701 24 26018 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/dbe23b34c8e74fd72657a9d990ac5475.pdf bbec6a236657f67bd6c33b80337f46c5 PDF Text Text MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. MNF Summit - February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" Audience Members Ms. Susan Bolhouse Vice President Waverly Board of Education Mr. William Dansby Executive Vice President Michigan Optometric Association Mr. Paul Booden Director Michigan Health Occupations Mr. Arthur Dudley President Greater Lansing Urban League Judge Thomas E. Brennan President Thomas M. Cooley Law School Mr. David O. Egner Executive Assistant to the Chairman W.K. Kellogg Foundation Dr. Christopher M. Clark Professor of Education Michigan State University Mr. David Fukuzawa Program Director The Skillman Foundation Ms. Donna M. Clarke Administrative Assistant Michigan Nonprofit Forum Ms. Barbara K. Goldman Office of Ombudsman Department of Commerce Dr. Kenneth E. Corey Dean, College of Science Michigan State University Mr. James Helmrich Public Relations Director Michigan Bell Telephone Company �Ms. Dorothy A. Johnson President Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Judith A. Rapanos Chairman MI Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Mr. Justin P. King Executive Director MI Association of School Boards Dr. Rene Rosenbaum Research Associate Julian Samora Research Institute Mr. Glenn F. Kossick Executive Director Metro Health Foundation Dr. Glenn R. Stevens Executive Director Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan Mr. Forrest Lewis CPA Plante & Moran Mr. Robert S. Lewis Consultant Lewis Associates Mrs. Maryann Tillson Administrative Secretary Michigan Nonprofit Forum Rev. Leonard M. Young Michigan Region President RLDS Church Ms. Frances Parker President League of Women Voters of Michigan Ms. Sharon Parks Senior Research Associate Michigan League for Human Services Mr. W. Calvin Patterson Executive Director McGregor Fund Ms. Linda Patterson Administrative Director Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Helen C. Philpott Chairman Community Foundation of Greater Flint Ms. Sharon Radtke Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing ref:03/09/92, su mma ud i, 1 »t\ rog ra ms\su nunit\ 400 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49718 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1e1c4eaa778c384ca03d24e039d5d85f.pdf caaa8eb769db3f293a44aed8a7ddd771 PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 MNF Summit - February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" Audience Members Ms. Susan Bolhouse Vice President Waverly Board of Education Mr. William Dansby Executive Vice President Michigan Optometric Association Mr. Paul Booden Director Michigan Health Occupations Mr. Arthur Dudley President Greater Lansing Urban League Judge Thomas E. Brennan President Thomas M. Cooley Law School Mr. David 0. Egner Executive Assistant to the Chainnan W.K. Kellogg Foundation Dr. Christopher M. Clark Professor of Education Michigan State University Mr. David Fukuzawa Program Director The Skillman Foundation Ms. Donna M. Clarke Administrative Assistant Michigan Nonprofit Forum Ms. Barbara K. Goldman Office of Ombudsman Department of Commerce Dr. Kenneth E. Corey Dean, College of Science Michigan State University Mr. James Helmrich Public Relations Director Michigan Bell Telephone Company �Ms. Dorothy A. Johnson President Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Judith A. Rapanos Chairman MI Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Mr. Justin P. King Executive Director MI Association of School Boards Dr. Rene Rosenbaum Research Associate Julian Samora Research Institute Mr. Glenn F. Kossick Executive Director Metro Health Foundation Dr. Glenn R. Stevens Executive Director ~denuCouncil, State U Diversities of Michigan Mr. Forrest Lewis CPA Plante & Moran Mrs. Maryann Tillson Administrative Secretary Michigan Nonprofit Forum Mr. Robert S. Lewis Consultant Lewis Associates Rev. Leonard M. Young Michigan Region President RLDS Church Ms. Frances Parker President League of Women Voters of Michigan Ms. Sharon Parks Senior Research Associate Michigan League for Human Services Mr. W. Calvin Patterson Executive Director McGregor Fund Ms. Linda Patterson Administrative Director Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Helen C. Philpott Chairman Community Foundation of Greater Flint Ms. Sharon Radtke Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing ref:03109/92,..m!Nndi .lll\propama\lummit\6400 2 �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, :MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 MNF Summit- Febmary 28. 1992 "Partnerships for Peopk and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" Audience Members Ms. Susan Bolhouse Vice President Waverly Board of Education Mr. William Dansby Executive Vice President Michigan Optometric Association Mr. Paul Booden Director Michigan Health Occupations Mr. Arthur Dudley President Greater Lansing Urban League Judge Thomas E. Brennan President Thomas M. Cooley Law School Mr. David 0. Egner Executive Assistant to the Chainnan W .K. Kellogg Foundation Dr. Christopher M. Clark Professor of Education Michigan State University Mr. David Fukuzawa Program Director The Skillman Foundation Ms. Donna M. Clarke Administrative Assistant Michigan Nonprofit Forum Ms. Barbara K. Goldman Office of Ombudsman Department of Commerce Dr. Kenneth E. Corey Dean, College of Science Michigan State University Mr. James Helmrich Public Relations Director Michigan Bell Telephone Company �Ms. Dorothy A. Johnson President Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Judith A. Rapanos Chairman MI Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Mr. Justin P. King Executive Director MI Association of School Boards Dr. Rene Rosenbaum Research Associate Julian Samora Research Institute Mr. Glenn F. Kossick Executive Director Metro Health Foundation Dr. Glenn R. Stevens Executive Director Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan Mr. Forrest Lewis CPA Plante & Moran Mrs. Maryann Tillson Administrative Secretary Michigan Nonprofit Forum Mr. Robert S. Lewis Consultant Lewis Associates Rev. Leonard M. Young Michigan Region President RLDS Church Ms. Frances Parker President League of Women Voters of Michigan Ms. Sharon Parks Senior Research Associate Michigan League for Human Services Mr. W. Calvin Patterson Executive Director McGregor Fund Ms. Linda Patterson Administrative Director Council of Michigan Foundations Ms. Helen C. Philpott Chairman Community Foundation of Greater Flint Ms. Sharon Radtke Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing nf:03109/92,annmaudi.lll\propama\lummit\6400 2 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49719 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/b2b3b502ff124c596e5825db39ede2ca.pdf 5d32be46f7a612f7705d7a7ec9ee7eb2 PDF Text Text ,) MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. January 24, 1992 MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Group for the First MNF Summit (February 28, 1992) FROM: Maryellen Lewis SUBJECT: Update I hope your holidays were relaxing and your new year full of promise! We have made much progress on the Summit since our December 19 meeting. Despite the holiday season, we received many additional nominations for the panel from MNF Board members and others. It became clear that we had many more candidates in our top priority list than we could accommodate in 15 chairs! Ed Blews, Russ Mawby and I began issuing invitations from -the expanded list, keeping in mind the issues of balance and representation you all emphasized. It promises to be a strong, dynamic panel! We still need your additional recommendations in a few areas. I attach a questionnaire asking for your best advice, and hope you will fax it back as soon as possible. encl: Questionnaire ref:pp20120,prog\summit,6400\mjt �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. Recommendations for Panelists for the February 28 l\1NF Summit PLEASE INCLUDE ADDRESSES AND PHONE NUMBERS 1. These people should be considered TOP PRIORITY CANDIDATES for this discussion of the changing role of Michigan's nonprofit sector in relation to government and business. They are articulate but also balanced, and would contribute greatly to an enlightening dialogue. a. NONPROFIT LEADERS: b. GOVERNMENT LEADERS: c. BUSINESS LEADERS : 2. These are top-notch minority leaders [including names listed above] I nominate: 3. These are top-notch women leaders [including names listed above] I nominate: 4. These are outstate leaders in business and the nonprofit sector who should also be considered [including names listed above] : ref:nom20120,prog\summit,6400\mjt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Summit_1992-02-28_Memo-for-Recommendations Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-02-28 summit memo for recommendations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-02-28 summit memo for recommendations. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49720 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/44b14ca6f07f348506930870d7d4d5ba.pdf 528529130468529845da0d2894ac83ae PDF Text Text MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM MNF SUMMIT February 28, 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM SUMMIT February 28, 1992 Lewis: I hate to say that we're already running a little late, so its not a great way to start but its just an exciting morning. I want to welcome you to this first Summit of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. I'm Maryellen Lewis. I'm the Executive Director of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum which is sponsoring this event. You'll be hearing much more about it when it's on the tape. Right now, we're not so I can be a little more relaxed. We have a very, very distinguished panel here this morning, representing leadership from all three parts of our communities — government, business and the non-profit sector. We also have a very, very distinguished audience, so I know jthat its going to be very lively. You will be hearing more about that when our moderator begins. I want you to be encouraged to speak up, to make your comments, particularly the audience at the invited sections, to be sure that you don't feel intimidated by these cameras around here or the fact that there are television lights focused down on you. You will be getting an overview of this morning's program from our moderator, but I wanted to take a few minutes to give you a little orientation, just as a set-up, because I know it may be unfamiliar to some of you. In case you hadn't noticed, you're being filmed and taped, but I don't want you to be nervous about that. There have been a lot of arrangements made to make this as accommodating as possible. The tables are triple clothed so that there won't be a noise problem. You have no need to worry about the mikes. You don't have to touch them. In fact, it would be much better if you didn't. And you don't need to lean in to them. Just speak normally. They're set up to accommodate to you. It would be best if you did pay a little attention to your papers and not have the papers brush up against the microphones. That can cause some problems. Also, please keep in mind that the discussion is not just among the people who are here today, although that's your immediate audience. But because this is being taped, we will be editing the tape and it will be used through our network statewide for educating and informing the public around the state about these very issues. They will be used at ... the edited tape will be used as a stimulus for round table discussions in various parts of the state. I should also point out that word "editing" means that you don't have to worry too much if you make some kind of a snafu and you want it cut out, it will go right on the cutting room floor. �The cameras. . .The microphones are automatic. That is, when you begin to speak, the microphones automatically pick you up. That means that if you're talking to your neighbors, it will pick you up. So please pay a little bit of attention to that. However, the cameras are not automatic and because of that, we will need to pay a little bit of attention to accommodating to our camera crews. So our moderator will recognize you. If you wouldn't mind paying some attention to this moment of having him recognize you so that the camera can then turn to you. Now that may get a little more difficult if things get a little hot, but, for the most part, we'll try to do that. And with this audience that we have here, I'd like to make two points for you so that you're fully aware of this. This mike is not 1 ive now, I be 1 ieve, but wil 1 be when we have the points where the audience will be invited to speak. When you speak, would you please wait to be recognized by the moderator _so that, again, the cameras can focus on you. You might want to, during the discussion, take some notes (There is notepaper in your folders. ) so that you can direct your comments to specific people or points that were raised. And remember it will be edited so your comments can then be put adjacent to those comments in the final tape. Also, when you do speak, please say your name, your organization and your title so that those who are not here in this room and who won't know you will have some understanding of where you are coming from. And now I think that we're ready to begin. I see the cameras are all focused and ready. Our moderator this morning is someone that most of you already know very well. He is the President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan, and he is also the Chair of the Public Policy Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. I'm very pleased to introduce to you Dr. Edward Blews. Blews: Thank you, Maryellen. These are my pre-camera remarks. I'm your Phil Donohue for the day. I will be much kinder, though, than he generally is to his audiences. I would like to offer a, word of commendation to Maryellen Lewis and our MNF Executive Director and her staff for all of the work that they have put into this wonderful project. And I'd like to thank each of you leaders who graciously consented to participate. This is an exciting but maiden voyage and trial run of a grand experiment, so please bear with us and be adaptable as we go. Before the cameras roll, I would like to share just a few comments and ground rules about the logistics. First, about the format. From now until about 9:40 we' 11 have the introduction of the Summit, Dr. Robert Payton's comments, we' 11 set the stage for dialogue, and then we' 11 have the introduction of the panelists, and it's my job to try to keep us on track with that process. Then from about 9:40 to noon, �with a mid-morning break I assure you, we will go through three stages of dialogue. Stage 1 involves identification, definition and values of the nonprofit sector. Stage 2 will speak to the relationship between government, business, the nonprofit sector and the changing dynamics, issues and tensions that are at play in those relationships. Stage 3 will involve insights for the future of the relationship or the question, "Where do we go from here?" That gives all of you, then a sense of where we hope to be going today. A few other preparatory comments for the panelists in addition to what Maryellen has shared, and as panelists you'll want to be prepared for a couple of steps that will come very quickly after Dr. Payton's remarks. First, we ask you to please be prepared to briefly introduce yourselves around the table. So rather than having the moderator drone on as you sit there and stiffly smile and the camera pans the room, each of you will _tell the audience, both the video tape audience and the real "people in the audience here, who you are. We ask you to be very brief in that and share this information about yourself: your name, your title, the name of your organization, and one sentence about what you represent or the constituency or interest that you represent. If you wish, you're welcome to write out a note about that before that point in the program. A fore-warning. To begin Stage 1, we will play a little word association game. I'm not going to tell you what the word is yet or you won't be very spontaneous about it. But we ask you. . .There will be two of these, and we ask you to write that word on what should be a fairly stiff piece of card-type paper in front of you. And you'll want to locate that and be sure that you have that. The one word you'll write on the one side and then write the other on the other, and you' ve got a marking pen at your table so you can write it nice and legibly and boldly and largely so that as we go around and do this word association, we'll ask you to hold up the card and be sure to point it toward a camera so that as you say the word, the camera can also visually pick up the association that you have made. Thirdly, in our discussion we want to focus on principles, dynamics and relationships. Please feel free to cite cases or issues in illustration of principles or relationships; but let's avoid debating interminably specific issues or specific -political issues. We want to focus on principles and on relationships here. Though 3 hours seems like a lot of time, with the caliber of the hearts and minds on this panel, I assure you that it will fly and it already is flying. We have a full agenda, so please be frank and forceful in your comments, but also try to be succinct. On the other hand, I will need plenty of help in �trying to moderate this panel, particularly in avoiding dead space on the air. So please be ready to jump in — freely jump in. But I do ask you to give some sort of a signal when you're ready to speak out so that I can attempt to recognize you and that also gives us the pause that brings the camera around to you. If you use acronyms, please help to interpret them. Realize that we're talking to an audience that does not necessarily know what ICUM is which happens to be the acronym for our association. I doubt that any of you knew what that acronym meant until I just mentioned it. And then an invitation to the audience. As Maryellen has mentioned, there will be 2 points in the program where you will be invited to come to the microphone here and join in the discussion. The first will occur at the end of Stage 1 of the discussion when we talk about identification of the nonprofit sector, and then the second will come at the end of Stage 3 as we try to bring a sense of closure and a sense of conclusion to the deliberations of the day. I trust that I have anticipated any questions that you may have and, having said that then, we will not proceed with all due warning to the cameras to the formal part of the program here today. Hello. It is my privilege to