Vol. 1, No. 3
March, 2007

In this issue:

March Program Recap

Upcoming AGF Programs

Grants/Contributions Received to Support AGF

Member News

Philanthropy News

March Program Recap: Engaging Boomers in Nonprofit Endeavors
March 22, 2006 | 11:30am - 1:30pm | Burton Barr Library

More than 85 funders and nonprofits gathered at the Phoenix Burton Barr Library to hear the national and local perspectives on engaging the 50+ population in volunteering and working in the nonprofit sector. Panel members included Nancy Henkin, Cofounder of Coming of Age and founder and Executive Director of Temple University's Center for Intergenerational Learning Carol Kratz, Senior Program Officer, The Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust and Jacky Alling, Senior Program Officer, Arizona Community Foundation. Speakers gave an overview of the opportunities and challenges that exist in engaging these individuals.

Thanks to The Arizona Community Foundation, for providing underwriting for this program and continuing to support the mission of the Arizona Grantmakers Forum.

Program Materials - Available Now

	Program VIDEO: Engaging Baby Boomers in the Nonprofit Sector
	Program Handouts: Presenter PPTs (WMV)

Upcoming Programs

Tues April 3 - Thurs April 5 Native Americans in Philanthropy Institute
Fort McDowell Resort Scottsdale, Arizona
AGF is proud to help co-sponsor with Native Americans in Philanthropy to present this national conference. Native Americans in Philanthropy was founded in 1990 as a national nonprofit whose mission is to engage Native and non-Native peoples in understanding and advancing the role of philanthropy through practices that support Native values for current and future generations. www.nativephilanthropy.org

To reserve a seat at any of the programs listed below, please contact Madia Logan at mlogan@arizonagrantmakersforum.org.

Thurs April 26 Strengths & Weaknesses of the Darwinian Approach to Funding Nonprofits An informal discussion of what funders feel is their role in supporting mature nonprofits that may no longer be effective. Why do some funders decide to stop funding an agency when it seems to have outlived its purpose while others seem to continue to fund them? 11:30am - 1:30pm, Location: Flinn Foundation Open to AGF Members Only

Thurs May 24 Investing in Our Communities: Strategies for Immigration Integration Program will explore what funders can do to help integrate immigrants into American society. 11:30am - 1:30pm, Location: Arizona Community Foundation Open to AGF Members Only

2007 Grants in Support of AGF

AGF receives revenues from three primary sources: Dues, Program Revenues and Grants/Sponsorships. We are grateful to the following members who, in addition to their dues, committed to supporting AGF in 2007 with general operating dollars and/or program underwriting:

Leadership Circle:

• BHHS Legacy Foundation
• Dorrance Family Foundation
• Helios Education Foundation
• Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust
• St. Luke's Health Initiatives
• The Lodestar Foundation
• The Stardust Foundation

Partners Circle:

• APS
• Mr. Tom Chauncey
• Salt River Project

Program Hosts:

• Mr. Tom Chauncey
• F2 Family Foundation
• Phelps Dodge Corporation

Member News

Community Foundation for Southern Arizona Reaches the $100M Mark
The Community Foundation for Southern Arizona reached a milestone in its 26-year history, surpassing for the first time the $100 million mark in total assets. A final audit is still pending, but the foundation is reporting that for fiscal year 2006 it has $113.6 million in assets, up about $20 million from the previous year. The money is held in 479 funds managed by the foundation, which for fiscal year 2006 awarded $7.2 million in grants and scholarships to local nonprofits and community organizations.

Gene D'Adamo & Family Honored by Chrysalis
AGF Board Member and V.P. of Community Relations for the Arizona Republic, Gene D'Adamo & Family will be honored by Chrysalis on Thursday, April 19 at The Arizona Biltmore. Gene has been with The Arizona Republic for 26 years and leads their community relations department. Over the last six years, Chrysalis has been part of the D’Adamo family with everyone volunteering in one form or another.

UniSource & TEP Grant Announcement
UniSource Energy Services and Tucson Electric Power "Grants That Make a Difference" application & guidelines will be available at tep.com and unsaz.com starting June 8, 2007. Grant applications are due September 11, 2007. Funds are for programs in UNS service territory serving "at risk" persons. Grant amounts vary by county. UNS/TEP are sponsoring "Grant Magic" workshops for charitable nonprofits in our service territories to strenghten agencies' grant opportunities. Dates: May 15, Prescott; May 16, Kingman; May 22, Tucson. See website for more details.

Honeywell Announces $500,000 in Community Grants
In April, Honeywell Aerospace will announce more than $500,000 in communuity grants to worthy non-profit organizations furthering the causes of housing and shelter, family safety, and math and science education. Grants are dispensed in communities around the world where Honeywell has an operating presence.

Philanthropy News & Resources

Youth and Amateur Sports Grants Workshops Set for April 9 &12
Two free brownbag lunch workshops have been scheduled by the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority (AZSTA) to help non-profit groups in the upcoming AZSTA 2007 Biennial Grant Cycle. The workshops are designed to assist groups in preparing applications for funding requests from the Authority for youth and amateur sports projects.

