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October 21, 2008

College Students Start Philanthropy Journal

Graduate students and faculty members at New York University’s Heyman Center for Philanthropy and Fundraising are putting their research to public good in a new online journal of essays, articles, and opinion pieces.

The journal, Chronicling the Independent Sector: The Heyman Center’s Fundraising and Philanthropy Forum seeks to raise awareness of the study of philanthropy and promote discussion of effective fund-raising techniques.

“As our fund raisers and philanthropic leaders become better and more knowledgeable in the field, the promised outcome is a better America and a better global community,” write the journal’s co-editors in chief, Casey Rotter and Lauren Weston. “This online journal is a forum to the world and the greater philanthropic community as a whole.”

The journal’s inaugural issue features an essay on philanthropy and the media by William Josephson, the former assistant attorney general-in-charge of the New York State Law Department’s Charities Bureau, an interview with the veteran charity leader Frances Hesselbein, a student-written editorial on philanthropy’s relationship to immigration, and reviews of recent books on nonprofit management and wealth and economic theory. It also has a piece on grass-roots fund raising.

A second edition is planned for the first quarter of 2009.

— Paula Wasley

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1. This is a wonderful opportunity for students to be exposed to the variety of careers available in the philanthropic sector. By supporting this pipeline of leadership we can ensure that philanthropy remains a well-staffed sector in the future.
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   — Trista Harris    Oct 22, 02:02 PM    #

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