welcome you to this special and first summit/ sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. On behalf of the forum's Chair, Dr. Russell Mawby, our Executive Director, Maryellen Lewis, and the Board of Directors of the Forum, many of whom are gathered in this room, we invite you to brace yourself for a lively and energetic dialogue about some issues and relationships very important in our society today. My name is Edward Blews, and in my professional life, I serve as the President of the of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan. But I stand before you today, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Established in 1988, the Michigan Nonprofit Forum is a dynamic new coalition of statewide organizations and leaders representing the wonderful diversity of nonprofit entities. The Michigan Nonprofit Forum describes itself as, and I quote, "...a statewide alliance to promote the awareness and effectiveness of Michigan's nonprofit sector and to advance the cause of volunteerism and philanthropy in the state^jj In its relatively short life but rapid maturation, the Forum has evolved into an enterprise charged with achieving a new awareness and increased capacity of Michigan's nonprofit sector, and with interfacing funders, nonprofits and the public to help promote volunteerism and philanthropy in this state of our's. The Forum views volunteerism, philanthropy and the nonprofit sector not as proprietary issues but as public goods which �broadly affect the state's economy, polity and quality of life, and which, therefore, merit careful attention. Consequently, the Forum seeks to promote dialogue, cooperation and collaboration across the many, many nonprofit fields such as health, human services, arts and humanities, community development, education and religion.! In fact, this particular organization called the Forum may~T5e the first time that the many different types of nonprofit organizations and causes have gathered in the same room at the same time to talk about the same things. VT5ut we are here today because the Forum also seeks to promote that same kind of dialogue and cooperation across the sectors — that is the government sector or the public sector, the nonprofit sector and, of course, the business sector or the for-profit sector Jj The Board of Directors of the Forum has adopted 6 guiding principles designed to reflect the mission of the Michigan ^Nonprofit Forum. One of those principles states, "The service of the nonprofit sector to the public depends on an interactive partnership between service providers or nonprofit entities, funders, policymakers and the public. The Michigan nonprofit community should promote constructive dialogue among all these parties." You will probably hear the word "mission" used rather frequently, or so we hope, during the discussions of the day. This Summit which brings us together really goes to the very heart of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum's raissionj. Those of you who talk and those of you who listen and look in on today's proceedings are really participating in a rather historic revent. This is a unique undertaking, an exciting experiment. fit is the first in a series of forums bringing together our society's leaders to think on compelling issues affecting our society and the nonprofit sector. The purpose, though, is not to provide the answers but rather to pose and clarify and stimulate the questions, and from them to spark an on-going dialogue. The title of this particular summit islwhat I would call a meaningful mouthful. It is, ("Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community." Now very shortly we will be introducing our very distinguished pane1 of government, business and nonprofit leaders. But first, to set the stage for our dialogue, we will hear some -remarks by a very distinguished national leader and recognized expert on philanthropy. Before I introduce him, let me simply mention for the information of the audience that he has prepared and circulated to the panelists today a paper discussing the theme of this particular summit and he will share some comments about that theme in just a moment. His name is Dr. Robert L. Payton. He comes to us as the Director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. From �1977 to 1987, he served as the President of the EXXON Education Foundation. His very impressive leadership career has included 2 college presidencies and a United States Ambassadorship. The recipient of honors to numerous to cite, he is an author on philanthropy who puts his words into action as leader and volunteer for countless good causes. Please join me in welcoming Dr. Payton to address us on the topic at hand. Dr. Payton. Payton: Good morning. I am very pleased to be here with you. 1 I was pleased to be invited to prepare the paper that has been circulated to you. It occurred to me when someone commented before the meeting that they had read the paper that I hope it is provocative enough to serve its purpose, but not so provocative that it puts its author in jeopardy. I hope to stimulate conversation that comes from you because you represent, the community that is the matter of concern on this _occasion.\ come from outside. I don't presume to know the particuTar circumstances of this community, so it becomes very important for you to articulate what you think is most relevant about that paper, if anything. So I want you to draw from it rather than attempting to impose further my sort of author's guide to what it says. Let me, however, talk about it for a moment, or talk about the subject for a moment, in a somewhat different way. Over the last several years, along with everyone else, I have been profoundly impressed by the events in Central and Eastern Europe. I'm old enough to be able to say that my generation as a generation never believed that it was possible that such events would take place without vast bloodshed and destruction. So it is that this most extraordinary event provide us with, I think, an extraordinarily important opportunity.] Given the conditions that would cause this meeting to be of compelling interest to the people in Michigan, what would an analogous meeting be like in Russia today? Who would come and what values and understandings would they bring? We're advised they're invited to provide advice increasingly to countries in that part oj^ the world that will help them develop a third sector. Vwhat we are watching is a situation where societies are moving from a condition of being one sector societies, with strong encouragement from the West to -become two sector societies in the beginnings of suggestions that they should become three sector societies. It is my strong conviction that unless they become three sector societies, they will not become democracies. It is my very strong conviction that understanding that the United States is a three sector society is essential to understanding it as a democratic society. �This is not a subject at the margin of our interests. This is a subject at the center of our lives, whichever sector we are parts of, because as citizens we have had the great good fortune to^become members — to be members of a three sector society* \The first sector can be thought of — the government that is — as having an essential defining term, and the term that I have to use that says that without it you can't talk about government is the word "power"; the legitimate use of force in behalf of the community. If you take the notion of that away from your notion of government, it seems to me your notion of government collapses. There is a defining term of the second sector that will be something like the word "wealth" or the word "property"; the right to acquire and use and to dispose of wealth and property according to your own individual private interests. If you were to take that out of the marketplace, the second sector, _it would collapse. So my habit as a professor is to say to my students, "Then, of course, you're ready to tell me what the defining term is for the third sector." And, along with most professors, there has been a heavy, ominous silence. I will break the silence and tell you that my notion is that the word has to have something to do with morality, and I mean morality only in the sense that intervening in the lives of other people for their benefit with no public mandate is a moral action. And if you took that out of the third sector, you wouldn't have a third sector. ~~r—' p— Part of the point of my paper is that we need to keep those 3 values distinct while we encourage interaction among the 3 sectors. Final note. I've tried to summarize responses to a request for assistance from someone for whom one has no formal responsibility. An individual or an organization comes to you asking for your assistance and it is someone for whom you have no formal responsibility. That would fall into the zone of what we usually call charity or philanthropy. What questions might come to mind, and I think often do whether they are articulated — verbalized — or not, when that question, that request for assistance is posed, the first one is the notion of self-help. If someone asks me for assistance, that person has no formal claim on me to respond affirmatively. It is reasonable for me to ask what that person or organization is doing to help himself or herself or themselves. Fundamentally, the central notion of the place of self-help in this larger, complex system we're talking about. . . I do this, by the way, usually with a cube. A cube is, in my case, a simple cardboard box with these words around the side. Its �the kind of thing that Rubik would have designed as a cube if he'd only had tenth grade geometry like I did. But the first face on it, in other words, says "self-help." The second face says "mutual aid. " What are you and your family and your friends and your neighbors and your associates and your colleagues and those other people who do have some formal or informal claim on you, what are you doing in that way, working together with others, to deal with the problem? The third face of this has the word "government assistance." Its a recognition that there are many things that we cannot do as individuals or groups according to our self-interest or our mutual benefit. There are some things that are so important or so difficult or so complicated that we have to assume that we will not rely on those things, but we will require all of us to participate in some way, that is to say, the simplest, most familiar way. We will decide to tax one another to do Certain kinds of things. If each one of those 3 questions is answered — self-help, mutual aid, government assistance — in some plausible way, satisfactorily for you, you then face the philanthropic question. Are you prepared to offer assistance to help those people for whom you have no personal, formal responsibility? Now a cube has 6 faces, so there is a top and a bottom and I'm not trying to suggest superiority and inferiority here. But since we're talking about philanthropy, the top of the box says that there is a dimension that cuts through all these things all the time and that's the word "altruism" — concern about others. If that weren' t a factor in the human condition, we wouldn't be here. We wouldn't be talking about this subject. It's always present to some extent. The most rigid, rigorous libertarian is altruistic to some extent, like it or not. But then all the rest of us who are, obviously, high-minded and altruistic are also egoistic, self-interested — to some extent. And altruism and egoism are not only on the top and the bottom of the box, they are on each side of this discussion. That the people who come to you have a selfinterest just as you have an altruistic one. But you should remember they have altruistic concerns and that you have selfinterested ones. I think some of these brief notes are intended to suggest that this first sector of government, these notions of self-help and mutual aid in the marketplace and elsewhere, and philanthropy — self-interest — concern about others — interact in our lives in absolutely extraordinary and wonderful ways that makes our society, in my judgement, the most privileged that I know of^J And I hope that sense is not something that one is that proud about in the sense that its a claim of virtue on one's part because we are not here 8 �because of our own initiatives but because of others who have gone before us have made it possible and desirable for us to be here. That principle of the philanthropic tradition that we are part of is what, I think, really distinguishes American democracy. It is the best thing, I think, that we have that we can share with the rest of the world. It is the best tradition, I think, to help us face the kinds of difficulties you're talking about in your community and we're talking about in mine today. Each one of us is not just part of a sector. Each one of us is a part of that traditional And so I wish you well in your discussions and will close at that point — short of my normal 50 minute lecture. Thank you. Blews: JPhank you, Dr. Payton. I'm certain you were very popular with your students with that kind of lecture. To carry on the dialogue from here, we have gathered around this table a panel of leaders from government, from the business world and from the nonprofit world. And at this point I 'm going to toss out a little teaser because it may that there is a fourth sector. These 3 sectors that I have mentioned, and sector is a term that we will hear frequently today, are certainly a significant, significant part of the infrastructure of our society. The government or the public sector, the business world or the for-profit sector, and the nonprofit sector or what is sometimes called the charitable world. And I will mention the teaser, that there may be a fourth sector that somebody may strike upon as we continue our dialogue here. There are 2 things in particular that strike me about this particular panel. The first is that they are a very, very distinguished group of government, business and nonprofit leaders. The second thing that strikes me about this panel is its diversity. Now I am also acutely aware that a panel of leaders like this cannot be kept down and cannot be kept silent for very long. And so we are going to now ask each member of the panel to briefly introduce himself or herself and the perspective from which they speak to us today, beginning with Mr. Yamanishi on my left. Yamanishi; Thank you. My name is Herb Yamanishi. I'm the Executive Director of the Michigan Community Action Agency Association. Community Action Agencies are part of the old War on Poverty Program. We cover all 83 counties of the State of Michigan and are one of the largest social service/human service delivery systems in the State of Michigan serving over a million and a half people. And curiously enough, out of the �War on Poverty, I think to some degree some credit can be taken that the growth in the nonprofit world today. Sederburg: I'm Bill Sederburg, Vice President of Public Sector Consultants here in Lansing, Michigan. Public Sector Consultants is an independent, for-profit research firm specializing in State public policy and public opinion research. And you asked what sector we represent. With the name of Public Sector Consultants, we're for-profit. I'm not sure exactly what sector I'm supposed to be representing, so I think I'll represent the for-profit sector today and shed my 12 years previous experience of being in the State Legislature. I'll let the other folks on the panel that are currently in the Legislature try to defend that institution. Mawby: I'm Russ Mawby, Chairman _W. K. Kellogg Foundation grant-making foundation. as the Chairman of the Nonprofit Forum. Upjohn: I'm Elizabeth Upjohn. I'm Vice Chair of the Kalamazoo Foundation. I am 1992 Campaign Chairman of the Greater Kalamazoo United Way Campaign, so you can see I'm a bit of a masochist. I am new kid on the block as far as the Michigan Nonprofit Forum is concerned, and delighted to be here. I've been a volunteer in Kalamazoo County for more than 42 years. Kostielney: I'm Sister Monica Kostielney, the Executive Director of the Michigan Catholic Conference, which is the public policy arm for the Roman Catholic Church in Michigan, which addresses the issues ranging from aging to taxation and everything in between. Also, currently I have the privilege of Chairing the Partnership for Michigan Health which is another exciting coalition that is discussing in a very high-road fashion the dominant issue of health on the State agenda today. Thank you. Cunningham: I'm Father William Cunningham, Director of Focus Hope which is a Metropolitan Detroit Human and Civil Rights organization, and our objective over the past 23 years has been to stimulate people and help people to become productive as a major part of their right in human dignity. And the other side of the coin, to enhance that by asking them to be contributing. Our organization has 40,000 volunteers. In addition to being nonprofit, we are also very competitive and for-profit. Roehrig: Oh. I 'm Larry Roehrig. I'm Secretary/Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 25. I'm here on behalf of the entire membership of the Michigan AFL-CIO. That stands for the American Federation 10 and Chief Executive Officer of the which is an independent, private I also have the privilege of serving Board of Trustees of the Michigan �of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations. And I, too, wear two hats. I am also the Secretary/Treasurer of the United Way of Michigan. Clark: I'm Jane Deanne Clark, Senior Director for Health Policy Analysis at Michigan Healthcare Institute which is the notfor-profit research arm of Michigan Hospital Association. Michigan Hospital Association represents all close-to-200 hospitals in the State of Michigan. They are, in the vast majority, nonprofit and in addition to that, I also am Executive Director of a unique organization which combines business, state government and the hospitals in the data collection effort, and that organization is called Michigan Health Data Corporation. Kosteva: Hello. I'm Jim Kosteva, a fourth term Legislator from southeastern Michigan. My legislative focus has focused on jthe E's — education, environment and economic development. Bianco: I'm Joe Bianco from The Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts which is the private sector support organization of the DIA. My entire background, as some of the people in this room know, has been in engineering and finance and economics, and yet I found myself running a major corporate giving program some years ago, now in the nonprofit sector asking for money and trying to assist in the management of a nonprofit. So I've had a chance to look at it from both sides. Hoffecker; I'm Fred Hof fecker. I'm an Assistant Attorney General. I work with Frank Kelly. For the past decade or so I've been fortunate enough to have as part of my duties of supervising the Charitable Trust section of the office and working with both sides of the nonprofit sectors, both the grant givers and the grant seekers, and I'm very pleased to be here today. Benavides Hello. My name is Tony Benavides and I'm a Councilman for the City of Lansing. I'm also Executive Director for Cristo Ray Community Center, a human service agency which is a private, nonprofit organization located here in Lansing. Cantrell: Hello. I'm Aaron Cantrell. I guess I'm here in 2 capacities. I'm Executive Director of the Voluntary Accident Center in Kalamazoo and Volunteer Centers are basically there to recruit volunteers who are trained through our administered volunteer program, and to promote the whole concept of volunteerism. I'm also a Vice President of the Volunteer Centers of Michigan which is made up of all the Volunteer Centers here in Michigan and our purpose is to develop new centers and to promote volunteerism throughout the State. 