2008, 33 pages. CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, 731 Market Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, 94103, (415) 541-9000, www.compasspoint.org

http://www.meyerfoundation.org/downloads/ready_to_lead/ReadytoLead2008.pdf

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.

2008, 17 pages. The Atlantic Philanthropies, 125 Park Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY, 10017, (212) 916-7305, www.atlanticphilanthropies.org

http://atlanticphilanthropies.org/content/download/5238/79869/file/ATLP_advocacy_report.pdf

2008, 197 pages. Published by Indiana University Press, 601 North Morton Street, Bloomington, IN, 47404, (800) 842-6796, www.iupress.indiana.edu

2007, 408 pages. Published by Routledge, 800-634-7064, www.routledge.com