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Established in 1956, the Foundation Center, a national nonprofit service organization, is the nation’s leading authority on philanthropy, connecting foundations and nonprofit organizations to tools they can use and information they can trust. The Foundation Center provides resources and services tailored to the special needs and interests of grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, and the media.


“Christian of the Dark Knight”? How about 80-Down, “Foul-smelling”? If you still don't know what we're talking about, that’s because you haven’t solved the Philanthropy Annual: 2008 Review Crossword Puzzle, now available as a single-page, downloadable PDF .

In March, the Foundation Center released Philanthropy Annual: 2008 Review , our yearly overview of the news, issues, people, organizations, and giving trends shaping the field.

This crossword puzzle -- included in the second edition of Philanthropy Annual -- tests your foundation knowledge. The solution to the puzzle can be found on page 111 of the Annual, which can be downloaded or purchased at our web site.



The Foundation Center partnered with the Global Philanthropy Forum at its 8th Annual Conference on April 22-24, 2009, in Washington, D.C. The Center provided background statistics coupled with examples of innovative solutions supported by philanthropy on five key areas of activity addressed at the Forum — poverty at home and abroad , access to health care , access to education , global climate change , and reconstruction and reconciliation in post-conflict countries . Select a subject area to learn about the issues and creative approaches to addressing them.
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Our classroom training courses are also available in selected nonprofit resource centers across the U.S. View the schedule of classroom training, online courses, and webinars taking place this summer.

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My Blog

Dissed Aid

(Tony Pipa is a is a regular contributor to PhilanTopic, the Philanthropy News Digest blog. This post has been cross-posted to PhilanTopic.) Dambisa Moyo has created quite a stir with her thesis t...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 07:48:00 GMT

Corporate Foundation Giving Remained Flat in 2008; Declines Expected in 2009

Charitable giving by the nation's nearly 2,500 corporate foundations remained virtually unchanged in 2008, according to Key Facts on Corporate Foundations. Giving totaled an estimated $4.4 billion las...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 12:47:00 GMT

Can you solve 34-Across?...

Christian of the Dark Knight? Okay, okay, that is an easy one. How about 80-Down, Foul-smelling? If you still dont know what Im talking about, thats because you havent solved the Phi...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 13:45:00 GMT

Advice for Young Nonprofit Workers

As a member of Gen Y working in the nonprofit sector who did not attend this year's Young Nonprofit Professionals Network conference in Washington, D.C. last week, I was thrilled to read Caroline Pre...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Global Philanthropy Forum Annual Conference

The Foundation Center is partnering with the Global Philanthropy Forum at its 8th Annual Conference, which opens today in Washington, D.C. As part of that effort, the Foundation Center has develop...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Close to Two-thirds of Foundations Expect to Reduce Their Grants in 2009

A new Foundation Center research advisory, Foundations Address the Impact of the Economic Crisis, examines how U.S. foundations are coping with the crisis, based on recent survey responses of more tha...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:40:00 GMT

Philanthropy Annual: 2008 Review

The Foundation Center has just released Philanthropy Annual: 2008 Review, highlighting the news, issues, people, organizations, and giving trends of 2008 that have shaped the field of philanthropy. Hi...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:01:00 GMT

Twittering for Nonprofits

(Kayron Bearden is a Reference Librarian at the Foundation Center-Atlanta. This post originally appeared in Philanthropy Front and Center- Atlanta.) Ive been trying to figure out social media sites ...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:10:00 GMT

Upcoming Events - NYC, San Francisco, Cleveland

We have some free special events coming up in the next month or two at a few of our regional centers. If you're in the NYC, San Francisco, or Cleveland area, feel free to come check these out! Hope to...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Foundation Giving Trends

Despite the first signs of an economic downturn in the latter half of 2007, foundation support rose for eight of the 10 major subject areas. The environment and animals field posted the fastest rise i...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:09:00 GMT