Table of Contents
Articles
Introduction: "Codes of Conduct for Partnership in Governance: Texts and Commentaries"
By Tatsuro Kunugi and Martha Schweitz
On the Establishment of Social Organizations Under Chinese Law
By Ge Yunsong
Australia's Nonprofit Taxation Reforms
By Myles McGregor-Lowndes
Reviews
Codes of Conduct for Partnerships in Governance: Text and Comments
Edited by Tatsuro Kunugi and Martha Schweitz
Reviewed by Catherine Shea
Case Notes
Central and Eastern Europe: Croatia | Poland | Serbia
Middle East and North Africa: Egypt
Newly Independent States: Azerbaijan
North America:
the United States
South Asia:
India
Country Reports
Asia Pacific:
Australia | East Timor |
New Zealand | the Philippines | Vietnam
Central and Eastern Europe: Regional | Kosovo | Romania
Latin America:
Regional | Belize | Brazil | Venezuela
Newly Independent States:
Russia | Ukraine
Middles East and North Africa: Sudan
North America:
Canada | Mexico |
the United States
South Asia:
India
Sub-Saharan Africa:
Cameroon | Kenya |
Sierra Leone | South Africa | Tanzania | Zimbabwe
Western Europe:
France | Germany |
the United Kingdom
Self Governance
Law and Governance-- A Lesson in Limits
By Leon Irish and Karla Simon
Trends in Self-Regulation and Transparency of Nonprofits in the U.S.
By Robert O. Bothwell
The Role of Governing Boards in Fostering Accountability
By Crispin Gregoire
Financial Implications Affecting Nonprofit Nongovernmental Organizations Today
By Michael A. Freedman
International Grantmaking
Grantmaking by U.S. Foundations in Canada: A Canadian Lawyer Provides a Plain Language Primer
By Blake Bromley
Community Philanthropy
Community Philanthropy Initiative of the European Foundation Centre
Transatlantic Community Foundation Network
New Website Buergerstiftung.de
Partnerships
General | Brazil | Kenya | Russia
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Community Philanthrophy
There are recent developments in the field of community philanthropy that deserve the attention of IJNL’s readers. As the community foundation movement has developed in recent years, the legal structure of such foundations has been of interest to their organizers. Recent new publications, initiatives, and web sites help to provide access to information about the legal and governance aspects of community foundations.
For more information on Community Philanthropy, please refer to the Vietnam Country Report in this issue of IJNL.
Community Philanthropy Initiative of the European Foundation Centre
The Community Philanthropy Bulletin is published on a monthly basis by the
Community Philanthropy Initiative (CPI) of the European Foundation Centre
(EFC). CPI staff Suzanne Feurt and Silvia Piperno Beer can be reached at the EFC, 51 rue de la Concorde, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, Tel: +32.2.512.89.38 ; Fax: +32.2.512.32.65. Send an e-mail to cpi@efc.be to become a member of the CPI listserve.
Recent issues of the CPI Bulletin have included discussions of the legal situation facing community foundations in Poland and the proposed tax law changes in the United Kingdom, which will make it easier to make donations to community foundations.
Transatlantic Community Foundation Network
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Bertelsmann Stiftung have begun a new initiative called the “Transatlantic Community Foundation Network,” whose first meeting was held in Dresden Germany March 12-14. The meeting was attended by 34 community foundations from 11 countries on both sides of the Atlantic. For further information about the meeting, see stiftung.bertelsmann.de.
New website Buergerstiftung.de
The Bertelsmann Foundation has established a web site in the German language where discussions about community foundations and the new Transatlantic Community Foundation Network can take place. The site contains a good deal of information about the community foundation in Germany and its structure and governance, and links are available to the governing documents of various community foundations in the Network. A moderated discussion is available, where participants can interact on such topics as the make-up of the governing bodies of a community foundation (specifically whether the mayor should be involved). Further information can be obtained by going directly to the buergerstiftung.de site.