11 �Miller: I'm Judy Miller. In my present life I am now Michigan Business Ombudsman in the Department of Commerce, a gubernatorial appointee given the responsibility of solving problems that businesses have with State government and providing some solutions in regard to that. Also, on special assignment in the areas of Arts and Child Care. Epolito; Hello. My names is James Epolito. I'm the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Care Network/Health Central, a Lansing-based 70,000 member Health Maintenance Organization. Work: Good morning. I'm Lois Work. I'm Vice President of New Detroit Incorporated which is the nation's first urban coalition. We began in 1967 to try and insure that the needs of the poor and the disadvantaged in Detroit and the Detroit Metropolitan Area are met. We do this basically through advocacy on a policy level and through serving as both a catalyst and an implementer of program projects. Wilson: Hello. I'm Mark Wilson of Michigan State University where, in addition to teaching Political Economy, I direct a nonprofit Michigan project which is a research and information dissemination initiative to inform the nonprofit community in Michigan more about its experiences and the scale of operations. Vaughn Hello. I'm Senator Jackie Vaughn III, Associate President of the Michigan Senate. I'm a student both of the public and the private sector. Cox: Good morning. My name is E.L. Cox. I'm currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Accident Fund of Michigan. In my former life, I was the Chairman of the Amerisure Insurance Companies representing the business sector of this and the target of many of you for contributions over the years. Gallagher; I'm Jan Gallagher. I'm a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg. I practice extensively in the area of exempt organization law. I edit independent sector's quarterly publication, STATE TAX TRENDS FOR NONPROFITS. And I'm currently engaged as a consultant for independent sector in the development of their white paper on the role of nonprofit organizations. Bandstra: I'm Representative Rick Bandstra, a Legislator in the Michigan House from west Michigan. I 'm in government now. In a previous life I was a lawyer in the private sector and I continue to be involved in a lot of nonprofit board activities back in Grand Rapids. 12 �Ivory: Good morning. My name is Bob Ivory. I'm the President and Chief Professional Officer of the United Way of Michigan. United Way of Michigan is an association of some 110 United Ways throughout the State, raising about $139 million in this past year. Additionally, we also fund a series of, a network of 20 statewide agencies offering services throughout the State. Anderson: Hi. I'm N. Charles Anderson, President of the Detroit Urban League, a United Way Agency in southeastern Michigan. I also have the distinct pleasure of being the Chair of the Michigan Council of Urban League Executives. There are 113 Urban Leagues across the country that are part of the National Urban League and we all are United Way agencies, and our basic mission is to enable African Americans and other minorities to reach their fullest human potentials. Blews: Thank you to each of you. Through those introductions we can certainly see the interrelationship in our own professional and personal lives between the 3 sectors that we have described. |~In his prepared paper, Dr. Payton described this Summit as an exercise in exploratory discourse. We enter the discussion with questions, and will explore possibilities. Continuing to quote from Dr. Payton, the Summit itself has no authority to affect change. In fact, the Summit has only the moral authority we may bring to it, individually and collectively. If we are successful, others will carry the discussion forward towards action and implementation. We will be pursuing this discussion in 3 stages. We might think of it as the booster stages on a rocket or on a space ship. Each stage of the discussion, we hope, will thrust us forward to the next level and the next stage of the dialogue. Those 3 stages, briefly stated, are first — identity or identification; secondly — the evolving partnerships; and thirdly — insights and principles to guide us into the future. Stage 1, then, really poses an identity crisis. That is, what is the identification of the nonprofit sector? What is this entity — this thing that we call nonprofit? What is its role in a pluralistic and democratic society? What do we expect of it? What values energize it? What distinguishes it from government and from business? Let's start off our discussion with a little association or a little word of game associ. . .a word association. In fact, I'm gonna. ..we're that and I'm going to start over again. That's all of you, I know. I can make mistakes. 13 game word of little game of going to cut reassuring to �Let's begin with a little game of word association. It may be revealing. Each of our panelists has a large card in front of them and a marker pen. I'm going to ask them now to write on that card the very first and honestly the very first word or adjective that comes into your mind when we say the word "nonprofit sector." And if this were a television game show, the clock would be ticking and the music would be proceeding. Okay. The time is up. And so this time, beginning on this side of the room, we'll simply go around the panel and identify what those words are with the panelist holding up the card so that our audience, our visual audience, can see as well as hear what that association is. Mr. Anderson. Anderson: Well the first thing I think of is Social Services. Ivory: Hyphenated concept — Volunteer-Driven. Bandstra: ~A long word that barely fits — Altruism. Gallagher: Public Good. Cox: I used Public Purpose. Vaughn: I used For All. Wilson: I used Invisible, because we look at what nonprofits do but we don't think of how they're organized. Work: And I used Conscience. Community Conscience. Epolito: Social Good. Miller: And I'll add the word the word Community to Conscience. Cantrell: Community Welfare. Benavides: Free. Payton: Here's an academic. Serial Reciprocity. Which is a word...a term you'll remember but it really means simply, pass it on. The idea of repaying the good works that have been done for you by the good works you do for others in turn. Hoffecker: I thought it was a comment on the Kellogg Foundation. bottom line from the nonprofit is Good. Bianco: We're all working together for the good of the Community. Kosteva: I thought of a different bottom line — I thought I needed one word. 14 Fund Raising. I meant The �Clark: I'll add a little specificity. perhaps. Hospital. Roehrig: Spoken as a Treasurer — Cunningham: Spoken as a theologian — Voluntary. Because it springs from the highest instincts and highest ideals of human nature. Kostielney: I wanted to put Hard Work but I put Service instead. Upjohn: Spoken from experience — Mawby: Voluntary. Sederburg: And Charity. Yamanishi: You've got two votes for Charity. Blews: 'Charity wins by a plurality. That's marvelous. An illustration, again, of the diversity of the sector. But let's play the game one more time. What word now, what value...What value pops into your mind when we say the word nonprofit sector? What underlying value do you first think of? And the pens are busily scribbling again. What value do we think of associated first with the nonprofit sector? And this time we'll begin with Councilman Benavides and go that way. Donations. Volunteer. Benavides: Commitment. Cantrell: Caring. Miller: Love. Epolito: Credibility. Work: Service. Wilson: Altruism. Vaughn: Good for All. Cox: Altruism. Gallagher: Another vote for Altruism. Bandstra: Yet another vote for Altruism. Ivory: Community Good. Anderson: Positive Results. 15 I'm too involved with my job, �Yamanishi: Another vote for Altruism over here. Sederburg: We differ this time. Mawby: Caring. Upjohn: This is the Russ & Betty Show. Kostielney: Understood in its entomological sense — Cunningham: That was good. Courage. Roehrig: From the heart — Loving. Clark: Community Good. Kosteva: JSternal Hope. Bianco: Caring. Hoffecker: Freedom — to make choices, where to put your time or your money in your altruistic way to do good. Payton: And my word is Democracy which tries to capture these notions of Community and Caring. Blews: Mr. Epolito, you used the word Credibility. As a person from the business perspective, how do you think of the nonprofit sector? How would you define or describe, in a paragraph, what the nonprofit sector is? Epolito: Well, I think of, when I think of what nonprofit means, it means, to me anyway, to not benefit to any one individual's good; that the dollars that are collected, the services that are provided are not for any individual, personal need but for the good of all. And so I said the word "credibility" because I find that many nonprofit organizations, and having worked for some, have had a very difficult time in achieving and maintaining credibility. But all the way through, that seems to be a mission. Blews: Representative Bandstra. As a legislator, what do you think of? What is your definition of the nonprofit sector? Bandstra: I guess I'd like to follow up on something Jim said about that and I think that what's happening here with the credibility problem is what happens so often times in all kinds of institutions in our society, that good apples are infected with the aura that surrounds some bad apples. And I've often wondered whether we, as State Legislators or nationally, ought to come up with some better system of required disclosure of Human Respect. Caring. Compassion. And understood in its entomological sense — 16 �how nonprofit organizations work to provide assurance to everyone that through some standardized reporting system, the institutions that they are supporting are reputable and worthy of their support, to deal with the kind of public perception problem that sometimes does infect the nonprofit side, unfortunately and unwarrantedly often. Blews How do you in the nonprofit sector react to that particular idea? Father Cunningham? Cunningham; To me, credibility is...is less...far less important than integrity. I don't think people ought to be trusted or believed. I think they ought to have track records to be able to demonstrate that they' re worthy of the support of government and partnership with industry. Blews: Lets refer...return to the notion, though, of legislative ^involvement in terms of helping to assure accountability of the nonprofit sector. Mr. Bianco, from the perspective of the Detroit Institute of the Arts, how does that resonate with you? Bianco: I think the role of government really ought to be a role of clearly defining that they do want to help the nonprofit sector. I think our national administration, both the Reagan Administration and the Bush Administration, has failed rather substantially, in my opinion, in defining the importance of the nonprofit sector — the third sector — and giving impetus to it. I also believe that in our own state, there has been a failure of leadership, both from the current administration as well as the previous administration, in clearly defining and supporting the role of the third sector. Having said that, I think the accountability question that Representative Bandstra brings. . .raises is a very good one. Some 14 years ago, I was one of the people working with the Detroit Chamber of Commerce that suggested that in our laws in the state we require a certified public accounting firm audit of all of our local units of government as well as our regional authorities. I think the same thing really ought to be true of the nbnprofits, for example, who receive any kind of State funds. I think that ought to be a simple requirement. The Auditor General comes around now, but a certified audit each year is useful to management and its useful to regulators. So I think that kind of enabling accountability that doesn't get everybody involved in the micro management of the nonprofit, I think setting that framework would be a very healthy contribution, in my opinion, that the Legislature could make to the credibility of our nonprof its. Blews: You've used the term "definition" in your comments. Sister Monica, as the Executive Director of the Michigan Catholic 17 �Conference you're part of the nonprofit sector, define the nonprofit sector? How do you Kostielneyj Well, I think my understanding of the nonprofit sector comes from the very nature of the human person, and that is if you begin with the premise that each person is good and has desire to do good and then moves out from that premise and coalesces with other people to good for society or for the common good, you have a legitimate group of citizenry who have a right to be as recognized as the other sectors in society. I do not see the nonprofit sector as kind of picking up what other people can't do or won't do. I see that as a bad approach to nonprofits; but rather that there is a basic good that drives one to accomplish good and that is a basis then for forming the nonprofit sector, inn the whole spectrum or range of issues or values that touch human lives, from basic human needs to the transcendent values that we all seek — going right from basic human needs to the arts. And so there is a 'legitimate place, then, for the nonprofit sector to be present and very active in the range of human activities. Blews: We've said a great deal about values with regard to the nonprofit sector. But when we ask the question of definition, we rea 1 ly haven' t very c learly de f ined what the nonprofit sector is. And we're fortunate to have with us today a national expert in that regard. And, of course, a national expert always has far more credibility than one of us. The old prophet without honor. Miss Jan Gallagher, as you have heard, is Council with a law firm and is a recognized expert on this whole issue of the definition and the protection of the nonprofit sector. And she, as you have heard, is conducting a study of the independent sector or the nonprofit sector in the process of preparing a white paper on that very subject. Miss Gallagher, structurally, what is it that makes nonprofits nonprofits? Gallagher; I think that probably the single, most important structural differentiation is the one that we've already discussed this morning, and that is the concept that nonprofits, as a matter of law, are barred from operating for the private benefit of anyone. That's a concept that often doesn't get, in my judgment, the attention it deserves. It certainly is the single characteristic that distinguishes nonprofit organizations most clearly from business enterprises. The -concept of no private benefit involves an attention to salary levels that are reasonable, to operating in a way that doesn't advance the private interest of any individual or any selfselected group of individuals. It also, for most of the organizations today we're calling nonprofit, involves a commitment of their assets irrevocably to a public purpose. Again, that's something that sometimes gets lost in discussions of the differences between a business and a 18 �nonprofit organization. A self-imposed characteristic, not one that's actually required by law, at least not very frequently, is that the types of nonprofits, again that we're discussing this morning, typically are governed by volunteer Boards of Directors. And, again, that's an aspect of nonprofit structure that, I think, has not gotten the public attention that it deserves recently. The concept of a group of volunteers coming together in a community to form an organization in response to a community need, and then lending their time to provide policy guidance to that organization, is an important characteristic of nonprofit organizations. Finally, I think its a characteristic of nonprofit organizations that they do exist to provide some form of public good or public benefit. Blews: In your study, you've been looking at the broad range of entities that fall within that term nonprofit sector. Can you ,give us a sense of what that range encompasses? Cunningham* Well, for purposes of the independent sector paper, the organizations that make up independent sectors' membership and the steering committee of the group that's looking at this issue have divided themselves into the following categories: we have arts organizations; we have civic and human rights organizations; education; environment; health; public advocacy; religion; and social welfare. And that, I think, is a fair description of the diversity that makes up the independent sector. Blews: As we played the word association game, it was fascinating to see the number of different values that were identified with regard to the nonprofit sector. And I understand that in the study that you are conducting, that is, in fact, one of the things that you are compiling is, in a sense, a compendium of those values that are found within the nonprofit sector. Could you give us a checklist of those values? Well, the approach the steering committee took in its discussions was to try to evolve a set of values, social and cultural values, that the nonprofit sector embodies and nurtures. And I'd like to stress that this paper, thank you, that this paper is very much in the process of development; that the values that I'm about to describe are not finished, and that I'm very appreciative of the opportunity to be here -this morning, and I hope that this discussion is going to inform my further work in this area. The first value that we've described is called...we're calling "Giving, Service and Community." And this value states something that we just heard all around this table this morning — the basic moral obligation of people to care for and serve others. It...As we're using the term, its defined 19 �as the value that creates a fundamental sense of community. Without giving, without service, we don't have community. The second value is "Pluralism." And, in a sense, that's almost antithetical because at the same time that we're building community, we're also affirming the value of diversity, the ability within the community to speak out for other points of view. And that, I think, is one of the critical things that nonprofits must do. Nonprofits also, within the concept of pluralism, encourage individuals, encourage groups to come together to act on their own values and their own beliefs. They provide a structure for people to do that. "Civic Participation" is a third value. Again, its a way for individuals to come together to act for positive social change within our democratic structure, and in this way, and I think _that Dr. Payton mentioned this in his paper and again this morning, we're. . .we are sustaining and renewing the democratic process. Without viable voluntary organizations, the democratic process would wither. The next value is the "Development of Human Potential." Most nonprofits exist in one way or another to a greater or lesser extent to help people to grow — to be as good as they can be. In this value we have the commitment to excellence in education, to excellence in scholarship, to research, to artistic expression. We have a lot of other things in this value as well. The development of strong families, sound health, healthy environment, an overall positive moral character for people, altruism. "Compassionate Response to Human Need" is the next value. That's a very important one for the social services sector. Voluntary organizations are the ones who exist to mobilize community resources to care for the poor, the sick and the disabled, the elderly, others with special needs here in the United States and around the world. Finally, we have the value of "Faith." Its impossible to talk about the independent sector and ignore the importance of the religious community within it. And through the voluntary sector, we have churches and religious organizations which provide a means for people to practically express their faith. Religious organizations...