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Item Fund-raising as a key to the library's future(The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994) Burlingame, Dwight F.Reviews the growth and development of library fund raising within the context of library history and the development of contemporary philanthropy. Topics addressed include changing environments and the need for additional resources; the role of fund raising in a library's mission; effective leadership; and public relations.Item Methodologies Used to Develop Estimates of the Sources of Giving and Contributions by Type of Recipient in Giving USA 2001 for Charitable Contributions in 2000(2002-09) Brown, Melissa; Rooney, Patrick; Steinberg, KathrynItem Measurement of Volunteering: A Methodological Study Using Indiana as a Test Case(2002-12) Rooney, Patrick; Steinberg, Kathryn; Chin, WilliamItem Patterns of Giving in COPPS 2001(11/17/2003) Steinberg, Richard; Wilhelm, MarkSerious researchers of philanthropy have bemoaned the lack of panel datasets for studying giving behavior. That gap is beginning to be filled with the start of the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS). COPPS provides the first comprehensive panel study of giving and volunteering in the U.S., and one of the only such studies worldwide to date. Previous U.S. panels studies of giving have employed tax return data, which are limited to gifts of money and property by (in most years) itemizers and include only the financial and limited demographic data reported on those returns.Item Distribution of Household Giving by Type of Recipient Organization in 2002(2006-03) Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS) 2003 WaveEvery culture depends on philanthropy and nonprofit organizations to provide essential elements of a civil society. Effective philanthropy and nonprofit management are instrumental in creating and maintaining public confidence in the philanthropic traditionsvoluntary association, voluntary giving, and voluntary action. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University increases the understanding of philanthropy and improves its practice through programs in research, teaching, public service, and public affairs.Item Bank of America Study of High Net-Worth Philanthropy: Portraits of Donors(2007-12) IU Lilly Family School of PhilanthropyPortraits of Donors explores the philanthropic patterns of high net-worth households by looking for statistical differences in the way certain groups of individuals donate relative to other high net-worth households. This is the second report to emanate from the Bank of America Study of High Net-Worth Philanthropy.Item Bank of America Study of High Net-Worth Philanthropy: Initial Report(2006-10) IU Lilly Family School of PhilanthropyItem COPPS Overview of Overall Giving(2010) IU Lilly Family School of PhilanthropyItem An Analysis of Million Dollar Gifts: January 2000 – September 2007(2008) IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy