The future of philanthropic foundations

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829169303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1975
• ISBN: 9786613693846; 9781280783456; 1280783451; 9780470720127; 0470720123; 9780470717806; 0470717807
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 pages)
• Collana: Ciba Foundation symposium (new series) ; ; 30
• Disciplina: 361.7/6
• Soggetti: Charities; Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Held jointly with the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation."; "Ciba Foundation 25th Anniversary Symposium on the Future of Philanthropic Foundations held jointly with the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation at the Ciba Foundation, London, on 17-19 June 1974"--Participants page.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: The Future of Philanthropic Foundations; Contents; Introduction; Foundations and their fields; Discussion; Independence, scale and experiment: the experience of the Ciba Foundation; Discussion; Foundations and the State in the Federal Republic of Germany: some comments; The special role and problems of a foundation established by the State; Discussion; The moral and social responsibilities of the trustees of foundations; The role of the foundation trustee; Discussion of the two preceding papers; Independence and experiment : the experience of the Wellcome Trust; Discussion; The means to the ends of The Rockefeller Foundation; Discussion; On the selection of priorities for an emerging foundation of national scope; Discussion; International foundations and the development of higher ; education in developing countries; Discussion; International foundations and the development of health services in underprivileged areas; Discussion; A new task for small philanthropic foundations in helping developing countries; Discussion; The next twenty-five years; Discussion; The influence of science and technology on medicine: a forecast; Discussion; The future of foundations: the Jeffersonian potential; Discussion; Summing up; Closing remarks; Biographies of the participants; Index of contributors; Subject index
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