December 2002

Overseas staffing‚ foundation dilemmas

Volume 7 , Number 4

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Overseas staffing‚ foundation dilemmas

Volume 7 , Number 4

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Special feature

To be or not to be … on the spot

1 December 2002
Caroline Hartnell and Andrew Milner

All grantmaking foundations that operate overseas face a choice: do they open local field offices in the countries or regions where they operate, or do they work at a remove, making grants and overseeing programmes from their headquarters? Alliance spoke to a number of foundations about the choice they had made and the pros and cons of working that way. We found there was no right or wrong answer and that each solution can serve …

 
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Caroline Hartnell

Editorial

Editorial – December 2002

It is over 18 months since Barbara Kibbe, then director of the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy Program (both the Program and Barbara herself will be sadly missed), suggested that it might be interesting to interview people from the Gates, Ford and Packard Foundations about their different levels of staffing relative to grantmaking. This suggestion finally grew into the two main feature articles in this issue on how foundations run their overseas operations. These are based on interviews with 14 foundation leaders and nine grantees in different regions. We hope Alliance readers will find these two parallel perspectives interesting …

Overseas staffing – Foundation dilemmas

This issue of Alliance looks at how foundations that operate internationally run their operations. Interviews with a broad spectrum of foundations provide interesting insights into the considerations underlying the choices made regarding three interrelated issues: style of operation, organizational structure and staffing. Whether to run your operation centrally or through field offices appears to be a critical choice for foundations. Some have opted for field offices because they feel they need to be close at hand to help build the capacity of their grantees. Others choose to run their operation from a central headquarters because they don’t want to be …

Special feature

Special feature

Alliance magazine

The view from the other side of the grantmaking fence

1 December 2002
Special feature

Svetlana Rubashkina

Why work for a non-profit?

1 December 2002
Special feature

Alliance magazine

Poaching staff in Afghanistan

1 December 2002
Special feature

Richard Hamilton

The iceberg of governance

1 December 2002

Opinions, articles and interviews

Interview

Alliance magazine

Interview – Barry Gaberman

1 December 2002
Interview

Alliance magazine

Interview – Will Day and Marcos Neto: Getting the best of both worlds…

1 December 2002
Analysis

Samiul Hasan

Government and third sector relationships in South Asia

1 December 2002
Analysis

Dan Siegel and Jenny Yancey

Learning to give wisely

1 December 2002
Analysis

Mammo Muchie

2+2=5 or 2+2=3? A question for African civil society

1 December 2002

Book reviews

Beyond Work-Family Balance: Advancing gender equity and workplace performance – Rhona Rapoport et al
David Bonbright

NGO Management – Michael Edwards and Alan Fowler (eds)
Noshir Dadrawala