Tag: Philanthropy

November 30, 2024

Gender and Educational Philanthropy New Perspectives on Funding, Collaboration, and Assessment

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Free Download A. Ginsberg, M. Gasman, "Gender and Educational Philanthropy: New Perspectives on Funding, Collaboration, and Assessment"
English | 2007 | pages: 278 | ISBN: 1403975337, 1349535990 | PDF | 0,7 mb
This book explores the complex questions facing funding agencies and foundations as they grapple to understand and define gender equity in education. It covers different approaches funders use to define gender equity, target limited resources, and create collaborative relationships that will ultimately make schools equitable and engaging for all.

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September 12, 2024

Cultural Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship

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Free Download Annick Schramme, "Cultural Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship "
English | ISBN: 1032786183 | 2024 | 190 pages | PDF | 13 MB
The continuing pressure on the funding of arts and culture across Europe is forcing cultural organisations to rethink their traditional ways of working. This book examines how an entrepreneurial cultural organisation can generate a form of cultural philanthropy as a viable source of alternative funding.

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January 26, 2024

For-Profit Philanthropy Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies

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Free Download For-Profit Philanthropy: Elite Power and the Threat of Limited Liability Companies, Donor-Advised Funds, and Strategic Corporate Giving by Dana Brakman Reiser, Steven A. Dean
English | January 3, 2023 | ISBN: 0190074507 | 344 pages | PDF | 3.99 Mb
This book exposes a migration of business practices, players, and norms into philanthropy that strains the regulatory regime sustaining public trust in elite generosity through accountability and transparency and proposes legal reforms and private solutions to restore it.

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December 29, 2023

Philanthropy and the Future of Science and Technology

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Free Download Philanthropy and the Future of Science and Technology
English | 2020 | ISBN: 1138334928 | 228 Pages | EPUB | 1.2 MB
An increasingly important and often overlooked issue in science and technology policy is recognizing the role that philanthropies play in setting the direction of research. In an era where public and private resources for science are strained, the practices that foundations adopt to advance basic and applied research needs to be better understood. This first-of-its-kind study provides a detailed assessment of the current state of science philanthropy. This examination is particularly timely, given that science philanthropies will have an increasingly important and outsized role to play in advancing responsible innovation and in shaping how research is conducted.

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