How Foundations Work or Business Without Boundaries

How Foundations Work: What Grantseekers Need to Know About the Many Faces of Foundations

Author: Dennis P P McIlnay

In this groundbreaking book, Dennis McIlnay offers a unique and remarkable look inside foundations--exploring the complex workings of the mysterious and often misunderstood organizations that so often determine the success or failure of a nonprofit's fund raising ventures.
Drawing on his extensive research and on insights from foundations, McIlnay gives the grantseeker an edge in the highly competitive world of foundation grants by both debunking many of the myths and misconseptions surrounding foundations and including more productive strategies for dealing with them.
Structured around six perceptions of foundations--judges, editors, citizens, activists, entrepreneurs, and partners--this book provides a thorough understanding of what makes foundations tick and how this affects their interations with nonprofits.

Table of Contents:

	Preface and Acknowledgments
	The Author
1	Foundations at the Crossroads	1
2	Foundations as Judges: The Art of Deciding Who Gets a Grant	21
3	Foundations as Editors: How the Quality of Writing Affects Grant Proposals	56
4	Foundations as Citizens: How Accessible and Accountable Are Foundations?	76
5	Foundations as Activists: How Political Ideology and Influence Affect Grant Decisions	106
6	Foundations as Entrepreneurs: How Program Officers View Risk Taking	124
7	Foundations as Partners: Problems in Building Trust Between Grantmakers and Grantseekers	150
8	Conclusion: Faces of Foundations in the Future	170
	References	175
	Name Index	193
	Subject Index	196
	Credits	204

New interesting textbook: George Washington or Global Capitalism

Business Without Boundaries: An Action Framework for Collaborating Across Time, Distance, Organization, and Culture (Business and Management Series)

Author: Don Mankin

Traditional forms of collaboration are not sufficient for competing effectively in the more complex and dynamic environment of today’s business world. Face-to-face meetings between people of similar backgrounds have given way to increasingly complex working relationships. Organizations must be able to gain rapid access to knowledgeable people to meet constantly changing conditions and demands. More fluid, flexible, and easily reconfigurable collaborative relationships are necessary to produce the innovations that can make or break organizations¾even entire industries¾ and provide the opportunities that attract the talented and motivated employees who will make the difference between success and failure.

Business Without Boundaries helps managers address these challenges. The authors explore a number of wide-ranging, real-world cases to identify hands-on principles for successful collaboration. They offer managers and executives practical steps and tools for creating, facilitating, and supporting complex collaborations throughout their organizations. And they explain how to “team” across boundaries in the new global economy. The recommendations are specific enough to apply to particular forms of complex collaboration (for example supply chains, global product development teams, interorganizational alliances) but general enough to apply to new forms that have yet to emerge.