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Just In!: 2008 Compensation & Benefits Survey and Giving USA 2008

We have just received the 2008 editions for two of the most popular resources in our library. If you are looking for current nonprofit salary and benefits information for Northern, Southern or Central California or 2007 statistical data on philanthropy--it's time to pay a visit to the Foundation Center--San Francisco!

• The 2008 Compensation & Benefits Survey of Northern California Nonprofit Organziations. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Nonprofit Management (CA). 2008
• The 2008 Compensation & Benefits Survey of Southern and Central California Nonprofit Organizations. Los Angeles, CA: Center for Nonprofit Management (CA). 2008

The Center for Nonprofit Management conducts a survey of local salary and benefits for nonprofit employers located in Northern California and Southern & Central California. The results are published in two region-specific reports. Executive directors, board members and human resource professionals regularly use the survey to set equitable pay rates, determine budgets, and comply with IRS regulations. Salaries are broken down by: budget size, California county, field of service, and number of employees managed. The two reports include summaries of compensation practices, insurance and retirement practices, time-off practices and a legal update.

• Giving USA 2008: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2007. 53rd ed. Melissa S. Brown (ed.) Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. Indianapolis, IN: Giving USA Foundation. 2008.

An annual statistical analysis of charitable contributions, distribution, donors, recipients, sources of philanthropy, and areas of philanthropic opportunity; this edition covers 2007. Sources analyzed include individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations. Areas of philanthropic opportunity that are compared for various periods up to 2007 are religion; education; foundations; health; human services; arts, culture, and humanities; public-society benefit; environment/animals; and international affairs. Of particular note are the listings of gifts of ten million dollars or more by individuals.

New Library Books on Social Entrepreneurship

Are you interested in learning more about the world of social entrepreneurship? If so, stop by the library and take a look at these new titles:

Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World. John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press. 2008.

Social Entrepreneurship: A Modern Approach to Social Value Creation. Arthur C. Brooks. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education. 2008. Intended as a textbook, this volume elaborates on the concept and process of social entrepreneurship. Chapters are devoted to social entrepreneurship business plans, measurement of social value, earned income, fundraising and marketing, growth strategies, and other relevant issues. Includes glossary and index.

The World We Want: New Dimensions in Philanthropy and Social Change. Peter H. Karoff and Jane Maddox. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press. 2007. The book is organized as a collection of interactions between Karoff and over forty social entrepreneurs, activists, nonprofit leaders, and philanthropists working in a variety of fields around the world. Each chapter outlines its subject's ideal vision of the world as well as strategies to meet those goals. Karoff focuses on the importance of human connection, active citizenship, and open source solutions.

To find more books or articles on the subject of social entrepreneurship, search the Foundation Center's Catalog of Nonprofit Literature.

Check it Out!

We have recently added Fired Up Fundraising: Turning Board Passion into Action to our lending library. Gail Perry explains how nonprofit leaders can appeal to board members' dedication to mission and vision in order to create excitement around raising funds. Providing a step-by-step process, Perry outlines her four steps to build a board that is passionate about fundraising:

1. Focus on mission
2. Inspire your board members with a new philosophy of fundraising
3. Ready your board with the right tools and skills
4. Engage your board members in your fundraising plan

Perry's writing is inspirational and practical. She concludes the preface of her book with the following:

If you create a passion-driven fundraising experience for your board members, you can tackle the myths about fundraising and instill new, more positive approaches that will have them excited about the difference they can make. Your board members will embrace your mission so throughly that they can become agents for change.

You will have them not just willing--but also wanting--to participate in finding expanded resources for your organization. You will rekindle individual passion for your nonprofit's mission and harness that passion into shared fundraising success. You will be able to create a board that is passion-driven--not fearful--about fundraising. A board that will be on fire for the cause, working to make the world a better place, and actually being, as Gandhi said, the change they want to see in the world. (pg. xix)

Here's how to check out this book from the Foundation Center--San Francisco library and a list of other circulating titles.