Another big Tah Dah - Donor Guidebook - 5/16/07

Fri May 18 00:15:29 EDT 2007

- GUIDE FOR HOW PHILANTHROPISTS CAN SUPPORT MARRIAGE

Tah Dah!  This is almost too good to be true - a guide for how donors
(foundations and corporations) can take an upstream approach by supporting
healthy marriages! It explains what other donors have done and describes the
logic of helping couples marry and stay married instead of donating
downstream to try to solve the many problems and pick up the pieces caused
by family breakdown.

And it's free! Download a pdf copy on the Philanthropy Roundtable website OR
contact them and ask them to send copies to potential donors in your
community. - diane

I also encourage you to attend Kay Reed's workshop in Denver:

> 720 - Sunday morning, July 1
> Private Fundraising 101: Beyond the Feds
> Kay Reed
> Learn the basics for successful fundraising with individuals and foundations:
> who, when, and how to ask. Develop a strategic plan, chose your targets, hone
> your message, create perpetuity.

Dear Friends of The Philanthropy Roundtable:

We are delighted to share with you our latest publication, Reviving Marriage
in America: A Donor¹s Guide, written by William J. Doherty, on how
philanthropists can support healthy marriages in America.

The institution of marriage has undergone significant changes and challenges
over the last 40 years. The impact these changes have wrought on family
structure is no longer a matter of debate. A diverse spectrum of researchers
now agrees that the lives of our children and the well-being of our
communities would be improved if we knew how to promote healthy marriages.

The Roundtable commissioned this guide to give philanthropists a solid
grounding in the issues and key opportunities in the field of healthy
marriage development. This book provides such grounding and distills the
best advice from pioneering donors in the field; it explores the current
landscape, most effective interventions, and opportunities for donors
seeking to promote healthy marriages in America.

Free hard copies of this guidebook are available to individual donors,
foundation trustees and staff, and corporate giving executives. If you would
like us to send hard copies of this guidebook to your friends and colleagues
in the philanthropic world, please contact us at 202.822.8333.

Nonprofit organizations may download a free PDF version of this publication
on our Web site at 
http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/store_product.asp?prodid=208.

If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Saroki, Senior Director
of K-12 Education Programs, at ssaroki at PhilanthropyRoundtable.org.

Adam Meyerson
President

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