(tape stopped) . . .at least three others. One is the important role that nonprofits play as the protector of the legacies of past cultures, and I think that that is a critical role for the arts community. A second is that nonprofits play an important role in this country in providing perspective on the future. Since they're not bound by a profit motive, nonprofits are 20 �able to guard the present, look to the future, hopefully to plan as we make transitions into the 21st century. And, finally, and I think that this is very important for nonprofit organizations to be themselves, to be architects and practitioners of ethical behavior. And this is a value...I think the other values are ways in which nonprofits provide a structure for people to act. This particular value is one in which nonprofits themselves must set the example as a way, again going back to what Dr. Payton was saying a few minutes ago, as a way of teaching people trust. Blews: Thank you. Bianco: I don't want to get us off the schedule you're on, so I'd like to just make one response to Jan's comments .f You know I think when we talk about what' s the difference between the third sector or the nonprofits and the other two sectors within the United States, that's one perspective^^ Another perspective that I think we need to examine at some point in these kinds of discussions, which I frankly hope will be on-going for quite a time because I think there's a great challenge to the third sector going on in this country today, and I hope we come together again^... But I think one of the other things we have to compare^^In the United States, as we well know, there is about 31 per cent o f our Gros s National Product that is consumed by taxes in the Gross National Product. The European example, as I'm sure many of you have studied these things probably more carefully than I have, have seen that about 41 per cent of the European Gross National Product is consumed in taxes^X^h® European model is certainly, from a value point of view, has many of the same Christian and Judeo-Christian values and motivations that are here in our society. I think those kinds of values are operative and strong influences on both sides of the Atlantic in that sense. But in the European models, clearly they have made a different decision. /The third sector is certainly not as important there as it is in the United States, and they've made a decision to provide the basic kinds of caring services that Sister Monica referred to. They've made a decision to provide for arts, for culture, for education, for all of those things; but they've chosen to provide it largely through federal government taxation and federal government programming. So in that sense, clearly we have a remarkably different model in the United States. And then I think we get into the question of, "Who delivers the service the best? What are the results?" It seems to me Charles had a results sign over there. Who delivers the results better? And I think that alone is a tremendous , challenge to all of us in the nonprofit sector to think abgut. So I guess the point I'd make is that (1) we are clearly different from the European model, to say nothing, Professor Payton, about the Eastern Bloc model; and (2) within our own country, the merger between the third sector and governmental What's the reaction to those values? 21 Mr. Bianco? �influences, I think, is something that again is going to make this distinction a little bit more blurred as we go forward. Blews: Yamanishi; Mr. Yamanishi. It seems to me that what Jan has put down here and what we're defining is not. . .nonprofit sector is not quite as pure and as moral as we would like it to be. I don't think it is. The underlying assumption is, and historically, we had charities and the concept of charity was what was used. As a matter of fact, if you look at the history of nonprofits, the term charities used to be used in a lot of the names of organizations. The United Way had charities in its name previous to the time it changed to The United Fund. I think nonprofit sector can't be defined quite so pristine and purely. Its a dynamic. Its a force that's pushed between the private sector and the public sector, and you have ^institutions, organizations within the nonprofit sector that are leaning one way or the other constantly. Its a dynamic that. . .and you'll find organizations that are mimicking, maybe almost substantially, the private sector in the way in which they operate and the way in which they deal with benefits, personal benefits, they way in which they address problems, etc. And then you'll find other organizations that are much more allied with government and operate in a much more experience with community action agencies. And a lot of them that, even though they're private, nonprofit agencies, had solely government funding and had government people on their Boards as directors and so then they became much more of a political entity in the lo.cal community. So you have a dynamic and that's, I think that's what we created was a dynamic that helps us to define the forces between the public sector and the private sector. That's where we...I think we should begin to look at the definition of what a nonprofit is. Blews: Do we need a greater clarification, a greater understanding of the values, or are the values that important? Yamanishi; I_ think it encompasses all these values that everybody has addressed in some way or another. What it is...What we try to... I think what we' re trying to do, what the independent sector is trying to do, is help to define more appropriately, "Where is the middle ground that the general public is going to accept in terms of this dynamic?" Blews: Dr. Sederburg, for a number of years you represented that general public in the State Senate of the State of Michigan. Dr. Payton, in his paper, refers to a rather interesting term — "teliopathy" — the loss of mission or the disease of purpose which really goes to a values question also. What's your reaction to that? 22 �Sederburg; Gee, Edf I'm just delighted to be asked that question. What about a nice softball question like, "What do you think good is? or something like that? Teliopathy, of all things* Well, as I understand Dr. Payton's comments on teliopathy, its talking about lack of focus and loss of mission in organizations — kind of a drift without a sense of mission. And I'll try and tie that in with what Herb said and then also with what Joe said. I think government is losing its sense of mission as to what the public really wants government to do. I really feel sorry for all these candidates running around running for President because the public is giving them totally mixed messages. Do they want National Health Care? Do they not want National Health Care? Do they want Jobs programs? Do they not want Jobs programs? And its such a mixed bag that government itself has lost its sense of mission and its causing all sorts of dislocations in the political system. The mission is also central to this debate, in my opinion, because I 'm going to be perhaps thrown out the room here with this, but I think the nonprofit sector is defined by what the others are not. You're the residue of everything else, and its driven by market functions. For-profit, when we look at it, the public sector, we look at what are the markets out there, those market niches, that we can go out there and do some work and, hopefully, make enough to feed the kids. Government looks at constituencies as a marketplace and so there's a constituency that develops; government will be there with that service. And so its driven... Those two sectors are driven by market functions. The nonprofit . . .nonprofit sector is driven not by markets but by good will and philanthropy and the desires of the individuals organizing it. Its a different direction, a different flow. And so the point that Dr. Payton made about mission, I think, is central to the whole debate, and that is the definition of mission. Government is adrift. The private businesses are also having mission difficulties because of the changing economy and the world, global economic forces, etc. And so that's a tough debate going on. And the mission of nonprofit homes...I don't know why I keep saying nonprofit homes...but nonprofit organizations is very, very tricky because everybody looks to you guys to catch everything that's left in between. And that's a very difficult type of situation. So how about that for an answer, Ed. Was that all right? Blews: That sounds interesting to me. I'd like to know what Ms. Work's reaction is to that speaking for New Detroit. Is your mission defined by what others don't do and, therefore, you do? You mentioned when we talked about values, you talked about service as the value that the nonprofit sector represents. 23 �Work: New Detroit tries to go along with what its original mission was. And I'd like to take into account here many of the comments I've heard. When Jan said that the nonprofits are the architects and practitioners, perhaps, of moral doings, I was taken back to had you asked me, I was going to say perhaps nonprofits are both the stimulator and the implementor of good deeds. Now New Detroit's mission is, of course, to try and ensure that the poor and the disadvantaged have a voice in what occurs to them and that they. . .their human needs are well taken care of. But what Herb said earlier, I think, really applies here, too. Nonprofits depend often on where they get their money from. New Detroit gets a lot of business /corporate funding, but we have also had many, many grants that were government funded. And, I think, depending upon where your funding comes from, often you have to lean a little more toward the values and the practices of the sector that gives you the funding. Our mission, I would say, is to be a stimulator and a practitioner o f good deeds . However, the business sector, who gives us a lot of funding and I think this is a good thing, is making sure that we become more businesslike and more effective in what we do. The government sector, when we have their costs of funding, wants us to be, obviously, a little more political depending upon where the funding is coming from, and also has a very different kind of bureaucratic view of how you spend your funds. So I would say that I think the nonprofit sector, indeed, has its own mission, but it is often one cannot separate the 3 and how one gets its funding and who funds you. Blews: All right. Senator Vaughn, we've talked about values and we've talked about the mission of the nonprofit sector. As a Senator, how important do you consider those values and that mission to be? Vaughn: I consider them to be extremely, but I'm more confused now than ever. I have a constituency here and back home and so I'm constantly pulled in all directions. If you noted when you asked me the original question, I said nonprofit is good for all. Its the first thing that came in my mind. And then I had a little notation, though. Things held in common. It doesn't benefit the left or the right. I should rise above my own ethnicity or political persuasion and do what is right. And I find that in listening here to all of you, I want to be reelected and I consider that as one of my missions — and we talked about mission — and yet I want to be liked and I want to be loved and I want to do what is right, so I 'm torn between the forces, but I never lose sight of the fact of why I'm here. I'm here to help for all, for a people and to rise above my own ethnicity and my own political persuasion and try to say, "What would benefit society much better?" So the mission is clear, I think, but I am not clear in my own narrowness. 24 �Slews: Senator, you raise a very important and a new point, and that is that in order for a Legislator to serve that public good or that good for all that you described, that Legislator also must be reelected from time to time. This, after all, is a democratic system. Representative Kosteva, with your constituency, is there a value placed on the nonprofit sector on the kinds of missions that we've described such that you can, as a Legislator, be a proponent of the nonprofit sector and still be reelected? Kosteva; Clearly, because many of the purposes that the nonprofit sector and the governmental sector strive to achieve are so similar. The benefit of all, the public improvement, the ability to advance human potential, to respect the diversity of our nature and of our culture and institutions, I think that's very easily done. The beauty of the nonprofit sector, in my eyes, is that it allows the individual choice to be made. The individual choice on the part of individuals to be able to pursue the nonprofit contributions and roles and volunteerism that they individually choose to participate in. It allows them to advocate for those particular causes, and with that advocacy and that participation and that choice comes a commitment to those causes. And so I think its one of the fullest expressions of the participatory democracy that Jefferson brought to this country. So clearly, to the degree that the government sometimes deals with the collective good, the nonprofit sector, I think, their well-defined mission at the present time, on a more individual basis, I believe is more well-defined than the governmental sector and the business sector as it comes to social concerns. I think they're very, very compatible with constituent concerns as an elected official. Blews: Dr. Mawby, you're on the funding side as the President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of the Kellogg Foundation. Are the values that you have heard and the missions that you have heard worthy of your support? Are they the kinds of values and the kinds of missions that do warrant the support from a foundation such as yours? Mawby: Well, we, as a grant-making foundation, of course, work very closely and share, in general, the values of the nonprofit sector. Under laws established by legislative groups at the state and federal level, the nonprofit sector is defined and we, as grant makers, have the opportunity of giving funds to nonprofit institutions and organizations and to all of the units of government. So its very often a collaboration and you have to say that, as you look at society over the past 10, 20, 30 and 40 decades, the role of the various sectors continue to be dynamic and evolutionary. We passed federal legislation with funding which provides for positions labeled volunteer which are paid. And that, you know, results in some 25 �confusion. So its an evolutionary process. Simplistically, it seems to me, the nonprofit sector represents all of those institutions, organizations, and programs which include private initiative for the public good. And certainly the kinds of values that have been described on the cards and in the discussion are certainly consistent with the kind of a mission that we see as the particular role of grant makers in the whole collage. Slews: Very good. How. . .How well does business and how well does the government sector understand the nonprofit sector, let's say on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being low level of understanding and 5 being a high level of understanding, Mrs. Miller, as a former State Legislator yourself, how would you rate the understanding of the government sector and how a leader in government, in the executive branch, how well does government understand the nonprofit sector? Miller: "I'm not certain it understands it very well at all. I would put that on a rather low side in terms of maybe a 2. Just looking at it from my current position, and even having been a community leader and volunteer in my own community, I find that government has a very difficult time being sensitive to human needs and to human value, and I think that's one of the frustrations that I feel in dealing with the governmental system now as on the administrative side as opposed to the legislative side, because we can become too isolated there from what the needs of the community are and then to better provide the leadership that I believe is needed from the government sector. Because as people have said around in several different ways as we have talked this morning, that government and business provide the direction, divide the impetus, the influence as to how a nonprofit may go. And if we don't have the leadership and the understanding of the purpose of the nonprofit, we're not able to provide the leadership that's needed. And, I guess, that's what I'm hoping in terms of my role as the relatively new kid on the block in terms of the administration of government, that we can bring more sensitivity to that. Blews: Mr. Cox, from a business perspective, same scale, how well does business understand the nonprofit sector? Cox: I think the business community understands the nonprofit sector very well. Each business organization certainly recognizes their own corporate responsibility to the nonprofit sector. And that's limited by their own personal resources, obviously, and as you go through a time much like we're in today, the amount of resources available for distribution becomes limited. And, you know, they have the same compassion and the same social concerns that all of us have. But its a matter of meeting the payroll or donating to nonprofit 26 �organizations. And their obligation, obviously, is to meet the payroll as best they can. But, no, they understand very well. There's a concern about how much of the tax dollar should be devoted to that as well. And you can't do both. You can't continue to raise taxes and then continue to expect the corporate..