Thursday, November 18, 2010

Thanks, Gateway Center for Giving

The following reports/guides on regional and national philanthropy are now available on our reference shelf at the G&FC, thanks to the Gateway Center for Giving.

  • Missouri Foundations: The Big Picture, 2010
  • Effective Public School Governance: Best Practices, Governance Structures and Characteristics of Effective School Board Members (white paper prepared by the Education Funders of St. Louis Affinity Group, ) 2007
  • Environmental Sustainability and the St. Louis Region (from the Environmental Funders of St. Louis Affinity Group) 2009
  • Private Dollars for Public Good: a Report on Giving in the St. Louis Region and Golden Age of Philanthropy: a report on Weath Transfer in the St. Louis Region, both 2004
  • A Plan {of one’s own} : A Woman’ Guide to Philanthropy (from the Regional Assn. of Grantmakers) 2001
  • Engaging Diverse Communities For/Through Philanthropy (from the Regional Assn. of Grantmakers) 2001
  • So You Want to Give? (a concise description of donor options/how-to’s from the Regional Assn. of Grantmakers) 1999

To get your own copies of any of these reports from the funders’ point-of-view, see about the Center’s Will to Give program for nonprofits or register to attend the Dec. 8 Meet the Donor: Capital and Endowment Campaign panel discussion, log on to www.centerforgiving.org.