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- 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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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
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
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Padua, Padova, Italy
Giacomo Boesso, Fabrizio Cerbioni
About the authors
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