July 23, 2003 -
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Published on: 7/23/2003
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Summarized from an article by K. Scott Sheldon, appearing in onPhilanthropy.com 07/18/03
Sheldon's article addresses the slight decline in the number of corporate foundations in the past six years, while private foundations have grown from 44,000 to 56,000 since 1997.He begins,
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Sheldon explores the possibility that:
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Sheldon contends:The answers may not be easy to come by.However, without some concerted focus on this subject it is quite likely that America's corporate foundations may stay on the endangered species list.
About The Author:K. Scott Sheldon is editor in chief of the weekly email newsletter The Arizona Nonprofit Weekly News & Review and president & CEO of AZNonProfits!, a Phoenix-based nonprofit management consulting firm.He is the author of "Successful Corporate Fundraising: Strategies for Today's Nonprofits" published in 2000 by John Wiley & Sons.Sheldon is a contributing writer, on the subject of corporate fundraising, for Contributions Magazine, and helps companies establish free standing corporate charities to more effectively focus their philanthropic interests.