The Foundation Directory is the standard reference work for information about private and community grantmaking foundations in the . It is used by fund-seekers, foundation and government officials, scholars, journalists, and others generally interested in foundation giving in this country.

A report published in 1992 outlining business' giving to arts organizations in the United States.

A report published in 1992 outlining foreign-based business' giving to arts organizations in the United States.

Arts sponsorship is being used increasingly by businesses as a marketing communication device. Sponsors can choose from an array of activities and events, and the choice of a particular sponsorship is based on a decision-making process. Three components, that is the decision-making unit, the decision-making criteria and the decision-making outcome, were found to be important in this research. As regards decision-making criteria, a content analysis of reports on nine sponsored events revealed that the effect-related category (corporate objectives, product related objectives, and sales related

Designed to help guide business leaders and others interested in developing and supporting quality education in America's schools. The report provides essential advice on strategic planning for corporate support of pre-college education; by describing over 125 promising programs, the report also serves as a source of ideas and funding opportunities.

In 1989, the Arts and Business Council and Metropolitan Life began a unique collaboration on behalf of the arts in New York City - creation of the Special Events Task Force project. The results were an exciting new opportunity for MetLife employees to work together on a major project to benefit the broader community, and to bring new friends, resources and recognition to community-based nonprofit arts organizations.

In the fall oa 1991, 100 corporate managers participated in an in-depth survey that examined staffing, policy, priorities and the service needs of those responsible for contributions and related community relations activities. These companies had contributions budgets of more than $1.357 billion, or over 20 percent of the estimated $6.0 billion contributed by all U.S. companies in that year. Based on the results of the survey, a number of trends were identified. What follows is a summary of the key findings.

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the attitude of students towards cultural policy and business sponsorship in Belgium. The results of the survey show that many students strongly disapprove of the cultural policy and most of them recognize the advantages of business sponsorship of the arts. The paper examines if students understand why firms sponsor the arts. A comparison shows that students do not understand the firm's purposes, suggesting a discrepancy between the image firms want to create in sponsoring and how one group of well informed art consumers perceived that image.

With the growth of large corporations dominating the publishing industry and exercising their control over the publishing industry, the author argues for the establishment of independent presses to ensure open debate on political and cultural matters.

Charities outside United Way are winning tremendous increases in workplace contributions. In 1992, these contributions will have increased nearly sixfold in the ten years since 1982, according to a research report released this month by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. United Way, measnwhile, will have expanded 77% during this period.