Foundation Portrait: Demographics and Compensation - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.

Foundation Portrait: Demographics and Compensation - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active an engaged democracy.: The release of the 2011 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Report by the Council on Foundations is an occasion for the world of operating charities to see how they stack up to grantmakers in terms of staffing and compensation. Since the failed passage of the Charitable Giving Act of 2003, which would have established some parameters on private foundations’ administrative expenditures and compensation of foundation trustees, foundation compensation practices haven’t gotten much attention in the mainstream press.

Median foundation salary totals $70,000 | Philanthropy Journal

Median foundation salary totals $70,000 | Philanthropy Journal: "The median salary at U.S. foundations totaled $70,000 in 2010, a new report says."

Foundations don’t practice what they preach

Foundations don’t practice what they preach: "Philanthropic foundations are like old-fashioned slot machines. They have one arm and are known for their occasional payout.

Although the term “mission-related investing” found its way into the lexicon of philanthropy decades ago, the finance committees of most foundations continue to manage their endowments like investment bankers. Their portfolios give no hint that they are institutions whose purpose is the public benefit. There is a chasm between mission – grantmaking – and investment. The logic of a synergy between the two has yet to take hold."

Stressing results, Boston Foundation revamps its grant-giving - The Boston Globe

Stressing results, Boston Foundation revamps its grant-giving - The Boston Globe: "The biggest public charity in New England is changing the way it hands out millions of dollars to a wide range of community groups, giving more money to those it considers to be the most effective and cutting funding to others."

A New Report on Partnerships Between Donors and Foundations, and Much More: Thursday's Roundup - Philanthropy.com

A New Report on Partnerships Between Donors and Foundations, and Much More: Thursday's Roundup - Philanthropy.com: "A New Report on Partnerships Between Donors and Foundations, and Much More: Thursday's Roundup

* Partnerships between individual donors and foundations — financier Warren Buffett’s gift to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation being the most obvious example — can present opportunities for both parties, writes Padriac Brick on the New Philanthropy Capital blog. New Philanthropy Capital, a London charity that advises donors on their giving, recently produced a report on the subject."

Aaron Dorfman: Madoff Scandal Proves That Foundations Need Stronger Leadership

Aaron Dorfman: Madoff Scandal Proves That Foundations Need Stronger Leadership: "There were more than 100 charitable foundations that lost a combined total of more than $2 billion to Bernie Madoff and his Ponzi scheme. These are funds that were intended to serve the public good and cannot be replaced."

Communities Foundation of Texas reaches $1 billion milestone in grants to charities | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News

Communities Foundation of Texas reaches $1 billion milestone in grants to charities | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News: "The Communities Foundation of Texas will reach a milestone today when it surpasses $1 billion in donations to charities over the past 56 years.

The agency, one of the largest community foundations in the nation, will celebrate with an event to distribute its most recent round of grants to local nonprofits."

Foundations should show they can police themselves | Philanthropy Journal

Foundations should show they can police themselves | Philanthropy Journal: "Foundations typically reject any effort to add new regulations, and suggest they can regulate themselves.

Rarely has action followed the rhetoric.

Now may be the time for foundations to overcome their inertia."

MPR: Arts organizations adjust to new Bush priorities

MPR: Arts organizations adjust to new Bush priorities: "Arts organizations adjust to new Bush priorities
July 31, 2008

When St. Paul's Bush Foundation announced this week that it would change the way it channeled the $40 million a year it gives away in philanthropic support, the news sent ripples of concern throughout the state's non-profit community."

SunHerald.com : Bayer Corporation Renames Its U.S. Foundation, Refocuses Charitable Giving Areas

SunHerald.com : Bayer Corporation Renames Its U.S. Foundation, Refocuses Charitable Giving Areas: "PITTSBURGH, Jan. 10 --
Bayer Corporation announced today it has changed the name of its corporate philanthropic arm to Bayer USA Foundation (from Bayer Foundation) and, under the new name, refocused one of the Foundation's four strategic giving areas, while maintaining the other three."

Reach out to foundations to grow biz - InvestmentNews

Reach out to foundations to grow biz - InvestmentNews: "What financial adviser wouldn’t like to have a client who has a long-term investment horizon, strong connections to the community and a large account balance?
!If that kind of client sounds good to you, consider marketing to foundations and endowments."

Opinion | Private foundations: spotlight spurs sharper focus, less secrecy | Seattle Times Newspaper

Opinion | Private foundations: spotlight spurs sharper focus, less secrecy | Seattle Times Newspaper: "n the year since Warren Buffett announced his historic $30 billion commitment to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, philanthropists — and especially this country's largest charitable foundations — have found themselves under the spotlight to an unprecedented degree. With more than $500 billion in charitable assets and annual grants exceeding $40 billion to nonprofit organizations around the world, what are foundations, anyway? What kind of impact have they made — and might they make — on our most pressing social problems? Are they effective?"

Foundations find benefits in facing up to failures - International Herald Tribune

Foundations find benefits in facing up to failures - International Herald Tribune: "Foundations find benefits in facing up to failures
By Stephanie Strom
Published: July 26, 2007

Among the reports on a coffee table in the Carnegie Corporation's reception area is one on the foundation's efforts to help Zimbabwe overhaul its Constitution and government.

It gets straight to the point: 'This is the anatomy of a grant that failed.'

Just a few years ago, it would have been astonishing for a foundation, particularly one as traditional as Carnegie, to publicize a failure. Thursday, though, many of the nation's largest foundations regard disclosing and analyzing their failures as bordering on a moral obligation."