tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post2512853089093902414..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: Buzzwords 2009.2 and 2009.3Lucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-69072527850104878562009-06-16T19:06:28.572-07:002009-06-16T19:06:28.572-07:00Lucy - you're right on with these buzzwords! ...Lucy - you're right on with these buzzwords! And, as a former community foundation staffer, I think you're right that private foundations are offering great new opportunities for donors. It likely depends on the geographic scale and issue intensity a donor wants to work at. <br /><br />Hmmm. Maybe to maximize charitable impact the donor should set up a donor-advised fund but give the private foundation advisory authority.Tony Macklinhttp://www.tonymacklin.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-9969492217544713842009-06-12T09:23:23.330-07:002009-06-12T09:23:23.330-07:00Kelley
Thanks for writing in. Community foundatio...Kelley<br /><br />Thanks for writing in. Community foundations have long been a partner of choice for community-oriented giving. But they are not the only choice - as shown by partnerships between large national funders who chose to work with local private foundations dedicated to their same issue areas. <br /><br />The importance of the trend (the buzzword is just that, a buzzword) is that community foundations and all other public grant making charities have YET ANOTHER competitor in their marketplace of services and expertise. <br /><br />I'm not sure what your caution about being careful with buzzwords means? The caveat at the end of the post states specifically that I'm neither promoting nor discrediting any of the strategies or issues or opportunities represented by the trends that are captured by the buzzwords. I'm just pointing them out. <br /><br />My work with community foundations is best represented here http://www.communityphilanthropy.org or at http://www.blueprintrd.com. <br /><br />Thanks<br /><br />LucyLucy Bernholzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-91472605262145486372009-06-12T03:50:24.439-07:002009-06-12T03:50:24.439-07:00Gates and similar kinds of organizations are not m...Gates and similar kinds of organizations are not more expert than other kinds of organizations such as community foundations. They offer very very specific types of technical expertise. Community Foundations would be may bet for direction of community based giving directed at smaller organiziations and causes with high local impact. You have to be careful with buzzwords you know.Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813757259804007252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-84897987695608063282009-06-12T03:50:23.424-07:002009-06-12T03:50:23.424-07:00Gates and similar kinds of organizations are not m...Gates and similar kinds of organizations are not more expert than other kinds of organizations such as community foundations. They offer very very specific types of technical expertise. Community Foundations would be may bet for direction of community based giving directed at smaller organiziations and causes with high local impact. You have to be careful with buzzwords you know.Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02813757259804007252noreply@blogger.com