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RECESSION, RECOVERY OR BUSINESS
AS USUAL?
The Orlando Business Journal gathered community members, elected officials, business executives and economists on June 6, 2008 in Orlando to discuss Florida's economy. Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink addressed Florida's cyclical economy and unceasing ability to reinvent itself. Sink expressed concern about property insurance, the impending hurricane season, and the sluggish housing market. To read a summary of her remarks, click here.
Economist Dr. Hank Fishkind explored the state's housing market and budget (click here for Dr. Fishkind's PowerPoint presentation), while Tony Villamil, CEO, The Washington Economics Group, Inc. provided an international perspective discussing international investment in Florida and the enormous impact that imports and exports have on our local economy. (Click here for Tony Villamil's PowerPoint presentation.)
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FOUNDATIONS VIEWED POSITIVELY, BUT ARE LARGELY INVISIBLE TO MOST AMERICANS
A new study shows that a large percentage of Americans, including those engaged in the charitable sector, know very little about foundations but nonetheless tend to have favorable perceptions of them and their work. Philanthropy's Awareness Deficit, commissioned by Philanthropy Awareness Initiative and conducted by Harris Interactive, posed questions about foundations to adults aged 18 and older who had held a leadership, committee or board-level role in a group or organization working on a community or social issue. Despite the fact that the group of respondents was actively engaged with the sector, more than 56 percent could not name a foundation on their first try. Of the nine most popular organizations cited by respondents, only four were actually foundations (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Ford Foundation, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation), with the others being charitable organizations (Red Cross, Salvation Army, Goodwill Industries International, Pew Charitable Trusts and the United Way).
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DROWNING IN PAPERWORK:
DISTRACTED FROM PURPOSE
Facing an "effectiveness paradox," foundations have begun to recognize that some of the measures they've adopted to ensure strategic and accountable grantmaking are backfiring, resulting in a system that drains both foundations and nonprofits of time and energy. The report found ten ways in which the current system of grant application and reporting creates more burdens than it relieves. Click here for full report.
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PODCAST: EVALUATION FOR NORMAL PEOPLE
Alana Conner, senior editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, describes the challenges of evaluating program effectiveness. An experimental social psychologist by training, she discusses how many evaluation practices in the nonprofit sector may actually mislead funders and organizations. Click here to listen | |
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| FLORIDA PHILANTHROPIC NETWORK
PARTNERS
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NETWORK
EVENTS
October 21, 2008
Partners' Program
Venice, Florida
Graciously hosted by the Gulf Coast Community Foundation of VeniceFor more information, visit us at www.fpnetwork.orgJoin us! Become a Partner.Click here for information.
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POWER AMIDST CHAOS: POST-KATRINA FUNDING OF ADVOCACY
This publication recounts the challenges to funding advocacy work after the devastating hurricane season of 2005, including how grantmakers helped empower those affected, as well as tips for funding and preparing for advocacy in response to future disasters.
Click here for publication.
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