Foundation Center Issues (Upbeat?) Report on GivingThe Foundation Center, recently, published its Report about Foundation Giving: the good news is that "foundation giving will likely decline by more than 10 percent in 2009." That's also the bad news, too; I'm surprised it's not worse given the portfolio performance of most Foundation's investments.
Download the Advisory Report.
The message they're delivering is that "the field of philanthropy will become more strategic as a result of having weathered the crisis." Code for: we're going to get leaner and meaner; we'll see mergers; we'll see organizations going away. And, quite probably, we'll see people who used to get some service being under-served. Witness the increase in malnutrition / hunger in the U.S.
The Foundation Center also provides a link to see how to access stimulus monies for Non Profits. Click on the
Maplink to find out where you can sidle up for some new government funds.
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