Overview
- Discusses the role that grant-making foundations can play in supporting local communities
- Identifies key areas of improvement in the granting process that are directly linked to best governance practice
- Provides clear guidelines for adopting the proper managerial tools and decision making styles for different governance settings
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This book discusses the role of grant-making foundations in supporting local communities, and how effective governance can contribute to greater success of the social projects they finance. The book considers the extent to which granting foundations act as social investment banks or strategic philanthropists, and identifies possible areas of evolution and improvement in the granting process of foundations similar to other innovative firms. It seeks to explore the possibility of foundations becoming a reference point in the Third Sector for innovativeness and risk taking.
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Keywords
- Philanthropy
- Nonprofit boards
- Granting Foundations
- Third Sector
- corporate governance
- accountability
- good governance
- planning and control
- reporting
- budgeting
- social interventions
- strategic agents
- promoters of social change
- strategic philanthropy
- professionalism
- institutional philanthropy
- solidarity-oriented approach
- innovation
- philanthropic profiles
- idealistic patrons
Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Giacomo Boesso is Professor of Business Administration at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include stakeholder theory, strategic corporate social responsibility, and non-profit governance.
Fabrizio Cerbioni is Professor of Accounting at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include accounting principles, corporate governance, and non-profit governance.
Fabrizio Cerbioni is Professor of Accounting at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include accounting principles, corporate governance, and non-profit governance.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Governance and Strategic Philanthropy in Grant-Making Foundations
Book Subtitle: How to Improve the Effectiveness of Nonprofit Boards
Authors: Giacomo Boesso, Fabrizio Cerbioni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16357-0
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16356-3Published: 17 July 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16357-0Published: 06 July 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 158
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Policy, Governance and Government, Legislative and Executive Politics, Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises, Corporate Governance, European Politics