Contributing authors provide vital information on how contribution programs can be used in community-based development with satisfying results for all. Essay topics include how senior corporate managers are encouraged to go beyond traditional giving and to consider other areas, concrete suggestions for the development of philanthropic organizations, and community involvement initiatives. For companies and foundations that have limited resources but desire to participate, several techniques of indirect investments in social development are shown.
Introduction Philosophy, Policy, and Practice Philanthropy and Economic Development by Richard Steinberg Corporate Philanthropy, Urban Research, and Public Policy by Jennifer Wolch Community-Based Development--Avoiding Resource Misuse and Abuse by Kenneth A. Bertsch Community Development: Alternatives to Traditional Models by Ritchie P. Lowry Corporate Philanthropy: A Strategic Approach to the Bottom Line by Timothy S. Mescon, Donn J. Tilson, and Robert Desman Strategic Philanthropy and Partnerships for Economic Progress by James E. Post and Sandra Waddock Philanthropy and Community-Based Development Community-Based Development--Lessons Learned by Virginia Hodgkinson Community Organizations as Housing Developers by Phillip L. Clay Philanthropy, Community Development Organizations, and Economic Development by Raphael Thelwell and Jerome Smith Lessons from LISC for Corporate Philanthropy by Avis C. Vidal and Arnold Howitt Philanthropy and African-American Development Innovations: National Neighborhood and Housing Development Models by Lance Buhl Black Self Help and Philanthropy by Emmett D. Carson How Corporations Can Support Fund Raising and Other Strategic Development Innovations by Richard F. America Philanthropy and Small Enterprise Job Training Partnerships for Economic and Employee Development by Sandra Waddock Corporate Philanthropy and Affordable Housing by Steven D. Lydenberg Philanthropy and Venture Capital by C. Robert Kemp Corporate Philanthropy and Small Business Opportunities by John Nelson
RICHARD F. AMERICA has been director of Urban Programs and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting lecturer at the Stanford Business School. He is the author or editor of several books including The Wealth of Races (Bloomsbury, 1990) and Paying the Social Debt (Bloomsbury, 1993).
