Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
Senior International Fellows Program
Fall 2007
Program Calendar & Class Syllabus
Seminar sessions are indicated with an asterisk (*) and will meet as indicated below.
Meetings are generally held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at The Graduate Center in room 6300,
UNLESS otherwise indicated. We recommend checking the syllabus and calendar daily to review the
time and place for all program activities.
Program Assignments & Expectations: Fellows are to attend seminar sessions, scheduled meetings and
other group events, as well as to complete assigned readings. Short (1-2 page) abstracts are
recommended for assigned readings (particularly those marked with an “A”), but are not required.
Reading materials: Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the
Center’s website. To access seminar readings (arranged alphabetically) and other program
materials, visit: http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
Position Paper: Each Fellow will write a 10-page position with recommendations to facilitate the
development or expansion of:
(a) community philanthropy locally and regionally; and/or
(b) the culture and institutions of philanthropy and the civil society in his/her home region; and/or
(c) diaspora/transnational philanthropy in order to facilitate the transfer of funds from non-residents
for development in the home country or in support of global engagement.
The specific details of your paper will be worked out in accordance with your proposal and staff at
the Center. However, all Fellows are to consider which aspects of foundation work or NGO/NPO
activities in other parts of the world are appropriate for encouraging the growth of community
foundations, diaspora philanthropy or a culture of philanthropy in their home communities and
countries. All position papers should focus on practical applications and include recommendations
for “next steps” to be taken.
These papers will be shared in the seminar during the last week of the program and completed papers
must be turned in by mid-day Friday November 9th. Friday November 9, 2007 is also the final due
date for paper abstracts and executive summaries, as well as program evaluations.
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WEEK I
OCTOBER 15 (Monday)
Time/Place:
Event:
10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
GC orientation meeting with Sara Oommen, Associate Director, Office of Human Resources,
The Graduate Center, CUNY
Assignments/
Notes:
Bring your passport and travel documents with you.
Time/Place:
Event:
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Welcome and Orientation Meeting, with Eugene Miller and Barbara Leopold
Assignments/
Notes:
Please come prepared to introduce yourself (briefly identifying your professional work; the
topic of your position paper, and what you hope to achieve during the program).
Time/Place: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 3305
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker:
Readings:
Seminar
Overview on Foundations in the US and beyond
James Allen Smith, Waldemar A. Nielsen Professor of Philanthropy, Georgetown University
Leslie Lenkowsky, “Foundations and Corporate America, in The State of Nonprofit America,
ed. Lester M. Salamon, 355-386 (Washington, DC: Brookings Institute Press, 2002) "A"
[Photocopy provided in your welcome packet. Also available in .PDF on CPCS website.]
James Smith, “The Evolving American Foundation,” in Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector
in a Changing America, ed. C. Clotfelter and T. Erlich, 34-51 (Bloomington: Indiana
University Press, 1999). [Photocopy provided in your welcome packet.%]
Foundation Center, Foundation Today Series, 2007 editions
“Key Facts on Community Foundations”
“Highlights of Foundation Yearbook”
“Highlights of Foundation Giving Trends”
[Photocopies provided in your welcome packet. Also available in .PDF on CPCS
website% and at: http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/ ]
Throughout the Foundation Center’s 50th anniversary year in 2006, Philanthropy News Digest
featured a special series of Newsmakers interviews that illuminate both the current state and
the future of American philanthropy. The series includes interviews with 15 leaders in the
field. The interviews are available online at: http://foundationcenter.org/about/50years.html.
OCTOBER 16 (Tuesday)
Time/Place: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 8106
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker:
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Seminar
Diaspora Philanthropy
Peter F. Geithner, Advisor to the Asia Center, Global Equity Initiative, and Ash Institute,
Harvard University
Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the Center’s website. To access seminar readings
(arranged alphabetically) and other program materials, visit: http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
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Reading(s):
Paula Doherty Johnson, “Diaspora Philanthropy: Influences, Initiatives, and Issues.” (The
Philanthropy Initiative Inc., and The Global Equity Initiative, May 2007). % "A"
Nick Young and June Shih, “Philanthropic Links between the Chinese Diaspora and The
People’s Republic of China” in Diaspora Philanthropy and Equitable Development in
China and India, ed. Peter F. Geithner, et al. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press,
2004): 129-175 (chapter 4).
“Overview” in Diaspora Philanthropy and Equitable Development in China and India, ed.
Peter F. Geithner, et al. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004): xiii-xxii.
