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Foundation Center Releases Free Audio Version of Guide to Proposal Writing

5/7/2008
Guide to Proposal Writing The Foundation Center, in partnership with the New York Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, is making available free of charge a new audio version of its Guide to Proposal Writing. This is the first time the Center has issued a product in audio format.
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Foundation Giving Posts 10 Percent Gain in 2007

5/2/2008
Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates: Current Outlook The country's more than 72,000 grantmaking foundations increased their giving to $42.9 billion in 2007, according to Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates: Current Outlook (2008 Edition). Contributing to this rise was close to 12 percent growth in foundation assets in 2006 — the first double-digit gain in assets recorded since 1999.
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Foundation Center Releases Premier Issue of
Philanthropy Annual

4/29/2008
Philanthropy Annual: 2007 Review Philanthropy Annual: 2007 Review is the Center's new yearly publication that highlights the news, issues, people, organizations, and giving trends that are shaping the philanthropic field.
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New Director of the Foundation Center’s Washington, DC, Office Named

4/28/2008
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New Study Recommends Ways to Streamline
Grant Application and Reporting

4/25/2008
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Corporate Foundation Giving Reaches an Estimated $4.4 Billion

4/24/2008
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New Spanish Translation of Proposal Writing Guide

4/10/2008
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New 8th Edition of Foundation Fundamentals Released

4/4/08
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Call to Create Repository of Non-US NGOs

3/31/08
The Foundation Center, the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, and InterAction are now soliciting proposals to establish a centralized database that will help grantmakers and donors efficiently determine if an NGO is the equivalent of a U.S. public charity under IRS rules.
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Giving by U.S. Family Foundations Jumped 13 Percent in 2006

3/27/08
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New Report: Foundation Giving Trends (2008 Edition)

2/28/08
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Foundation Dollars to Ohio Economic Development Nearly Triple to $24.6 Million

2/19/08
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New Report Identifies Characteristics That Drive Foundation Spending Patterns

2/7/08
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Foundation Center and Library of Congress Release New Funding Guide for Preserving Historical, Cultural Collections

1/30/08
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New "Trend Tracker" Provides Free, Easy Analysis of Foundation Data

12/20/07
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Foundation Center Chronicles Rise of Direct Charitable Programs

11/8/07
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Foundation Center Launches New "PhilanTopic" Blog

9/20/07
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New Online Version of The Vermont Directory of Foundations Published

6/11/07
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Foundation Center President Sara Engelhardt
to Retire in 2008

5/8/07
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Symposium on the Future of Philanthropy:
A Conversation with Five Leaders in the Field

11/9/06
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