-the business community to find the means to solve all of the problems. Bianco: Ed, can I take a contrary view to that? Slews: Sure. Bianco: My good friend, E.L., who has always been a good contributor to the museum, it may be over after this comment. . .From my perspective and the years I spent in business, and certainly E.L. and had many, many years of exchanges together, I would say that business in the '90's is going to continue its challenge of down-sizing, right-sizing, whatever the term is going to be. As that continues, I see the corporate sector having less and less of the executive time and staff time available for volunteerism. I think the pressures of the marketplace on our corporate structure are so severe at this point, and will continue to get more challenging in a global competitive environment. And that' s one of the reasons I raised the point I did before with Jan about the difference between the European system and our's, because I think we may have a separate discussion about that one sometime. But I think the corporate sector is going to be able to do less. I agree with you, E.L. Like all the rest of us, corporate executives are sensitive human beings, in many cases not all. Like all the rest of society, and will take some personal interest and follow through in the nonprofit sector. But I also think we're going to see such a great pressure on profits — we're already seeing it — and I think that will continue through the '90's to the point where, I don't know what the current numbers are, Russ, but it seems to me the last conference board report I read, corporate contributions were 5 or 6 per cent, something like that, of the total. Mawby: That's correct. Bianco: And then foundations were another 5 or 6 per cent. So even at this point, if the corporations make up 5 or 6 per cent of the total giving pot, and that averages out at 1.6 per cent or -some number like that of pre-tax profits, if I remember that number correctly also, that's a fairly small contribution out of the profits of the corporations. And if they're going to be under competitive pressure for new plant investment, for new equipment investment, they're going to have to make a simple choice. Do I give the money away, or do I reinvest in a new plant or a piece of equipment or something like that? And my point is that in the competitive, non-oligopolistic, It's a battle. 27 �non-monopoly market that the United States now finds itself competing in, the decisions, I think, are more and more going to tend toward, "Our basic job is to provide employment. Our job is to provide products and services for this country, and more of our money has got to go in that direction." So I think there's caring there. I think there are some wonderful people to be reached. But I think the challenge to the nonprofits is going to be tremendous to make their case in a very competitive, very sensible way, because I think the corporate pot is going to be smaller both in terms of people as well as money. Kostielney: Ed. Blews: Part of making that case is to understand what impact the nonprofit sector has within a state such as Michigan. And we have with us a scholar, Dr. Mark Wilson, who is the Director _of the nonprofit Michigan Project at MSU and who has been "conducting the first study of the nonprofit sector within our state. Dr. Wilson, to bring this to a sense of closure in this identification panel, what can you tell us about the impact and what do you know so far about the size of the nonprofit sector in the State of Michigan? Wilson: I think the reason I said that it was invisible was the reaction of being a researcher trying to find information on nonprofits. Its very hard to even find out where it is and how big it is. So the impact of nonprofits is very, verydifficult to gauge because we don't have a clear idea of what they do or how much they do or even where they operate. We can. . .To give you an example, we find about 3,000 nonprofit organizations in the state that employ someone, and they employ about a quarter of a million workers, a little more than 5 per cent of the workforce. And that's almost easy to find out about. It was, compared to the rest of the nonprofit sector, that was easy. But it made you think about what else is the nonprofit sector doing? Well there are another 20 or 30,000 nonprofits in the state that have perhaps been registered or perhaps taken on charges or have organized themselves formally, and so that's another level of nonprofit action. And then we did a case study of Calhoun County and found there were 5 to 10 nonprofits that didn't even register, that didn't even recognize themselves in a formal way. The nonprofit sector tends to be invisible. We can't see it. We can see the organizations that employ someone. We can find the organizations that have a very formal, or legal, background but what about all the community groups that do contribute something, that do offer something to the quality of life, that are forgotten. The small social groups, the small environmental groups. Music groups. Care groups. They exist — are invisible. They slip through the cracks. So I can say quite confidently that we have a quarter million 28 �employees in Michigan in 1990, that nonprofit organizations are generating far more employment growth than perhaps you would expect, they're about 5 per cent of the sector, but they're about 10 or 15 per cent of all the new jobs in Michigan. But beyond that, that's just really the visible, formal nonprofit sector. The invisible nonprofit sector is equally important, but we just can't get a clear idea of what it is and where it is. Blews: Mr. Anderson, from your perspective with the Detroit Urban League, what's your reaction to all of this? Anderson; Well I think its unfortunate sometimes that we do appear to be invisible, because I think the nonprofits, Father Cunningham, we've been making wine out of water for a long time. We know how to take 100 pennies and turn it into 101 pennies. I think government... we' re the organizations that take, get the jnaximum results out of the minimum dollars. Our budgets are scrutinized by foundations and government entities and things are cut away because they think its too expensive. And so we are making extreme contributions in our communities with minimum resources. I think nonprofits are a much better place sometimes for programs and activities to take place than they are in government entities. Sometimes you see, yes, I think sometimes there are too many nonprofits. And I think sometimes its too easy to become a nonprofit. But at the same time, those nonprofits that are around like the Urban League or New Detroit or what-have-you or Focus Hope, we are making tremendous contributions in our communities. We are turning things around and in business, if the other two sectors look at us a little more closely, I think we all could benefit in our communities much better than what we do. Blews: And that really leads us into Stage 2 of our discussion which is talking about the relationship of the 3 sectors. But before we jump to that, we would like to invite anybody from the audience, if you would like to dive into the dialogue, this is an opportunity for you to do so. And please identify yourself and your organization. Young: Good morning. I'm Leonard Young. I represent the Michigan Ecumenical Forum on the Nonprofit Forum Board. I have a rather specific question that I want to ask about identity. Jfow we've been talking all morning and there seems to be some general agreement around the table about what identifies a nonprofit. But in my experience and in many of our experiences in nonprofit organizations, that consensus seems to break down when you come to the practical level, particularly in the relationship between government entities and agencies and nonprofits, and what actually defines a nonprofit. Let me give you several examples of what I mean. 29 �There's one set of criteria for the IRS to determine whether an organization is nonprofit. There is an entirely different set of criteria that the U.S. Postal Service uses to determine if an organization is nonprofit and can use bulk mailing privileges. In the State of Michigan there is an entirely different set to determine whether you are exempt from sales tax or property tax in different areas. And yet again in the Attorney General's office there is an entirely separate set of criteria used to determine whether you have to apply for a charitable solicitation license or not. For a lot of organizations, especially small, locally based ones like Mr. Wilson was talking about a minute ago, considerable hardship is wreaked on those organizations in trying to sort out how all of the different entities of government and agencies look at and define nonprofit organizations. I would be interested in the Attorney General's office commenting a little on that from their point of view and any of the others who see how we jnight be able to get some kind of a consistent micro definition of what nonprofit organizations are, and as we began when Representative Bandstra talked about being accountable, a single way of doing that so that people know how they may respond to inquiries and to be appropriately judged and scrutinized as Mr. Anderson was saying. We need some single set of criteria for determining those. Blews: Mr. Hoffecker, you're the Assistant Attorney General with the Charitable Trust Department in the Attorney General's office. Your reaction. Hoffecker; Well, its a good question and one I, frankly, welcome. We view the nonprofit sector as a method by which the tremendous social energy that we have in this country can be channelled and moved into doing the virtuous, good things that we've all mentioned this morning. Government, in my view, and strictly my view, should be as unintrusive as possible. I think we have a duty to guard the public against fraud, because there is charitable fraud — it does exist. So you need some standard and some mechanism to deal with fraud. Beyond that, in my view, there shouldn't be any exemptions. The fact that some organization is religious in nature, and we have this concept of separation of church and state, that should not by itself exempt the organization from letting the government know that it is out there in a nonprofit charitable function, how much money its taking in and how much its spending. X3overnment shouldn't say you have to take in, if you take in this much, you have to spend that much on your charitable purpose. That's going to be a decision for the public. If the public has access to information about the nonprofit sector, what they're doing with their income, making 101 pennies out of 100 pennies, people, I think, can make reasonable decisions on where to spend their money or, as money gets tight, more importantly, spend their time by 30 �volunteering with an organization, and make the whole process a lot better. The current statutory scheme, I think, started out as a governmental way to kind of nurture nonprofits. Okay, we'll make them tax exempt. We'll give them a break on certain kinds of property. To encourage people to make donations to certain kinds of charities, they get a tax deduction against their income taxes for making a donation. Well government should nurture good works that way. On the regulatory side, and that's where I come as a regulator, we need to protect the public from fraud and provide a mechanism for information for the public so that they can make decisions on what to do with their time and money without regard to whether the organization is a church, a school, a United Way entity, or any other kind of nonprofit organization. Blews: Do we need a more consistent legal definition across the various units of government of what a nonprofit is? Hof fecken Well, I guess inconsistency is a hallmark of government, but yeah, I think we need some basic tenets that every body can look to and I know at our level, with the Charitable Solicitation Act, we look to the 501C3 status of the Internal Revenue Service. So we try to be consistent with them. We're trying to make our organization operate on the 990 form with the IRS. That makes it easier for organizations. One document. If we're all looking at the same document, it makes it easier for the organization, it makes it easier for the public, and we' re all looking at the same numbers. Arrangement of the numbers on a form can change peoples' perceptions about organizations. In terms of the Postal Service, I'm not sure what their regulations are, but I'm sure, being a 501C3 is a big part of it. If we focus on that as the one constant, then I think we can deal with the other things. Blews: At this point, then, we will take a break. We will reconvene, we will try to reconvene by 10:45, so please be quick and brief. (Break) 31 �(Resumed Summit; - 10:56 a.m.) Blews; ...public here. I'd like to say a word to our panel and then I'll say a word as the program itself begins again. And thank you very much. You've done a very good job in the first stage here of helping us to set the foundation and to deal with some issues of identity. Our goal now, at the second and third stages, is really to allow the discussion to become much more free-wheeling. And please forgive me, with the lights and all, sometimes I don't catch the signals that come from you. So feel free to wave your card or scream and yell and we'll try to get a chance to recognize everyone. But do feel free to just jump in freely in the discussion as we go. And my role, rather than to pull you by the reins will be, when necessary, to perhaps rein things in just a...just a touch. Yes, that's correct. And during the discussion, if you feel jreal compelled to go to the mike, even if its not a point where we've invited that, you may and we'll try to get to you as quickly as we can, and then we will also provide an opportunity at the end for audience participation at that point. Yes, Maryellen. Lewis; And I believe we may go on past Blews Yes. In fact, we may go closer to 12:30. Lunch is behind me. We'll announce that again in the room next door. We'll announce that again at the appropriate time. At this point then we'll return to the cameras. slightly? In the first stage of our session today, we've had really a marvelous discussion about the identity of the nonprofit sector and perhaps some lack of identity or some confusion about identity. Who are we? What are we? What does that matter in terms of the relationship between the 3 sectors -government, business and the nonprofit sector — that are represented around this table before us? At this point we're going to become a bit less structured in our dialogue. We have here a panel of persons who are very distinguished leaders and, certainly, feel very freely, as they should, to speak their minds, and we're going to give them the opportunity to do that in this next session, and then in the third session. Stage 2 of our discussion, though, deals with relationships. The government/business/nonprofit partnership, the question of whether there is such a partnership, whether there should be such a partnership. How is it changing, particularly in these difficult fiscal times and these difficult economic days? 32 �What are the issues, the tensions and the ramifications? Having talked about the identity...the identity of the nonprofit sector, we now want to examine that in the context of these very, very important relationships. One of the people at our table here who certainly deals day in and day out with that kind of relationship is Mr. Robert Ivory/ the President of the United Way of Michigan. Mr. Ivory, of course, is representing and serving through his organization, serving community organizations. The nonprofit sector, in its attempt to secure support and funding in dealing in that process very closely with the business community or the for-profit sector. Mr. Ivory/ how would you assess the current relationship between the business community and the nonprofit sector? Is it a good relationship? Is it a bad relationship? Ivory: jEs this in the context of last night's NIGHTLINE? If you had a chance to see that last night, you certainly saw some pros and cons about the historical relationship between United Way and the business community. That has been a strong relationship over the years. United Ways have had, in some ways, a very well kept gift and benefit in terms of philanthropy. In a sense, when you talk about both workplace solicitation and payroll deduction, when you put those 2 things together, that yields, usually, people talk about that being a 9 to 10 times yield over asking someone for an individual gift at any given moment in time. So the notion of having access to the workplace and to employees for solicitation and coupling that with payroll deduction has been a very strong element of the United Way system. It also is incumbent upon United Way, in order to encourage that relationship and to maintain that, is to take a look at the trust that United Ways bring to the business community and to the community at large. In terms of the package of services that it brings to the workplace, and that has...therein is a major controversy today within the United Way system, even outside of < the most recent news events about the national president, there has been a major controversy within the United Way system in the last 2 or 3 years around the whole notion of choice and opening up the number of agencies that are brought into the United Way system, into the workplace. And that companies, and particularly again in the public sector, have asked that the number of agencies, the number of charities represented, for instance, in an organization like United Way, in fact, not be limited to a few select organizations but, in fact, be opened