Public Policy
Building Systemic Change From the Ground Up
by Stephanie De Wolfe
At this week's Global Grantmaking Institute, much of our discussion has focused on the role of communities in fostering lasting systemic change. Engaging community actors who work closely with vulnerable populations is a key factor. Focusing on community-based organizations (…
The Cost of Caution: Advocacy, Public Policy, and America's Foundations
Kathy Postel Kretman, PhD, director of the Georgetown University Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership, shares comments on the 2005 Issues Forum.
"In choosing the topic for the Center’s 2005 Issue Forum – "The Cost of Caution: Advocacy, Public Policy and America’s Foundations…
Charitable Giving
Issue
The charitable deduction is a tax provision which allows individuals to reduce their taxable income by the total amount of charitable contributions they made in that tax year (with some limitations, depending of the type of gift—i.e. cash, stocks, property—or the type of organization…