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Advancing Philanthropy
Association of Fundraising Professionals
1101 King Street, Suite 700, Alexandria, VA 22314
703/684-0410
Publication URL: www.afpnet.org/publications/advancing_philanthropy
Format: bimonthly magazine
Audience: 17,000 foundations, AFP members and their board members
Scope: Covers a range of issues and techniques that come up in the course of the working life of a nonprofit

Foundation News & Commentary
Council on Foundations
1828 L Street, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036
202/467-6512 (800/771-8187 to subscribe)
Contact: Jody Curtis, executive editor (curtj@cof.org)
Publication URL: www.foundationnews.org
Format: bimonthly magazine
Audience: 14,500 grantmakers, trustees and staff of donor organizations that are Council members; includes grantseekers policymakers and opinion leaders who subscribe
Scope: Covers grantmaking from the "how-to," philosophical and practical angles

Chronicle of Philanthropy
1255 23rd Street NW, Washington DC 20037
202/466-1200
Contacts: Jennifer Moore, Tom Billitteri, news editors (editor@philanthropy.com)
Publication URL: www.philanthropy.com
Format: biweekly tabloid newspaper
Audience: 43,400 nonprofit executives, fundraisers, grantmakers and corporate givers
Scope: Stories on fundraising, managing nonprofits, philanthropy and government, items of special interest to board members and donors, plus rundowns of recently awarded gifts, annual reports, upcoming events and job listings

Contributions Magazine
P.O. Box 338, Medfield, MA 02052
508/359-0019
Contact: Jerry Cianciolo, editor (contrib@ziplink.net)
Publication URL: www.contributionsmagazine.com
Format: Bimonthly magazine
Audience: 22,400, predominantly CEOs, CFOs, development officers, and other key executives such as marketing directors and directors of volunteers
Scope: Focuses on all aspects of fundraising, management, and marketing for nonprofit organizations

Corporate Philanthropy Report
Aspen Publishers
200 Orchard Ridge Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301/417-7500
Contact: Michael Abshire, editor (CorpPhilReport@aol.com)
Publication URL: N/A
Format: monthly newsletter
Audience: Circulation not disclosed; primarily reaches corporate grantmakers, foundations and nonprofits
Scope: Covers trends, such as impact of mergers and acquisitions, technology; does roundups of corporate contributions by industries that include manufacturing and services (aerospace to airlines, banks to brokerages, telecommunications and technology, insurance, utilities, pharmaceutical, etc.)

Fund Raising Management
Hoke Communications
224 Seventh Street, Garden City, NJ 11530
800/229-6700
Contact: George Reis, managing editor (frmmag@aol.com)
Publication URL: N/A
Format: monthly magazine
Audience: 8,000 mid- to top-level managers of foundations and nonprofits
Scope: Analysis of industry news and trends; legislation and regulations affecting nonprofits; government contracts; foundations; project development; fundraising techniques, campaigns and marketing strategy

The Grantsmanship Center Magazine
1125 W. Sixth Street, Fifth Floor, P.O. Box 17220, Los Angeles, CA 90017
213/482-9860
Contact: Marc Green, editor (marc@tgci.com)
Publication URL: www.tgci.com/publications/magazine.htm
Format: Tabloid newspaper published 3 times per year
Audience: 178,000 nonprofit managers, fundraising professionals, and government agencies
Scope: Formerly known as the Whole Nonprofit Catalogue, this publication highlights new practices and techniques that people can adopt to become better managers and fundraisers

NonProfit Times
NPT Publishing Group 120 Littleton Road, Suite 120, Parsippany, NJ 07054 973/394-1800
Contact: Paul Clolery, editor-in-chief (ednchief@nptimes.com)
Publication URL: www.nptimes.com
Format: Biweekly tabloid newspaper
Audience: 34,000 nonprofit managers
Scope: News, management, finance and fundraising

Nonprofit World
The Society for Nonprofit Organizations
P. O. Box 45346, Madison, WI 53744-5346
608/231-2373
Contact: Jill Muehrcke, editor
Publication URL: http://danenet.danenet.org/snpo/newpage2.htm
Format: bimonthly magazine
Audience: 5,000 nonprofit staff and board members, fundraisers
Scope: Content revolves around the ways nonprofits and fundraisers can become better service providers