to a much broader base of charitable organizations. The phenomenon is in this country as someone alluded to earlier that, in fact, we've had just an explosion of nonprofits in this country since the '60's. And there are more and more agencies who are looking to the workplace, for instance, as the method of increasing 33 �their funding. And so the pressure on United Ways today is, "What type of package do you take to the workplace to have continued credibility with the business community that you're offering a product that, in fact, is not limited to a few select agencies but, in fact, brings in a package of services that meet the broadest ray of community good. Its interesting, in my view, one of the characteristics that we. . .that make us somewhat invisible that we need to, in fact, market is one of the hallmark characteristics of the nonprofit sector is, in fact, the volunteer force. And I've always been impressed to hear George Romney talk about that volunteer commitment and the ownership, whether we talk about it as the participatory principle of people becoming involved in our community issues remains a major issue for United Ways to continue working with the business community for that type of leadership and commitment to some of the community issues. So, in short, one of the things that's happening to us within the United Way system is to continue to look at that relationship that we have with the business community in terms of presenting a package of services, a benefit that, in fact, benefits a much broader community base than a few select organizations. Slews: Mr. Cantrell, you...you represent volunteer agencies. Mr. Ivory has talked about the important role of volunteer ism. How does that relationship between the 3 sectors affect the volunteer activity in this society? Cantrell It affects it in a very positive way. One of the things I would like to address before answering your question is the whole point of where human services, private sector, came from — this whole idea of human services. It started with people before we had any programs, any professionals, we had volunteers who saw a problem and went out and tried to do something to cure or aid in that particular situation. One of the things I see that that whole pioneer spirit is somewhat dying. And its dying under the auspices of existing organizations, often times, in that the volunteer sees a problem and tries to bring their problem forward. There seems to be now territories among agencies and if its working with children, then you're touching upon some child serving agencies. If its dealing with the homeless, some existing organizations see it. Whether or not they are behind that particular attempt to start an organization or to carry some -special type of service through has a profound impact on whether or not that program will ever get off the ground. And I see that dying in some of the communities I'm working with. As people bring forth programs, they are actually being smothered under the weight of existing programs who are going to be. . .see them as contenders for dollars. And I just wanted to bring that forth and so that's something we really need to deal with. 34 �I think in terms of the overall relationship from a corporate standpoint, we hear often times corporations talking about being a good corporate neighbor. But often times when confronted with, "What exactly do you mean by that and what exactly. . .what type of activities will you involve yourself in to...to prove that?" Often times, you'll get a...not the type of answer you may be looking for. In terms of government, not to be a complainer or anything but they tend to kill creativity. One of the things that I see that is hurting nonprofits right now is the fact that creativity is being smothered under the weight of paperwork, under the weight of restrictions and that type of thinq.l And I get a lot of people in from Western Michigan University who are graduating from the field of Social Work and they come in and they really want to change the world. And its really nice to see that. "I'm graduating next year. I'm gonna go out and I'm gonna have an impact on this." To talk with those people a year later or 2 years later and see that they've been...I'm "thinking what's the right word I want here...what -i~ want.. .that they've been basically.. .all their creativity, all their energy has been somewhat^ subdued and now put away. ••£• think that's a big problem. (l think that we really need to open up human services to the standpoint that when people come in, if they have creative ideas, there is a forum for them to bring those ideas forward. In cases where the true sense of volunteer ism, which is going out and people helping people and being able to identify a need and carrying that through rather than going out and having to join an existing agency. One other point. We talk about formal volunteerism and that's working with agencies that exist. There's a large contingency of informal volunteerism that goes on and that really needs to be gauged more. And I know that's the invisible thing that you were talking about, Mark. But we really need to find out what is going on therej I know that churches are involved. I know that in my community, just in my Block Clubs, all of the things that they're doing to deal with crime and a lot of other things that are going on. Its not being gauged and not being seen as that overall system. I think a big part of the activities are happening there. But to grow from a Block Club to a new founded organization with funding is something that doesn't occur very easily because of existing agencies. X We need to figure out a way within this partnership to not only create a network whereby these things...these issues can come to a head and people can speak to them, but also an -opportunity for those organizations to somehow have a survival clause in there somewhere, that they may be pushed forward to the point of developing and starting new agencies. And at this time in our history, especially here in.Michigan, we need that type of pioneer spirit more than ever! And I don't see this being... 35 �Blews: Reactions to that. Jan? Gallagher; I'd like to talk for a minute about some national and state trends that, I think, are going to affect the development of government/business/nonprofit partnerships over the next 10 years. Its not, I think, going to be news to anybody in this room, but I think it might be helpful to remind us all. The President's budget proposal, factored out over the next 5 years, is projecting declines in federal spending for for education and training, for social services transportation, for community and regional development. The only thing that's projected to grow in the President's budget is medical care, federal spending for medical care. The most recent, valid data on what's happening at the state level comes from a mid-December survey by the National Conference of State Legislatures. At that point, 30 states were receiving less revenue than they needed to balance their budget. More Jthan half the states were reporting expenditures for entitlement programs or education or both at a higher rate than budgeted. There were very few state reserves left because most of the states had spent them in 1991. There is an increased demand for social services, and a lot of states are cutting aid to local government as one way of balancing their budgets. Its a terrible picture. But it also is going to force substantial changes in how we deliver services, and its going to force changes in the partnerships. There's not going to be federal money. There's not going to be state money. It looks like there's not going to be local money in the short run. Someone is going to have to pick up the slack, and only nonprofit organizations are left. And that's going to, I think, force nonprofits to do exactly the things that Mr. Cantrell, I think, if I got the name from this.. .that's right. . .was just talking about and that is find new approaches to deliveries of services, to decategorize existing programs, to look at innovative, creative, community-based solutions to problems. Blews: Councilman Benavides, from a local government standpoint, what's your reaction? Are you seeing the same trend occurring there? And how do you see the partnership shaping up? Benavides Well, first of all I think that we have a tremendous job in trying to educate government as to what our actually nonprofit organizations are. I see the...there is various types of nonprofit. In terms of services, those that provide the traditional services that are commonly known to everyone, and then there is the others that are non-traditional where we take the people as we are. The problems, I think, that we have sometimes when we try to get grants and things of that kind, the first word that comes up is "duplication." You're duplicating with so-and-so. You're duplicating with this other person. And what. . .what they need to know, they need to 36 �get educated as to exactly what it is that that agency does and why. And so that. . .it seems to me like this type of forum has a tremendous job, along with us, to try to educate that particular sector. I just wanted to say a little bit about the United Way politics in terms of opening it up to everyone, I've been an agency director for 22 years in Lansing and I have seen many people come and go. And I know that at one time we had like maybe no more than 10 or 15 agencies. Today we got like 100. That's fine. The more, the merrier. I think competition is good. I used to be a grocery clerk and they used to tell me that the best thing to do is to have someone across the street that would give you competition. But, you know, one of the things that the designations, I don't know that he mentioned it, the agency designation where you designate who do you want that particular donation to go to. I have been quite concerned about that. I got my numbers from the local United Way and they were increased a little bit ^rom the last time. But I think, you know, that deep in the living rooms or bedrooms or wherever these people are making those decisions, there seem to be a tendency, if they don't know anything about your agency, they don't know anything about what you do, or they...they seem to designate that and I can see a lot of these designations going to a block type of agencies in this community. And I think that if, in fact, we're gonna look at all of those as agency designations should be one. Let me say that government, I think, that its always has a tendency, and being an elected official for 10 years in the City of Lansing, I 'm an advocate of human services. I work for one and I truly believe that this is where we gotta go. But I think, you know, we have the tendency to leave the human services, to leave our drugs and crime and health services to the United Way, to the foundations, to "let George do it" type of attitude. I have always advocated that we need to be responsible, that the city government, county government, and state government needs to be responsible and we need to set aside, just like we set aside for everything else, we need to set aside dollars that are gonna go to nonprofit organizations that are providing the services to this community. I have to believe that if we can educate 'em and we can get 'em jobs and we can get 'em the help they need, the whole economic and social quality of life in our community will change. Blews: Dr. Mawby. Mawby: Well, I find it useful from time to time to remind myself of sort of a fundamental interrelationship or interdependence of these three sectors. That, in fact, the governmental and the nonprofit sectors are fully dependent for their resources upon the vitality, the success if you please, of the other sector - business. And its only as business is successful that government can generate its resources. Its only as business 37 �is successful that employees then have the where-with-all — 85 per cent or so of giving is by individuals. Its not by corporations and its not by foundations, its by individuals. And so the vitality, the success of all of society depends upon that generating force. I was...And so public policy then in effect decides how those resources are going to be mobilized to serve the public good. We tax to do certain things. And in those decisions, we can provide incentives or disincentives for voluntary giving. And so as an individual then, part of my contribution to society at large is through the taxes I pay and part of it through the charity, the giving sector. I was intrigued earlier when we had our flash cards, how often the word "community" came up. And I've been in my public remarks been talking about the 1990's as the decade of the community, because it seems to me for several decades we've been shifting responsibility to higher and higher levels, to Lansing and then to Washington, saying that the _federal government or the state government ought to do these things. I think society in this period now is becoming somewhat disenchanted. We've poured massive resources into governmental efforts and I think there's been some degree of frustration and dissatisfaction with the consequences. And increasingly I hear Washington saying about, "That's the state's responsibility," and Lansing saying, "That's really, you know, the county, the city, the community's responsibility." Now there's going to be a very awkward transition here in public policy of reallocating the resources to do the job. But if that's the direction that American society is really moving, then I subscribe fully to that because I think at the community level we're able to respond most effectively to community needs. Then we've got an awkward period of transition where responsibility is being shifted, the resources have not yet been reallocated, but I think it represents, again, that interrelationship of these 3 components of the larger picture. Blews; Mr. Hoffecker. Hoffecker: I. think that's an excellent point. The nonprofit sector can do something that government and business can't do and that's, in my opinion, react quickly to changing social needs. One of my frustrations in government with one of the other hats that I wear in the office is that we're always reacting to something after the problem and the harm has occurred in ...that's in my efforts in the Consumer Protection area. Very seldom are we fortunate enough to get people with enough knowledge so they avoid the problem. The problem happens. They come to government. Nonprofits are...can have the chance to be proactive. Look ahead. Sense what's going on and then try to deal with it. Government and business can try to facilitate that by allowing access to the workplace and payroll deduction to fund programs, to guard against fraud in 38 �going out and soliciting money and making information available to potential donors. But, really, the...especially in the current era, it strikes me that the most dynamic of the 3 dynamic forces we're talking about is the nonprofit area. Aaron's work, the emphasis on getting people involved because money. , .there's less money so you need. . .you can.. .you can solve some of the money shortages with people power.. .the social energy that I mentioned earlier, that our nation with its cultural and racial and ethnic diversity, we just have all this stuff going for us if we can somehow channel it into doing public good that so many of us held up when we went around with our word game. Blews: Mrs. Upjohn, you're both a business person, a business leader, and a community leader. What do you think about this? Upjohn: Well, I support what you say very strongly because I think that the nonprofit sector is the only game in town that can take risks. We need new kinds of solutions for some of these problems. We need more collaborative efforts where agencies come together. Each of them may be doing what they do best, and working together to bring social energy to the problems that beset us. And for government its too ponderous and for the business community it is really not their function. But that's where our power and our ability to set the agenda comes, I feel. Blews: We then do go to the question of who pays. And earlier in the discussion there was a reference made to the fact that the primary — the first responsibility of the business community is to its employees and to their benefits and compensation. And then, of course, there's the issue of shareholders in large corporations. Mr. Roehrig, you represent a part of the labor community. From your perspective, how should business balance its obligation to its employees and does it have an obligation to the broader community through the nonprofit sector in the use of its resources? Roehrig; You've probably stuck upon the essence of a discussion I assume we're going to have later on, it was mentioned earlier, donor option and that entire...that...that phraseology that seems to apply and have every nonprofit that goes into the workplace and attempts to "solicit funding". That is one of the major difficulties now on whether or not its appropriate for everyone to be treated the same in their efforts. Is there a special partnership for certain individuals, whether they be groups of agencies or attractive agencies, that seem to have the public concern at the present time such as funding for AIDS, etc., to be specific? Do the employers, therefore, have a responsibility to allow everyone the same opportunity to solicit those funds? Or is there a mechanism internally where the donors, the individuals, the labor force that I 39 �represent, is there another way that they should be involved, they being the employees, to determine which agencies are going to "stand outside the plant gate with a tin cup1*? And that takes us, if I could take us into that, that's the essence of business and labor and nonprofit having a coalition many years ago to limit the number of solicitations. That was the reason for putting together federations that would come in and make one presentation at one time of the year. That's our concern now as labor leaders in that we know our members and our employees that we represent are good, community-based, hard working individuals; but their budgets are stressed just like every corporation and every business. Their difficulty with buying bread and supplies and paying tuition and paying for things for their children and their families is just as difficult as corporate Michigan or corporate America to balance its budget. So when they're given the option to contribute, if they' re beset upon by too many requests for Donations, the tendency is to turn the set off and not listen any more at all and don't contribute period. And that's ...that's the complaint we're getting in our...as labor individuals, that there is an increase in the number of solicitations — both through direct contact and in the workplace. And that creates a whole new set of problems for us in our partnership with business and industry here in Michigan. Blews: Reactions to that from the nonprofit sector. Anderson: I want to make a quick response, because I think it probably raises one question that all of us ought to think about. Knowing our options when you talk about that in the United Way, for example, isn't really just a donor convenience. Because if you feel strongly enough about the Detroit Urban League or the Urban League, and we've had discussions nationally, you could write a check directly to me and it will be tax deductible and I don't need a third party to field that money to me. So if you're talking about donor options, you may really be talking about donor conveniences and I think he's right, that you really just open up a Pandora's box and have people inundated, because a lot of us get mail all the time directly from people soliciting funds and then I see the United Way, for example, and others who put out money as people who really have taken some time to study what the issues are and try to prioritize funding those needs in a community, and not just letting it run all over the place. So I would think that somehow or another, if you have all of a sudden 300 entities seeking money in this corporation, you really are talking about donor conveniences as opposed to donor options. Blews: Mrs. Miller. 40 Mr. Anderson? �Miller: I'd like to build on some things that everybody has said here because I think when we're talking about donor options or donor conveniences, we're talking. . .we're really talking about a problem that I think we have across the board in terms of looking at what Mrs. Upjohn said about collaboration, what Jan said about creativity, what Mr. Mawby said about community, I think we've got to look at cooperation, we've got to look at communication, we've got to look at coordination, and they can't be just nice little concepts that we sit here and talk about on the table. I mean, we've got to go out and actively pursue those relations and develop that communication so that there isn't the inundation with donations, that there isn't the duplication of services that someone mentioned.. .mentioned here. I think that we've got to move...move forward because in a time of limited resources, whether its limited resources from the public sector or limited resources from the private sector, we're talking about money. But there's also _information, there are also people. And I think we have to begin to work together and I take this... I give you an example in the public sector in what I do in the Ombudsman's Office. I came in at the beginning of last year, and I won't give you the whole long story. But in essence, what happened in our office, we had to reprioritize, we had to refocus, we had to down-size, and as a result of what we have done, we found a new direction, a new purpose and a better service. And I think this is what this time of limited resources is all about in terms of both government, in terms of the nonprofits and in terms of the business community. And alone we can't do it, but together we have to come and do it and get it done. And I think we're being forced to do it, because its the only way we have to go now. The money's not there. Blews: Mr. Epolito. Epolito: Yeah, just very briefly, I think we've talked about a partnership that does not exist. I think we're taking steps. This is a fragmented conversation. However, this is the first steps in trying to bring that together. I think that the one thing that a partnership can do, and certainly the United Way has proven this, is to set some priorities. On my desk in my office sits about, I don't know, $15,000 or $20,000 worth of requests for funding. We set up a Corporate Giving Committee and as to where we're going to allocate our resources. At the same time, our employees are inundated with requests and I have everything from a $500 tuxedo affair evening for the Humane Society to save dogs and cats, and I'm not criticizing that because its a major priority for some people, but we have people starving. We have homeless in the streets. We, as a corporation, we, as individuals, have got to set some priorities as to what's important to us in this society. So I think this whole issue of what can the partnership do, if a partnership is created, I think the partnership could give 41 �some leadership to setting some priorities and really get to some of the bottom line issues and give some of the focus that we're lacking. Blews: Good. And that's certainly is a function of this Forum today as you note yourself. Mr. Yamanishi. Yamanishi; A comment was made about down-sizing. From the nonprofits' perspective, there have never been adequate resources, probably never will be, for all of the needs that we see. There is...the problem that we...the way in which to address problems, at least from my perspective, is not necessarily to look at where the resources are but what kind of freedoms do we have to address those resources, to address the problems that are out there, and I don't see that. . .because of this dynamic where we've at one time been closely associated with government funds, and so then you get regulated to such a jiegree, or if you start to, well, lobbying being one of those issues where you start to advocate for a certain...for certain perspectives, kind of choices that society ought to be making, we get.. .there was a lot.. .there is a period in which that was heavily prohibited from nonprofits from trying to advocate. It seems to me that in order for nonprofits to be the dynamic that I think that we have created a third sector in this country, we have to be given some opportunity. If there aren't going to be enough resources, we ought to be given the opportunity at least to think freely and to...and to feel ...and to define the problems and the issues out there. But, unfortunately, what's happening is that we are being driven and we are not driving. We are being told by the business sector or by the government sector how we should form. I mean, if you narrowed the opportunities for addressing raising money, then you are narrowing the kind of opportunities possibly that nonprofits can have to address issues as well. So to me there needs to be the relationship between government and business as one in which we need to provide more opportunity and more freedom if its not going to be possible to provide the resources to go with. We have to be given an opportunity to express ourselves and we haven't been able to do that. Blews: Dr. Clark, you bring a health discussion. Clark: And I want to build on what was just said, because certainly for the health care industry, and hospitals in particular, in Michigan and the United States, this involvement between a not-for-profit hospital and the governmental agencies that both regulate and increasingly reimburse has been an uneasy situation with tensions on both sides; and it certainly is not getting any better. If you put a little historical perspective on it, the relationship was between hospitals and 42 care perspective to the �government, with business a distance away. That is changing as well so that the triumvirate, as we are talking about it here, is not becoming increasingly interrelated. And from the hospitals' perspective, we function as nonprofit. At the same time the government regulation is so extreme that the very flexibility that we've all been talking about in meeting the needs of the local community is increasingly removed from the hospitals to be able to do that. At the same time, with the shrinking reimbursement, both from the public sector and from business, you have an increased constraint on what the abilities are for any individual institution to meet those needs — even at the best of times. I'd like to be able to take the suggest ion that was made by Judy Mi 1 ler that this Forum, and by Aaron, that this was exactly the time at which we should be most inventive. But I don't think I have a tremendous amount of sense that that is going to occur in health care as health care has come to be in the United States jtoday. If you consider, in Michigan, that besides being nonprofit with all the things that that means, that in addition to that there is over $400 million of care in charity care that's given every year — over $1 million a day — and that doesn't even count what's not being reimbursed by the mandated federal and state programs. You are talking about a situation where the squeeze is coming from both sides, and the ability to respond to that in inventive and new ways is shrinking as well because of governmental constraints and regulations. Blews: Ms. Work. Work: I'd just like to say that it appears as though the nonprofits have been given the mandate to take care of crucial problems that are growing and that are not getting smaller, and that it is truly a mandate without money. Now I understand, and we have been hearing at New Detroit, that we must coordinate, we must have collaborative efforts. I agree with that and I think the nonprofits have to coordinate and collaborate to the best of their ability. Then we hear no duplication of services. Perhaps there should be some duplication in order to cover all the problems, and I don't mean duplication that is a bad thing, but how much do we come together and collaborate and coordinate to the extent that we not fulfilling our mandate and handling all of those problems out there? Some duplication might be a good thing in order to handle all of problems. It is a very tough mandate and I agree with Herb, once again, we must be able to advocate, perhaps, in order to get some more money, in order to handle these problems that are growing, rather than going away. And I know here we're talking about what exists now, but perhaps we have to work also to try and change what exists, at least as funding from the public sector, in order to handle everything appropriately. Right now we're pitting human 43 �services and human needs against the arts. We're going to be pitting more things against each other, I think, unless we take a really good look at policy issues. Blews: Mr. Bianco. Bianco: The subject is coordination between the 3 sectors. where we are? Blews: The subject is wherever we take it. Bianco: Before I mentioned that I did not think that during the Reagan years or now even during the Bush years the federal government is doing what it can to encourage activity in the, nonprofit sector. When we heard the rhetoric in the early '80's that the private sector must do more, individuals must do more, we were reminded by Russ that the giving is largely by ^individuals. But yet during the Reagan Administration and the tax reform as all of us in this room know, the whole itemized deduction was taken away essentially for about 75 per cent of tax filers. As far as I know, about 25 per cent of the people itemize, somebody might back me up on that number. And so we took the federal incentive to give. We took the policy that said, "Its good to give. This is what we want to encourage you to do it." Government is not going to stick its fingers in the management of it, but we want to have the third sector involved in this. So during the Reagan years, that was taken away. To me, that was a complete inconsistency in the policy of you want to encourage private sector support, and then on the other hand you chop off their hand in terms of their financial where-with-all. So I never did understand that even though I'm a Republican and I voted twice for Reagan, I still don't understand it. And I voted for Bush, too. And I'm frustrated. Anyhow, you'd think I'd learn. And I voted for some other Republicans in this state, too. Now, at the state level, again I think we're doing the same thing. When we look at our state tax policy, its a complete hodge podge as all of us know, in terms of any kind of deductions for charitable gifts. We say that if you give $400 as an individual or as a couple, you can deduct $200. But its only $200 if you give to public broadcasting or education or an art organization attached to a municipality that has support of the arts, whatever that is. It is a crazy pattern. We say its all right for a corporation to take a $5,000 deduction for public -broadcasting contributions or $5,000 to a community foundation. But if you give to a hospital or if you give to an art museum and you're a corporation, you can't take that $5,000 deduction. So to our legislative associates who are here today, there was a lot of rhetoric last year in the Legislature, but nobody every took a hold of this crazy-quilt pattern. That's point number 1. Point number 2 on this is, if there's going to be cooperation and if there is going to be 44 Is that �less governmental support in the '90's, then we need some more help from the state government. Why shouldn't that deduction be raised to $500 or $1,000? Something that is truly meaningful or begins to be meaningful. And then even having done that, that's still not going to solve all the problems that Jane just talked about in the health care. We know that. But it could help a broad range of organizations. So those are some of the kinds of things that both from a moral persuasion point of view as well as a tax point of view, both our state government and federal government could retrace their steps and send the message out to this country that the third sector is important to our democracy and to solving the issues. And no substantive action is happening at the federal level or the state level. There's a lot of rhetoric. There's a lot of discussion. But nobody's got a single piece of legislation to correct those two problems, and I don't understand that. Blews: Representative Bandstra. Bandstra; Yeah, I think you're right, that we do have a hodge podge approach at the state level. I'm sure you're aware that we do have a limited tax credit in place for community foundations and part of the bill that reinvigorated that tax credit specified that we want to do a study of the way other states structure their tax incentives for charitable giving, so we recognize the problem here in Lansing. I'm not saying that we're definitely going to solve it in a fashion that will please everybody in the room, but its certainly something we ought to look at at the state level, so I would agree with you. Kosteva: I go back to Joe's point that you raised much, much earlier and that is answering the question of who delivers the results the best. If we would choose, if government makes the conscious decision to, let's say, broaden the deductibility of certain contributions, clearly that tax expenditure will cost the state government, and we will be making the conscious decision that Jan has talked about in terms of the extended pressure that state government is facing. Lois mentioned about the fact that we're pitting social services versus the arts at the present time. So if we make the conscious decision to expand the deductions and the expenditures that that can go for that will reduce the state dollars that will, therefore, go to social services so we, therefore, will be making the conscious decision that government has decided that somebody else, the nonprofit sector, will deliver these results better than the centralized state or federal government will. So I'm not certain if our society. . .our collective society of whom Rick and I and others are reflective of that as their representatives...have made that decision. I think that...I think that they're pushing us in 45 �that decision. They're pushing us toward the direction that they don't think state government is...is delivering the results very good for some of the reasons that Russ Mawby talked about, what they're telling us with their tax message that they don't want to see state government spending more money or have more money available to spend for that and so maybe they're pushing us in that direction. Its just a matter of the evolutionary process for the leaders to tax to catch up with their electors. Blews: Senator Sederburg, as a former legislator, what counsel would you offer to this...this gauntlet that has been laid down for the current Legislature? Sederburg: Well, I think we're in the midst of a rewriting of the social contract in the state of Michigan. Michigan has a history and a tradition similar to Wisconsin and Minnesota of a public that wanted public services valued, a good public infrastructure, liked high quality educational institutions, liked to fund the arts, etc. But I think we may be in the midst of a change of attitude and we may be moving more to an Indiana - Ohio type of environment in which the public says we're going to rely on the individual to make decisions and to succeed individually and we're not going to look to government to provide services, and I think that the public may be moving away from the leadership of the state. And the people around the panel and all of us probably on the bottom line feel that the government really has a role to play in providing leadership and providing some high level governmental services that we can be proud of. Joe' s point in Europe, you go to Europe and people are proud of the infrastructure of the public buildings and the public transportation systems and the public image is there. I ran into a friend of mine from Minneapolis the other day and we were talking about high taxes in Minnesota, and he said, "Yeah, we have high taxes in Minnesota but we' re proud of the park system and the road system and the infrastructure that we have." I'm afraid that's changing in Michigan and the message that Jim Kosteva and Rick Bandstra and others are getting from their public is that they're facing economic pressures and we don't care about public services as we're having such a difficult time making it in our own family situation. And that's very frustrating and I chuckle and mention a big pitch for tax credits, you know, a lot of people believe these are tax expenditures. That it is really just another way of the state giving direct aid to the institutions, and its just going to drive the state budget further into debt and accelerate this social rewriting of the social contract. So I'm afraid that its going to be a tough time ahead until the public really resolves in their own minds the level of public services that they really want out of the state government. I think the federal level has done a tremendous disservice to us in Michigan in that the public 46 �has gotten used to having their cake and eating it, too, and just it on the credit card for the national debt. And so in the same paper you can read about Congress passing a tax reduction bill and at the same time talking about passing mandatory health care insurance for everybody and it'll just drive the national deficit further and higher and higher. Well, we