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INDEX Acker, Joan, 154, 204 active citizenship, 4, 162, 164, 184, 207 activists, activism: among black women, 203--4; control of grantmaking by, 3, 6--7,9,11,28-29, 31-34,39,57,74, 87-88,91,133, 163,165,168,188, 189-90,201; defined, 185-86; donors as, 10, 62,88,98-99,101 , 152,165, 195. See also donor-activist partnership advocacy, 5, 42, 58, 59, 184-85, 193; defined , 5 Aldrich, Nelson, Jr., 67, 69-70 annual meetings, 14,87,110,112-15, 120 anonymiry, donor, 10,82,91-93 Amove, Robert F., 8 Associated Grantmakers of Massachusetts, 53,191-92 A Territory Resource (Seattle), 186, 189 Aveni, A., 188 Axelrod, Janet, 109 Barkan, S. E., 188 battered women, 47, 49-50 Behar, Richard, 194 Bellah, Robert N., 184 Bellant, Russ, 184 Benz, Obie, 9 Berger, Peter L., 8 Bloland, Harland G., 197 Bobo, Kimberly A., 5 Boehm Foundation (New York), 186 Bogdan, Robert, 174, 188 Bornstein, Rita, 197 Boston Foundation, 53, 193 Boston regional funding board, 16, 99, 172; grantmaking policies of, 16--17, 35-36,37-38,41,49-50, 56; group dynamics in, 140-45; groups funded by, 19-27,37-38,44-50; members of, 31-32, 134 Boyre, Harry c., 184 Braun, Denny, 166 Breines, Wini, 123 Bronfman, Joanie, 67, 68 Buechler, Steven M., 5, 62, 187 Central America, 190-91 charitable organization. See tax laws Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), 21,23-26 Copyrighted Material 222 INDEX class identity: of donors, 7- 8, 67-71 , 153- 54; of funding-board members, 135. SeeaL fO wealth conferences class relations and dynamics, 6-8, 15, 87-9 1, 103-4,135, 152-54, 157, 158- 59, 164,200; and donor-advised grants, 93-95; and donor anonymity, 91-93; and funding-board composition , 87-88, 91, 101-2; in traditional philanthropy, 8, 16 1, 165; and wealth conferences, 72- 73. See also class identity ; donor-activist partnership; wealth conferences Cloward, Richard, 163, 188 Coakley, Tom, 21 collectivist organization, 4, 12-1 3,89, 105, 106, 120, 199-200; abandonment of, 13, 105-6, 120-21, 127- 28. See also Coordinating Council; executive director position; organizational Structure and process Collins, Chuck, 69, 196 Collins, Patricia Hill, 8, 144, 146, 150, 158,203 Colwell, Maty Anna Culleton, 6, 29, 163, 184, 185, 188, 190, 191,207 conferences for people with wealth. See wealth conferences conflictS, 15, 55, 79, 117- 20, 139; mediation of, 84, 144; within the Staff, 55, 83-84, 106, 121-23 Connell, Roben, 154 "conscience constituents," 187, 196 consensus decision making, 13, 23, 87, 106, 113-15,202 Coordinating Council (CC): authority over regional funding boards, 106, 11 4-20; creation of, 108-9; decision making within, 128; diverse membership of, 134; relation of, to staff, 13, 14,84-85,96-97, 121-22; strengthening of, 106, 109-1 4 Council on Foundations, 55 Crossroads Fund (Chicago), 208 Daniels, Arlene Kaplan, 155, 156, 204 decision making: by consensus, 13, 23, 87,106, 11 3-1 5, 128,202; byvoting, 87, 106, 128 decision-making bodies. See Coordinating Council; funding boards, regional; semiannual meetings Delgado, Gaty, 5, 50-51, 59, 147, 150, 183, 187, 191,201 democracy, democratic, 3, 4, 13,52, 57, 97, 105-6, 109, 128-30, 151, 164, 165, 199,207; centralized vs. decentralized , 105, 11 5- 20, 129; participatory vs. representative, 106, 108-15, 129. See also organizational structure and ptocess dialogical approach to research, 8, 187 diversity: on the Coordinating Council, 134; among donors, 134, 135; effortS to ensure, 30-32, 45-47,1 32- 39; managing, 159; on regional funding boards, 30-32, 134, 201 ; on the staff, 134; within grantee groups, 30, 45-47 Domhoff, G. William, 166 Domini, Amy, 67, 68, 70, 156 donations: number of....11 , 12; overall level of, 9, 12,8 1; size of, II , l2, 61. See also donors; fundraising donor-activist partnership, 7, 77, 79, 82-83,88, 89- 91 , 93- 95,97, 101-4, 132, 158-59, 167-68 donor-advised grants, 11-12,93-95, 182, 198-99; criticism of, 82, 94-95 Donor Committee, 14,87-88,89,91, 92, 206 "donor organizing," 7, 82, 97-99, 103, 164 donors, 152- 54, 167-68, 194-95; anonymiry of, 10, 82,88,91-93, 198; fundraisingby, 89, 102- 3, 152-53, 167-68; involvement of, in Haymarket 's work, 7, 81 , 86-91, 100-104, 168; men as, 206; number of, 11-12, 61; reasons of, for...

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