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Foundation Center Releases Free Audio Version of Guide to Proposal Writing
5/7/08
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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- Listen to or download the audiobook

Foundation Giving Posts 10 Percent Gain in 2007
5/2/08
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

4/29/08
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
4/28/08
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New Study Recommends Ways to Streamline
Grant Application and Reporting

4/25/08
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Corporate Foundation Giving Reaches an Estimated $4.4 Billion
4/24/08
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New Spanish Translation of Proposal Writing Guide
4/10/08
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- Order the Guia

New Edition of Foundation Fundamentals Released
4/4/08
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- Order Foundation Fundamentals, 8th Edition

Call to Create Repository of Non-US NGOs
3/31/08
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Giving by U.S. Family Foundations Jumped 13 Percent in 2006
3/27/08
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- Download Key Facts on Family Foundations (2008 Edition)
  Free

Foundation Giving Grows Across All Program Areas, New Report Finds
2/28/08
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- Download Foundation Giving Trends (2008 Edition)
  Highlights
Free

Foundation Dollars to Ohio Economic Development Nearly Triple to $24.6 Million
2/19/08
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- Download Spotlight on Economic Development
  Grantmaking in Ohio
Free

New Report Identifies Characteristics That Drive Foundation Spending Patterns
2/7/08
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- Download What Drives Foundation Expenses and
  Compensation? Results of a Three-Year Study
Free
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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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- Download Foundation Grants for Preservation in
  Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Free

New "Trend Tracker" Provides Free, Easy Analysis of Foundation Data
12/20/07
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- Use Trend Tracker

Foundation Center Chronicles Rise of Direct Charitable Programs
11/8/07
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- Download More Than Grantmaking: A First Look at
  Foundations' Direct Charitable Activities
Free

Giving by Georgia Foundations Rises to $718 Million
9/25/07
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- Download Key Facts on Georgia Foundations (PDF) Free

Foundation Center Launches New "PhilanTopic" Blog
9/20/07
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- Visit PhilanTopic

Over $1 Billion Given for Gulf Coast Hurricane Recovery
8/27/07
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- Download Giving in the Aftermath of the Gulf Coast
  Hurricanes
(PDF)
Free
- Listen to the teleconference introducing the report

Report Illuminates Foundation Giving in Washington, DC, Area
7/9/07
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- Download Key Facts on Washington, DC, Area Foundations
  (PDF)
Free

Foundation Center President Sara Engelhardt
to Retire in 2008

5/8/07
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