10/12/1999
What is the future of philanthropy in a changing America? This volume of
agenda-setting essays suggests how philanthropy and the nonprofit sector might respond to
a society which is seeing not only the devolution of federal programs to the state and
local levels, but also the blurring of lines between nonprofit and for-profit
oragnizations, globalization, tax and other regulatory reform, and the rise of
privatization and market models, among other sea changes. The authors wrestle with such
issues as strengthening relationships with the public and for-profit sectors, educating
and engaging the next generation, the dramatic growth in philanthropic resources, the
continuing importance of religious organizations, and the special need to stress the basic
values of American philanthropy.