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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"grant making"”.
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Assessing the usability of the 2006 process evaluation of a grant-making organisation's enhancement of capacity programme
… to a Process Evaluation conducted in 2006 on a Grant-making Organisation's Capacity Building Programme. It focuses on the Enhancement of Capacity Programme which is a core training programme within the Capacity Building Programme of the Grant-making Organisation. Furthermore this evaluation …
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Performance Measurement and Research Practices in Higher Education-Focused Philanthropic Organizations
… operations of philanthropic organizations (both grant-making [GM] and grant-seeking [GS] organizations) —particularly those in the higher education subsector. Both conventionally and historically, performance measurement and research practices have been portrayed as rational tools that …
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Is virtue its own reward? : Exploring philanthropic family foundations & the two faces of altruism
… to which ‘family’ influencescontemporary PFF grant-making; succession and intergenerational transfer;conceptualisations of successful philanthropy; and the motivations underpinning thedivestment of privately-held familial wealth.Consistent with the exploratory nature of the study, a …
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An exploratory study of the governance and management processes of family foundations in South Africa
… in the way of foundation performance; decision making was collaborative and most often made by consensus; legacy was not important for all family foundations. Most family foundations thought they had a clear grant making strategy with some family foundations including newer generations values …
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Board and Staff Representation and Grantmaking in Community Foundations: The Effect of Racial Representation, Intersectionality, and Donor Control
… and the impact of donor control on grant allocations to underserved groups. Key questions examined include: Does a positive relationship exist between racial representation in board and staff in community foundations and grant allocations to grantee organizations serving people of …
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Salt in winter : a fictionalized biography with critical reflections
… dream of enrichment as one of the UK’s largest grant-making trusts.A fictionalised version of Smith’s contemporary, Robert Hene, acts as the first-person narrative voice in the novel, both as witness to and proponent of the tensions inherent in biographical practice, facilitating enquiries …
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Misaligned needs: A study of CSR from an NGO and corporate perspective
… on the role the NGO could play in the CSR granting process. The current research explores the role of CSR in business, the role of NGOs and the problems arising from the misalignment between the two. This paper questions the strategic alignment of CSR between business and NGOs and argues …
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Case Study Research Public Health Grants: Exploring Grant Criteria Within Public and Private Foundations in Austin, Texas
This applied research project looked at the grant criteria commonly used to make funding decisions within public and private foundations in Austin, Texas. Eight executive directors, program officers, and/or board trustees from eight community health foundations were interviewed. The goal was to …