Philanthropy
Philanthropy Roundtable
1150 17th Street, NW, Suite 503, Washington, DC 20036
202/822-8333
Contact: Martin Davis, managing editor (madavis@philanthropyroundtable.org)
Publication URL: www.philanthropyroundtable.org/magazines/2002/current/index.html
Format: Bimonthly magazine
Audience: Circulation not disclosed; primarily reaches Philanthropy Roundtable (PR) associates
Scope: Any aspect of philanthropy that falls under PR's operating philosophy of freedom, opportunity and personal responsibility

The Philanthropy Monthly
Non-Profit Report, Inc.
2 Bennitt Street, Box 989, New Milford, CT 06776
860/354-7132
Contact: Henry Suhrke, Editor (hsuhrke@aol.com)
Publication URL: N/A
Format: 10 issues per year
Audience: Circulation not disclosed. Trustees, CEOs, CFOs, and COOs of 501(c)(3)s and their accounting, legal, risk management, investment and fundraising counsel
Scope: Emphasis on economic and policy issues in nonprofit operations, highlighting matters over mission-specific, cause-related articles

ONLINE

Philanthropy Journal
www.philanthropyjournal.org
A.J. Fletcher Foundation
P.O. Box 12800, Raleigh, NC 27605
919/890-6240
Contact: Todd Cohen, editor and publisher (tcohen@ajf.org)
Format: Online only, updated daily, with weekly e-mail bulletin
Audience: 30,000 hits a month for website; 7,500 subscribers to weekly e-mail bulletin. Readership includes staff and board members of nonprofits, foundations, corporate-giving programs, consultants and vendors.
Scope: Pages for U.S./world news and North Carolina news; focus on giving and fundraising, technology and innovation, management and asset allocation; also has classified jobs page

Philanthropy News Digest
www.fdncenter.org/pnd
The Foundation Center
79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
212/807-2433
Contact: Mitch Nauffts, editor (mfn@e-mail.fdncenter.org)
Format: Online only, updated daily, with weekly e-mail bulletins
Audience: 3,500 hits per day for website; more than 120,000 opt-in e-mail messages sent weekly
Scope: Philanthropy news, RFP Bulletin, Job Corner

Selected Online Sources for Philanthropy News and Information

The following list is far from comprehensive. It was compiled after talking to the trade press sources profiled in this article and reflects the sources they most often recommended.

Websites

Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action www.arnova.org

Charity Channel www.charitychannel.com

Chronicle of Philanthropy www.philanthropy.com

Philanthropy News Digest www.fdncenter.org/pnd

Foundation News & Commentary www.foundationnews.org

Network for Good www.networkforgood.org

Nonprofit Genie www.genie.org

Nonprofit Online News news.gilbert.org

NonProfit Times www.nptimes.com

Philanthropy Journal www.philanthropyjournal.org

Tech Soup www.techsoup.com

E-mail Updates

Chronicle of Philanthropy Update: subscribe at www.philanthropy.com/about/update.htm

Cyber-Accountability forum: subscribe at www.charitychannel.com/forums/cyb-acc/resources

Philanthropy News Digest: subscribe at www.fdncenter.org/pnd

FN&C Now: subscribe at www.cof.org/fncnow

Nonprofit Online News: subscribe at news.gilbert.org

Philanthropy Journal Bulletin: subscribe at www.philanthropyjournal.org

Council on Foundations Publications
1828 L Street NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036
202/466-6512
www.cof.org

The Council on Foundations publishes a magazine and a newsletter that goes to all members as well as paid subscribers:

Foundation News & Commentary (bimonthly magazine)
Contact: Jody Curtis, executive editor (curtj@cof.org)
Publication URL: www.foundationnews.org

Council Columns (monthly newsletter)
Contact: Allan R. Clyde, editor (columns@cof.org)
Publication URL: www.cof.org/newsroom/newsletters/councilcolumns/index.htm

FN&C Now is a free electronic newsletter that provides up-to-the-minute updates on philanthropy news
Contact: Paula J. Kelly, editor (kellp@cof.org)
Publication URL: www.cof.org/fncnow

Several other constituency-specific newsletters are also available:

Family Matters (quarterly newsletter)
Contact: Elaine Gast, editor (gaste@cof.org)

Corporate Update (quarterly newsletter)
Contact: Mardell Moffett (moffm@cof.org)

Washington Update (published as needed)
Contact: Tracy Leaman (leamt@cof.org)

International Dateline (quarterly newsletter)
Contact: Stephen Dau (daus@cof.org)

In addition, the Council offers 13 constituency-specific, online subscription-based discussion lists (www.cof.org/membersonly/elists/elists.htm), as well as a daily e-newsletter, Breaking News, which allows subscribers access to the day’s top philanthropy articles from around the world.