[Article available in .PDF %; full volume available in CPCS resource room, 5401.01]
Barbara J. Merz and Lincoln Chen, “Cross-Border Philanthropy and Equity /
Filantropía Transfronteriza y Equidad” in New Patterns for Mexico / Nuevas
Pautas para México, ed, Barbara J. Merz (Global Equity Initiative, Harvard
University, 2005): 212-254 (ch. 6 / in English and Spanish) % "A"
OCTOBER 17 (Wednesday)
Time/Place: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
*Event:
Seminar
Topic:
The Early U.S. Community Foundations: the Case of New York Community Trust
Speaker:
Robert Edgar, Vice President, Donor Relations, New York Community Trust
Readings:
Paula Doherty Johnson and Stephen P. Johnson, “Tools for Good: A Guide to Vehicles for
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving,” in Rethinking Philanthropic Effectiveness, ed. Dirk
Eilinghoff, Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2005. % "A"
Jennifer Leonard, “Creating Community Capital: Birth and Growth of Community
Foundations.” in An Agile Servant, ed. Richard Magat (The Foundation Center, 1989): 89103. %
Mariam C. Noland, “Grants: Giving Life to the Public Trust” in An Agile Servant, ed. Richard
Magat (The Foundation Center, 1989): 121-135. %
“National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations,” Council on Foundations, 2004 and
“Public Support Test for community foundations and other public charities” "A"
[photocopy to be provided]
Time/Place:
Event:
6:00 p.m., Todai restaurant, 6 East 32nd Street (between Madison and Fifth Avenues)
Welcome Dinner
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Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the Center’s website. To access seminar
readings (arranged alphabetically) and other program materials, visit:
http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
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OCTOBER 18 (Thursday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Readings:
7:15 a.m. train departing Penn Station (between 7th & 8 Avenues / 31st-33rd St.) for
All day trip for mid-morning meeting at The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433, tel. 202.458.4197 (depart Penn Station, 34th St. & Seventh
Ave. c. 8:00 am; return c. 8:00 pm)
Meeting with Juraj Mesik, Senior Community Foundation Specialist, Social
Development Department
Suzanne L. Feurt and Eleanor Sacks, “An International Perspective on the History,
Development, and Characteristics of Community Foundations,” in Building Philanthropic
and Social Capital: The Work of Community Foundations” edited by Peter Walkenhorst
(Bertelsmann Foundation Publishers, 2001). [Available in .PDF ; Copies of the full
volume are available for borrowing from CPCS library.]
Eleanor W. Sacks, 2005 Community Foundation Global Status Report (WINGS-CF, 2004). The
report consists of: an Executive Summary; Part I “Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker
Support – Community Foundations”; and Part II “Country Profiles”. Please read the Executive
Summary and begin reviewing the Country Profiles. "A"
[Available on the CPCS website% and at
http://www.wingsweb.org/information/publications_community.cfm]
The Community Foundation Difference. Describing What Makes Us Special. Ottawa,
ON, Canada: Community Foundations of Canada, 2002. [Available in .PDF at:
http://www.community-fdn.ca/doc/CFDiffENG2003feb.pdf.] "A"
Visit the World Bank’s social development page: www.worldbank.org/socialdevelopment .
OCTOBER 19 (Friday)
Time/Place:
Event:
Assignments/
Notes:
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3:00 – 4:00 p.m., The Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue (at 15th Street), 2nd floor
Resources Orientation with Susan Shiroma, Senior Librarian [212.620.4230]
Problem statement and detailed working outlines for position papers are due.
Please provide copies electronically to Amal Muhammad (AMuhammad@gc.cuny.edu) and
Barbara Leopold (BLeopold@gc.cuny.edu).
Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the Center’s website. To access seminar readings
(arranged alphabetically) and other program materials, visit: http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
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WEEK II
OCTOBER 22 (Monday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Peer Learning Session, facilitated by Barbara Leopold
Time/Place:
Event:
1:00 -2:30 p.m., Synergos Institute, 51 Madison Avenue, 21st Floor (1-212-447-8111)
Roundtable Discussion
Topic:
Mobilizing Resources and Building Bridges
Speaker(s):
Synergos Institute’s Strengthening Bridging Organizations Program staff: Cristina Parnetti,
Senior Program Officer, Latin America; Azeen Salimi, Program Officer, Senior Fellows;
Shari Turitz, Director, Strengthening Bridging Organizations, and Country Director, Brazil
Readings:
Foundation Building: Sourcebook (Synergos Institute, 2000). Select chapter(s) of relevance to
your paper and your professional work. [Copies available in the CPCS library for
borrowing.]
