The Nonprofit FAQ
| Ethical guidelines for grantmakers, and grant seekers |
| Natalia Goldin (Shakirova) wrote to ARNOVA-L (see http://www.arnova.org/listserv.php) in April 2006 to ask: Dear colleagues, I am searching for books, articles or other resources on ethics ingrantmaking. My NGO colleagues in Russia are putting together a manual for grantmakers and would like to hear about experiences of their colleagues in the US and possibly other countries. She mentioned these: I came across the title Ethics in Grantmaking & Grantseeking: Making Philanthropy Better. By Michael Josephson. Marina del Rey, CA: Joseph & Edna Josephson Institute of Ethics, l992. (This book is out of print. -- ED.) I also know that the Council on Foundations adopted Statement of Ethical Principles in 2005. The Council on Foundations Statement is available at http://www.cof.org/Content/General/Display.cfm?contentID=2800&orglink=46 R. Patrick Halpern from Virginia Tech suggested these additional resources: Preserving the Public Trust: A Study of Exemplary Practices in Grantmaking http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/usr_doc/16695.pdf Ethical Dimensions of International Grantmaking: Drawing the Line in a Borderless World http://wwwserver.law.wits.ac.za/workshop/workshop05/papers2005/sprague.pdf Jane Garthson, Mills Garthson & Associates, Toronto, Canada, offered further suggestions: While is written from the viewpoint of the charity not the grantmaker, part of ethical partnering is consideration of values on both sides. I suggest you read Ethical Decision Making in Fund Raising, by Marilyn Fischer. (Order Ethical Decision Making from Amazon.Com.) While there is no specific ethics section, there are ethical considerations throughout From Grantmaker to Leader; Emerging Strategies for 21st Century Foundations, edited by Frank L. Ellsworth and Joseph Lumarda. ((Order From Grantmaker to Leader from Amazon.Com.) Posted 4/7/06 -- PB |