January / February 2004
An issue of Philanthropy, The Philanthropy Roundtable’s magazine. 10 articles
Magazine
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Soaring High
The environmental movement has blossomed into one of the most powerful political, social, and economic forces of our time. As a result, environmental philanthropy had burgeoned to an…
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Useful, But Limited
Services that rate charitable groups, such as Charity Navigator, GuideStar, Ministry Watch, and the American Institute of Philanthropy, have altered the way some foundations and other donors look…
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Free Market Answer to Saving Ocean Fisheries
In 1978 Barrett Walker went snorkeling in the blue-green waters off the Virgin Islands, exploring a vibrant coral reef at Buck Island. There he saw “a coral cathedral…
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Portrait of a Program Officer
The Insider's Guide to Grantmaking: How Foundations Find, Fund, and Manage Effective Programs by Joel J. Orosz Jossey-Bass Press, 2000 320 pp., $35What does a foundation program officer…
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New Networks Identify High-performing Nonprofits
Mike Kendrick has been active in Atlanta’s philanthropic community for over a decade. As his philanthropic efforts grew, Kendrick found he no longer had the necessary time to…
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A Better Site Visit
The power to approve a grant can be an intelligence booster: everything one says is suddenly sharp and witty, especially when one visits a program seeking a grant.…
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Briefly Noted
D-11 Board Newcomers Are Plotting a Revolution” reads a headline in the Colorado Springs Gazette. The story describes the recent election of “pro-voucher, anti-establishment candidates” to the Colorado…
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Not Merely Academic
Readers of William Schambra’s article, “The Professionalization of Charity?” (November/December 2003, p. 26) can rest assured that far from devaluing small, volunteer associations, nonprofit management programs embrace and…
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A Profile of Bob Muzikowski
It’s not really possible to read Bob Muzikowski like a book. But for those who want to know more about him, his book Safe at Home is a…
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Peregrine’s Progress
The recovery of the peregrine falcon is one of the most dramatic environmental success stories of our times. As Tom Bray describes in his cover story, “Soaring High,”…