Helmut Anheier and David Winder. “Innovations in Strategic Philanthropy—Lessons from
Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, and Latin America” in Rethinking Philanthropic
Effectiveness. Lessons from an International Network of Foundation Experts, ed. Dirk
Eilinghoff, 145-159. "A"
OCTOBER 23 (Tuesday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker:
Readings:
9:45 – 11:45 a.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar
The Political Role of Foundations
Andrew Rich, Associate Professor of Political Science, City College and The Graduate
Center, CUNY; Associate Director, Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies, City College;
Acting Director, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Andrew Rich, “War of Ideas and the think tanks they support. Why mainstream and liberal
foundations are losing in the war of ideas in American politics, Stanford Social Innovation
Review, Spring 2005: 18-25. "A"
“Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates. Current Outlook,” Foundation Today Series,
Foundation Center, 2006 edition. [Posted on the CPCS website% and at:
http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/research/pdf/fgge06.pdf; photocopies also
available]
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker(s):
Readings:
2:30 – 4:30 p.m., BrazilFoundation, 345 Seventh Avenue. (between 29th & 30th Streets),
suite 1401
Seminar
Diaspora Philanthropy: the Case of BrazilFoundation
Leona Forman, President and CEO, BrazilFoundation
Leona S. Forman, “BrazilFoundation: Transnational Bridging for Social Changes” [conference
paper]
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Interview with Leona Forman in “Note from the Foundation World, CPCS newsletter, Spring
2006: 4-6 [Available on the CPCS website%; printed copies also included in your
welcome packet] "A"
Leona Forman, Sheila Nogueira and Gláucio Gomes, “In Search of Equity in Brazil.” A
BrazilFoundation Perspective, Revista, Spring 2007: 37-41.% "A"
Catalina Samper Horak, “Colombian Diaspora Philanthropy in the United States” (Paper for
Advanced Seminar in Nonprofit Management, Milano Graduate School). %
OCTOBER 24 (Wednesday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker(s):
Reading(s):
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar
(re)Defining Community – the Example of the Korean American Community
Foundation
Amy S. Ahn, Director of Program Development, KACF/Korean American Community
Foundation
Jessica Chao, Topics in Asian American Philanthropy and Voluntarism. An Extension Course
Guide (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, GC, CUNY) – See especially Seminars 1, 5,
6. "A"
Racial, Ethnic and Tribal Philanthropy. A Scan of the Landscape. Forum of Regional
Associations of Grantmakers, November 2006. Available on CPCS website and
http://www.givingforum.org/s_forum/bin.asp?CID=49&DID=6461&DOC=FILE.PDF
OCTOBER 25 (Thursday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker(s):
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker:
Reading(s):
10:30 – 12:30 a.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar
Raising the Public Profile of Philanthropy through Membership, Education and
Partnerships
Elizabeth Cham, Senior Research Fellow in Philanthropy, University of Melbourne;
former National Director of Philanthropy Australia
2:00 – 4:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar
Building a Culture of Philanthropy: the Case of Mexico
Marcela Orvañanos de Rovzar, Founder & Executive Director, FONDEA Asesorías S.C.
(México); and former Senior Fellow, CPCS
Marcela O de Rovzar and Almundena Ocejo, “New Social Investment Fund for Mexico City
[Fondo de Estrategia Social (FES)]” Alliance 10, no. 4 (December 2005): 5. "A"
Merilee S. Grindle, “Strengthening Philanthropy and Civil Society Through Policy Reform:
From Proposals to Action,” in Philanthropy and Social Change in Latin America, ed.
Cynthia Sanborn and Felipe Portocarrero (Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center
for Latin American Studies, 2005): 415-426
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Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the Center’s website. To access seminar readings
(arranged alphabetically) and other program materials, visit: http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
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Cynthia Sanborn, “Philanthropy in Latin America: Historical Traditions and Current Trends”
in: Philanthropy and Social Change in Latin America, ed. Cynthia Sanborn and Felipe
Portocarrero (Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies,
2005): 3-29.
OCTOBER 26 (Friday)
Day reserved for meetings/research/writing
Assignments/
Notes:
First (rough) drafts of research papers are due. (Please send electronic copy to
Bleopold@gc.cuny.edu, with cc. to AMuhammad@gc.cuny.edu.)
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WEEK III
OCTOBER 29 (Monday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker(s):
Reading(s):
9:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 8304 (extended seminar)
Seminar
Community Foundations: an Overview
Dorothy Reynolds, Consultant on Community Foundations
Lucy Bernholz, K. Fulton, and G. Kasper, On the Brink of New Promise. The Future of U.S.