The free workshops will be held:
April 9 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Arizona Community Foundation Anchor Centre West Building, Lobby A 2201 E. Camelback Road, Suite 202, Phoenix

April 12 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Club Level University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale

Participants are encouraged to bring their own brownbag lunches to the working sessions. It is anticipated that $2.25 million of funds will be awarded to qualified organizations during this grant cycle. Since being formed by the voter-approved Prop. 302 in 2000, the Authority has provided more than $8.2 million to 28 youth and amateur sports projects Valley wide. For more information contact Brad Parker at Arizona Sports & Tourism Authority. bparker@az-sta.com

Charitable Organizations Brace for Coming Retirements
Organizations throughout the nonprofit sector are bracing for a challenging demographic shift in the workplace as baby boomers near retirement, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Surveys show that 50 percent to 70 percent of nonprofit executive directors plan to leave their jobs by 2010. Many of them are founders or longtime leaders closely identified with their organizations. And in a sector where money is tight, organizational infrastructure often is fragile, and transitions ar fraught with peril, many nonprofit leaders are concerned about the perceived lack of potential successors. Click here to read the full article.

Who Will Lead Nonprofits?
A new survey from the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network (YNPN), a nationwide grassroots group representing roughly 10,000 of the sector’s 20- and 30-somethings, points to a trend that could be even worse than the exodus of seasoned leaders: Young people in the nonprofit world are not necessarily eager to take their place. According to the survey results, only 45% of the roughly 1,700 members who responded expect their next job to be in the nonprofit sector – “burnout” and low salaries being the two biggest reasons they cited – and less than 30 percent identified themselves as “highly likely” to become an executive director in a nonprofit organization. All of this appears not to bode well for filling the huge workforce need described by the Bridgespan study. The results were released at a well-attended panel discussion at NYU’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service on March 9, which kicked off the Network’s national leadership conference here, an annual gathering of board members from the organization’s 14 chapters across the country. Click here to read the full article.

IRS Finds Errors in Nonprofits' Reporting of Executive Compensation
Approximately six hundred charities and foundations have had to file amended tax returns after an Internal Revenue Service study of 1,800 tax-exempt organizations found flaws in how they reported payments to executives and other employees, the New York Times reports. The agency has also asked forty individuals to pay a total of $20 million in excise taxes, the penalty it imposes after determining that a nonprofit executive has been paid excessively.

The organizations required to amend their returns either failed to report — or reported incorrectly — perquisites such as an executive's personal use of an organization's vehicles, travel payments for spouses, or other payments and reimbursements, IRS officials said. According to Steven T. Miller, the commissioner in charge of the division overseeing tax-exempt and government entities, regardless of whether the errors were due to confusion, poor design of tax forms, or "something more nefarious," the results of the inquiry convinced the IRS it needs to do more regarding compensation at nonprofits. Experts claim that many charities do not adequately understand the reporting requirement, or tend to underreport executives' pay because of a general reluctance to disclose salaries.

MacArthur Announces 2007 Winners of Award for Creative Nonprofits
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced that eight organizations in six countries will receive the second annual MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. While the recipient organizations have diverse missions, all have demonstrated significant impact in their fields, and each manages to effect significant change on a modest budget. Each of the winning organizations will receive up to $500,000 — a large sum given that all have annual budgets under $1.6 million.

This year's recipients are Action Health Incorporated in Lagos, Nigeria; the Institute for Law and Public Policy in Moscow; the Institute for Security and Democracy in Mexico City; Kartemquin Educational Films in Chicago; the National Housing Law Project in Oakland, California; the Resources Himalaya Foundation in Kathmandu, Nepal; the Society for Education, Welfare and Action in Jhagadia, India; and the Chicago-based Woodstock Institute.

Growing Proportion of Immigrants Choose Naturalization, Report Finds
The proportion of all legal, foreign-born residents who have become naturalized United States citizens rose to 52 percent in 2005, the highest level in a quarter of a century and a 14 percent increase since 1990, a new report from the D.C.-based Pew Hispanic Center finds.

The report, Growing Share of Immigrants Choosing Naturalization, also found that the population of naturalized citizens reached 12.8 million in 2005, a record figure that reflects both a rise in the number of legal migrants and an increased likelihood that those who are eligible apply for citizenship. As a result of these trends, the average number of naturalizations annually has increased from fewer than 150,000 in the 1970s to more than 650,000 since the mid-1990s. To view the report, click here.

Give and Take: A Roundup of Nonprofit Blogs
Give and Take is a service of the Chronicle of Philanthropy that rounds up the best postings that appear on blogs about the nonprofit world. Our most recent postings discuss innovative online social-action videos and recommended reading for people who seek inspiration for their antipoverty work. You can also read previous postings on issues about philanthropic giving, fund raising, and management of nonprofit organizations. Click here to view.

Council on Foundations Names Award Winners
The Council on Foundations has announced the names of its 2007 award winners for innovative and effective philanthropy. John Damonti, of the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, won the Robert W. Scrinver Award for Creative Philanthropy for his work on the Secure the Future Initiative, which runs clinics and trains doctors to treat African children with HIV and AIDS.

The Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts won the Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement for the Roadmap to Coverage project—which, in conjunction with the nonprofit Urban Institute, does research into providing medical coverage for the uninsured. The council also announced 75 winners of its Wilmer Shields Rich Awards, which honor “excellence in communications” by foundations and corporate givers; and also five Critical Impact Awards to honor especially noteworthy grant-making programs.