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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829169303321

Titolo

The future of philanthropic foundations

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier/Excerpta Medica/North-Holland, 1975

ISBN

1-280-78345-1

9786613693846

0-470-72012-3

0-470-71780-7

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