Community Foundations (Blueprint Research & Design and The Monitor Institute). "A"
[Available in .PDF on the Center's website and at:
http://communityphilanthropy.org/pdf/FINALfutureofcommunity_25AUG05_complete.pdf]
Mott Foundation, Community Foundations. Building a New South Africa Through Community
Philanthropy and Community Development. Pamphlet (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation,
2000).%
Mott Foundation, “Sowing the Seeds of Local Philanthropy. Two Decades in the Field of
Community Foundations” Pamphlet (Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, 2001). [Available in
.PDF on the CPCS website%; copies also available for borrowing from CPCS resource room.]
OCTOBER 30 (Tuesday)
Time/Place: 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
*Event:
Peer Learning Session, facilitated by Barbara Leopold
OCTOBER 31 (Wednesday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker(s):
Reading(s):
1:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, 475 Riverside Drive
(at 120th St.), Suite 1842. Tel. 212.870.2936 [Linda Williams]
Seminar
Community Foundations and the Convening Role (+ the foundation role in share holder
activism)
Laura Berry, Executive Director, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility; former
Senior Vice President for Philanthropic Services, The Community Foundation for Greater
New Haven
Emmett D. Carson, “The Road Not Yet Traveled: A Community Foundation
Movement for Social Justice.” Paper presented at the Community Foundations:
Symposium on a Global Movement, Berlin, Germany, December 4, 2004. "A"
Lucy Bernholz, K. Fulton, and G. Kasper, On the Brink of New Promise. The Future of U.S.
Community Foundations (Blueprint Research & Design and The Monitor Institute). [Also
assigned for D. Reynolds' 10/29 seminar] %
NOVEMBER 1 (Thursday)
Day reserved for meetings/research/writing
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Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the Center’s website. To access seminar readings
(arranged alphabetically) and other program materials, visit: http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
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NOVEMBER 2 (Friday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
Topic:
Speaker(s):
Assignments/
Notes:
Readings:
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., The Graduate Center, room 8203
Seminar
Foundation Evaluation
Ed Pauly, Director of Evaluation, Wallace Foundation
Please come to the seminar prepared to identify:
- a program or project you have been involved with as grantmaker or grantee that you think
would have benefited from a different kind of evaluation (or from an evaluation if no
evaluation occurred); and
- 2 issues or questions you would have liked to have answered (that weren’t).
Ed Pauly, “The Role of Evaluation in the 21st Century Foundation” in Rethinking
Philanthropic Effectiveness, ed. Dirk Eilinghoff (Gütersloh: Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung,
2005): 95-110.  "A"
Francie Ostrower, Foundation Effectiveness. Definitions and Challenges. (Urban Institute,
November 2004). [Available on at the CPCS website% and
http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=411118]
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Unless noted otherwise in the syllabus, assigned readings will be posted to the Center’s website. To access seminar readings
(arranged alphabetically) and other program materials, visit: http://www.philanthropy.org/seminars/SIFP2007.htm
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WEEK IV
NOVEMBER 5 (Monday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
9:30 – 11:30 a.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar: Fellows’ presentations of position papers (2)
NOVEMBER 6 (Tuesday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
9:30 – 11:30 a.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar: Fellows’ presentations of position papers (2)
NOVEMBER 7 (Wednesday)
Time/Place:
*Event:
10:0 0 – 11:00 a.m., The Graduate Center, room 6300
Seminar: Fellows’ presentations of position papers (1)
Time/Place:
Event:
12:00 – 2:00 p.m., The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street (between 2nd & 1st Avenues)
Informal lunch meeting and discussion with members of the GrantCraft project and the
International Initiative for Strengthening Philanthropy (IISP)
Assignments/
Notes:
Familiarize yourself with the materials on the craft of grantmaking available on the project’s
website – http://www.grantcraft.org/ ; and read about the Ford IISP at:
http://www.fordfound.org/news/more/IISP/index.cfm
Readings:
Select and read any GrantCraft project case studies relevant to your work [www.grantcraft.org
or see printed copies in CPCS resource room].
NOVEMBER 8 (Thursday)
Assignments/
Notes:
Time/Place:
Event:
Day reserved for revisions, editing and executive Summaries.
Program evaluations and meetings lists are due by 5 p.m.
8:00 p.m., Bridge Café, 247 Water Street (at Dover)
Farewell Dinner
NOVEMBER 9 (Friday)
Assignments/
Notes:
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Final position papers and executive summaries are due by 12:00 p.m.