Private Funds, Public Purpose: Philanthropic Foundations in International Perspective

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Written by scholars from six countries, this text covers philanthropic foundations in the world’s busiest commercial centres, the US and Eastern and Western Europe. It reports on the structures and mindsets that shape foundations and discusses different aspects of foundation management. Case studies of the French and Italian foundation communities and a comparative legal chapter are notable.