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Informationen zum Autor By Elwood M. Hopkins Klappentext In recent years, foundations have begun to come together in groups to take on shared initiatives and agendas. Hopkins argues that these funder collaboratives are more than a collection of isolated experiments. Instead, they provide a window into a dramatic and promising new stage in the development of organized philanthropy. Zusammenfassung In recent years! foundations have begun to come together in groups to take on shared initiatives and agendas. Hopkins argues that these funder collaboratives are more than a collection of isolated experiments. Instead! they provide a window into a dramatic and promising new stage in the development of organized philanthropy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Funder Collaboratives in Context: Philanthropy As a Professional Field Chapter 2 A Tentative Trend: Illustrative Examples of Funder Collaboratives Chapter 3 Funder Collaboration As a Tool for Increasing Philanthropic Efficiency Chapter 4 Funder Collaboration As a Way to Frame Comprehensive Solutions Chapter 5 Funder Collaboratives As Vehicles for Fostering Risk-Taking Chapter 6 Funder Collaboratives As Mechanisms for Better Philanthropic Governance Chapter 7 Funder Collaboratives As Systems for Better Communications and Knowledge Management Chapter 8 Funder Collaboratives As Direction-Setters for the Foundation World Chapter 9 Conclusion: Toward a Self-Organizing Philanthropic Field