Outlook

• Families Step Up to Meet Economic Crisis
  National Center for Family Philanthropy

• In Their Own Words: Foundation Giving Forecast
  Foundation Center

• Greater Twin Cities United Way Agency Survey
  January 2009

• Notes from MCN's Economic Briefing

• Not All Doom and Gloom for Corporate Giving in 2009
  Survey by LBG Research Institute

• Fundraising Climate
  Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

• Past Economic Downturns and the Outlook for Giving
  Foundation Center

• Foundation Assets May Have Dropped 30%
  Chronicle of Philanthropy

• Signs That, Amid Tough Times, Americans Will Keep Giving Christian Science Monitor

• Do Giving Priorities Change in Times of Financial Stress?
  Foundation Center's PhilanTopic blog

• What the Financial Sector Meltdown Really Means for Nonprofits and Philanthropy
  The Cohen Report / Nonprofit Quarterly

• Americans Rate Charity Gifts a Priority This Season Chronicle of Philanthropy

• Amid Turmoil, Corporate Giving Seen Steady in 2009
  Reuters

• Fasten Your Seatbelts: It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Giving Season
  GuideStar

• How Bad Is It?
  Chronicle of Philanthropy

• 100,000 Nonprofit Groups Could Collapse in Next Two Years
  Crain's New York

• United Front: Engaging Board and Executive Leadership Facing Unprecedented Challenges

• New Recovery Grant Programs from the National Endowment for the Arts

• State-by-State Estimates of Key Provisions Affecting Low- and Moderate-Income Individuals
  Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

• More than Money: Making a Difference with
  Assistance Beyond the Grant (PDF)
  Center for Effective Philanthropy

• Federal Stimulus: Estimated Allocation for Minnesota (PDF)
  Minnesota Management & Budget

• Special Reports on Economic Stimulus & Recovery (including nonprofit grant opportunities)
  National Council of Nonprofits

• CSR is Still Good for Business
  Washington Post

• Arts Funding:
  > Economic Turmoil and Change (Grantmakers in the Arts)
  > Response and Readiness Kit (Americans for the Arts)

• Focus on the Economic Crisis
  Foundation Center

• Economic Xchange
  Council on Foundations

• Nonprofit 911
  Nonprofit Roundtable

• Making Informed Decisions in Uncertain Times
  Community Foundation Insights

• Non-Financial Ways to Help Grantees

• Foundations Can Provide a Giving Stimulus
  Stanford Social Innovation Review

• U.S. Funders Face the Downturn
  Philanthropy Journal

• A to Z Grantmakers’ Guide for Uncertain Times
  PhilanTopic

• A Recipe for Tough Times
  PhilanTopic

• Funders and Nonprofits Alike Must Adopt New Strategies in Face of Economic Woes
  Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

• Foundations Tear Up the Rule Book
  Financial Times

• The Quickest, Most Helpful Thing Foundations Can Do
  National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy blog

• Role of Boards Critical During Crisis
  Philanthropy Journal

• Nonprofit Pessimism In Need of Philanthropic Boost
  PhilanthroMedia

• Strategies for Foundations to Save Resources
  Financial Times

• Nonprofits Need Gen Y Leadership in an Uncertain Economy
  Perspectives from the Pipeline

• Desperate Times Call for Creative Measures
  New Voices in Philanthropy

• Advice to Funders in Tough Economic Times
  PhilanTopic

• Foundations' Failure to Give More is Inexcusable
  Chronicle of Philanthropy (requires paid subscription)

• In This New Economic Reality, Nonprofits & Philanthropy Have To Confront the Fierce Urgency of Now
  Perspectives from the Pipeline

• If You Follow the Latest Fad, What Happens When It Fades?
  Chronicle of Philanthropy (requires paid subscription)

• Consumers Expect Companies to Keep Giving in Tough Times
  Chronicle of Philanthropy