don't have that liberty at the state level, but the public thinks we do. So the public is going to write to Jim Kosteva and say, "Gee, we want money for the arts and we want a tax cut next week, too, while you're at it." And they'll be totally inconsistent to them because that's exactly what their Congressmen are telling them that they're going to deliver in the next election. They're going to give them national health care insurance and they're going to cut their taxes. So why can't we at the state level give money for the arts and cut our taxes? Sounds reasonable to me and I'm going to write a letter to the legislators. Blews: We'll provide the legislators' addresses to you. Sederburg: Very good. Blews: Shifting to a national perspective, Ms. Gallagher. Gallagher: Well, first let me assure you that Michigan is not alone in having a confused approach to incentives, for charitable giving. I commend to all of you Virginia's sales tax exemption system which is one of the most complicated I have ever seen. But I'm disturbed by what I'm seeing around the country as I monitor tax challenges to nonprofits. And what I'm seeing goes back to what we were discussing in the first part of the session which is a fundamental lack of identity within the nonprofit sector. Blews: And now we're talking about tax challenges not tax incentives, an important bridge in the conversation here. Gallagher: Well, let me bridge it a little better then. I mean a property tax exemption is an incentive. It's not an incentive to charitable giving but its an incentive to the charitable organization to carry out its purposes; similarly a sales tax exemption I would put generally within that framework. Blews: Good. Gallagher: Two weeks ago, I'm told, the tax assessor's office for Lincoln, Nebraska, was out with tape measures measuring the square footage of every day care center in every church basement in Lincoln. The tax assessor was quoted in the newspaper as saying, "Child care is not charitable unless its free. Further, child care is not a religious purpose." Therefore, he apparently proposes to require all churches in I've waited for a long time to do that. 47 �Lincoln to pay a proportional share of the property tax on that portion of the building that's devoted to child care. The Lincoln newspaper, I'm further told, wrote an editorial commending this fellow for his innovative and creative approach to solving Lincoln's revenue problems. I don't understand this, except to say that people apparently don't — aren't seeing the value in child care, the importance of child care, the need for quality child care to preserve family structures. We haven't talked yet about your fourth sector, which I see as the family. The Alabama Legislature — House of Delegates — I'm told, 2 weeks ago repealed... voted to repeal all its charitable sales tax exemptions as part of a restructuring, taking away what they viewed as unfair tax benefits. I believe that's going to be corrected in the Alabama Senate, but I'm seeing the need for state revenue driving, and for local revenue, driving some decisions that I think are terribly unfortunate for the future of nonprofit jDrganizations. I'm seeing organizations forced to spend substantial amounts of money to defend existing tax exemptions, and I'm concerned about it. I'm also seeing on the government/business/private partnership area a fundamental exclusion of service delivery agencies from some of the dialogue that's going on. I'm told there was a conference at Wing Spread maybe a month or 6 weeks ago, I'm not sure, at which government, including the Governor's Council of State Policy Advisors and business leaders and foundation executives, sat down and talked about how to restructure delivery systems. I'm told that deliverers of social services were notable absent from that discussion. Another group that I work with is trying an experiment in Virginia to renegotiate the delivery system and when they went to talk to their state funders, they were told basically, "Go away. You do what we tell you. We don't want to hear what you think." I'm not sure how to correct these identity problems. But I think that if we don't address them pretty quickly, we're going to have some serious problems over the next 10 years. Blews: Do we see those same kinds of identity problems producing similar challenges in Michigan? Father Cunningham? Cunningham: Oh sure, but the not-for-profit organizations, the complete spectrum of even to the point of antithesis...and I remember when Focus Hope started, one of the things that bothered me tremendously was people calling us an agency. Because by definition, an agency is something that does what other people tell them to do. They act out of a contract to do something. You see us, by nature, develop guidelines for those that get their money and, therefore, they are U.C.S. agencies. That relationship, while very important maybe to certain objectives, is the death knell of the not-for-profit, highly voluntary, and what I should think of as the...those of you who like Lake St. Clair and Jefferson Avenue, .all know about 48 �the fish fly. He comes in there and gets under your car tires and we crunch up several million billion of them every year. I always used to think, "That's a good idea for not-for-profit organizations. They guide themselves as fish flies. They come get something done then get out of business." And then good people like Dr. Mawby come along and say, "Hey, wait a minute. We'd like to help you, but how long are you going to be around? We're looking for some consistency." Right, Russ? And we're looking... Mawby: Cunningham: Positively. So you need some institutional stuff. And there's a struggle within an organization, both to be institutional and to be free. And let me tell you, that's a stiff one. That's where that small group of not-for-profits that are not agencies. And for that group now comes the responsibility to take this _business community over here and this government community on the other side, who obviously have failed to do something or there wouldn't be a purpose for the not-for-profit, and then you go and say, "Its their fault, business, and its their fault, government, that they don't know how important we are to their destiny." Well that's a crock. Its the responsibility of the not-for-profit organization to make partnerships with government and with business and to draw them along and to make some very important assumptions. The business community has an ethic. Now they're crooks. There are also crooks in the not-for-profit. But they have an ethic, and that ethic ought to be honored and respected, but its an ethic, a kind of fence around their business practices out of which they hope to become really rich and take care of themselves. And that's acknowledged. There's nothing wrong with that. And government, Eugene McCarthy made a good case and its government's business is to maintain the morays, not to establish morality, not to grab ideals. And after Thomas Jefferson and all that stuff God laid to rest, the purpose of government was to maintain the institution. The purpose of the not-for-profit organization is to reach for the stars. To reach for the moral possible in our time and then to integrate that with the morays lifting them up inch by inch and with the business community making them a little better, too, for the common good. Now comes this not-for-profit organization, wimping and whining, "By God, this is hard work. " Well of course it is. That's what you chose to set that at the helm. And you stand up to yourself and if you're the captain of the ship, you shouldn' t receive any pay. "Why shouldn' t you receive any pay as the captain?" (This will make me very popular.) "Why should not the captain of the ship receive any pay?" Because he is inviting in all these volunteers. Come follow me. And if he gets 75 grand a year, how can he ask all these volunteers to come in and do for nothing what he' s managing for a pretty handsome salary. We got a lot of stuff 49 �here we've got to look at. And, finally, on a very positive side, because I think we're in for some real great surprises and while, Jane, you make some good projections there, I'll bet you didn't even project what was going to happen in Europe a year and a half ago either see. So that's nice. General Motors has 5-year plans. Now, let's talk about projections. You know we have an aging population in this country that's pretty healthy, pretty healthy. And instead of those poor folks sitting down there in their condo around the swimming pool discussing in Florida, or Boca Raton to be specific, the latest and the most effective laxatives. Why, and I got this out of Dr. Frieden's paper, a nice, nice point, about educating our people on giving. When are we going to tell folks you've got to give back? When are we going to start telling them, you've had a nice life — time to give back? And to give back as a fine government representative. You don't have to go out from GM and now become a consultant and _make $500,000 a year. You've got enough to take care of you for a while. Come on, give back. I had a guy come in the other day and his wife finally said, convinced him last year, time to give back. I have a major doer. He's in at 7:30 every morning, setting the discipline for the entire organization because he's a good guy and wants to give back, and he figures at 65 he's got 10 years to give back. We have a tremendously developing population in this country of people who've been around the block a few times who are our greatest treasure. Come and give back! And we're sitting around here discussing laws and a lot of other stuff. Frankly, I think we've got to get busy as nonprofits and forgive our government people and our business people because that's why we're here. I have no criticism of government. I've told Joe for years he was voting in the wrong party. He never pays any attention. He comes here complaining today. My God. I've no government criticism and I have no criticism of business. Good Lord, they're on their backs. But I certainly think we've got, if there's a partnership, it has to be their respect for the nonprofits and getting out there and standing at the helm in the storm. Blews: You strike upon an issue that Dr. Payton points out in his paper that the voluntary tradition in this nation is, in fact, a tradition and, therefore, it must be passed on. That it is not... Cunningham: -...You bet!... Blews: ...simply enough to assume that it will exist, that it involves, as he says, the challenge to preserve and to practice and to understand, to study, to be faithful, to guard, and most importantly, to teach. And let's throw that issue open there. Are we teaching new generations that 50 �tradition, that value of volunteerism and nonprofit service? Mrs. Upjohn. Upjohn: May I speak to that a little bit? Blews: Please. Upjohn: You know, I...as I told you initially, I come from the volunteer community from station wagon driving, brownie baking, car pooling, bandage rolling, well baby clinic, you name it. And my kids were with me while I was doing that. They knew that I spent the time that while I wasn't with them and while they were safely in school, working in the community. Today, in so many families where its necessary for both parents to work, they may do volunteer service. They may have all kinds of board commitments and they may be involved, but their children don't know it. Their children have no idea _that they really are making a contribution or that, as they grow up, they need to give back. I think we have to have more youth United Ways. We have to have more involvement for children and young people that go beyond selling Girl Scout cookies but where children really understand what it means to have the joy of giving. I couldn't support Dr. Payton's paper more. I think that's a tremendously important aspect. Blews: We're really into the third stage of our discussion now. And this panel did not need to be lead there. We're talking about what do we do now for the future? Where do we go from here? How do we build on if its worthy of being built on, this tradition of the nonprofit sector, how do we create a partnership that may or may not be a very good partnership at this point or a very effective or as lively a partnership as it should be? How do we go from here to address these issues? What...What principles, what policies, what thoughts should guide us as we do that. And Dr. Sederburg, I can tell you're anxious to j ump in. Sederburg; I am because I just came from a state of the school speech last night at our local school and the pitch of the superintendent was the white paper and the ending value was a value on family and of community involvement. And I just throw out as a beginning point of all this, I think that we need to get a further discussion of values, both in the school system and in government and in business as well. I think we, perhaps, have gone through a period of time when values haven't been talked about very clearly and have been sort of shied away from. And I think that's a strength of the nonprofit sector and is going to be critical from the schools to everything to have a clarity of values. So and on our local school districts, they set it up so the kids have to put in community service time in middle school and in high school, 51 �and I think that's a neat, neat thing to do. And it goes back to the value system. Slews: Cantrell: Mr. Cantrell. Just like what Betty had said here about taking the kids around and letting them see first hand the value and teach that value. One of the big concerns right now in volunteerism is, who is passing on those particular values to the kids now that the parents are not there to do them? Are day care centers, in fact, passing those on? Are the school systems, in fact, passing it on? One of the big problems I see today, one of the hopes I see for the future, is the fact that the schools are getting on board and they are starting to make community service a part of the school experience, but not the educational experience. And that's...that's the problem that is out there right now. I know, in our community, kids are jgoing out and they're doing things and they're not able to come back and process what has happened. In their little mind, they're out there doing something and they are things happening that they don't quite understand and if you don't process that, it doesn't become a value. Experience in itself is not a value. The value has to be passed on. I call upon the school system to start to teach that value, but also to take part in that educational process, that as an individual, and adult individual or a child in this community, not only do you take from it, you give back to it. And what is the value of giving that back to? The whole idea of social insurance that started volunteerism in this country, the whole bond raising type of mentality is saying that, "There but by the grace of God go I." And, "I'm one paycheck away from being homeless." And the social insurance approach to that is to say, "I will go out and help those people because one day, when its my turn to receive help, someone will be there for me." And until we start to instill that value... Right now we're turning kids off. Okay? These kids are going out and getting these experiences and not being processed. And not only that but the agencies, sometimes, are having them do things that a 12-year-old can't do much let's have them vacuum. I'm sorry but there's not a lot of value that can be gotten out of that unless you explain to that kid what the overall agency purpose is and how vacuuming may be helping them meet that goal in some way. But that experience has to be related to the kids, and right now we're having them to do -community service and they're not learning from it and a lot of them are being turned off and I don't want it to be like the first speech I ever did when I got into this field was to a bunch of vets, and I said to them, "Volunteerism." Uhhhhhhhhh. Every time I said "Volunteerism". Urrrrrrrr. And after it was over, I went up to the guy and I said, "God, you know, what did I do wrong?" He said, "These are all World War II vets. They learned the concept of volunteerism as, "I 52 �need 3 volunteers — you, you and you — and they didn't come back." Okay? So I learned right away that in certain circles you use other words than volunteerism. Are we doing the same thing with our kids now? Is the question. Are we saying to them when they hear the word volunteerism out of adults because of their experience in 9th grade or Kindergarten, are they going to say, "Oh, no. Mr. Cantrell, don't come here with that." And that's what we need to take a look at. We need to process it. We need to start to institutionalize it. We need to pass on that value that now both working parents cannot pass on. And we need to start it in Kindergarten and take it all the way through the educational experience. Blews: Our audience... Cantrell: Please... Blews: _. ..is anxious to jump in with us. Bolhouse: Yes, please. Thank you. Susan Bolhouse. I'm on the Board of Education of Waverly Community Schools and also the Board of Directors of the Michigan Association of School Boards which is represented in your governing body. Urn, I was a little bit sorry to see that education, K-12, was not represented on this panel. And I was very pleased that Miss Gallagher repeatedly mentioned children and education. This point, up until 5 minutes ago I was getting quite frustrated because this element of children and education seemed to have been overlooked. I believe that all of your agencies, all of your organizations do represent children, that you do have them, you do work with them. Their good is at hand and in your hearts. But you send them to us, the schools, school boards and associations, to take care of. Jim Epolito is inherent in at the moment. But he said priorities. In continuing this discussion, I would like you to remember that children need to be a priority, that when it comes to setting money aside, robbing Peter to pay Paul, when you do take money away from one agency, somehow please try to keep in mind that the children, you've heard it before but it has never been truer than today with budget cuts, children are our future. And, yes, schools do need to teach volunteerism at home as part of the curriculum whether its a graduation requirement or not. As a School Board member, I feel that I pretty much cover all 3 sectors as Dr. Payton pointed out. But as a -fourth sector, yes, indeed, its family, but as a fourth sector, you can also take people such as myself who do work through an elective process — I'm elected, I'm government. Business, in essence, running a school district is business. And then, as a volunteer, because $20 a month for 30 hours a week of work doesn't really cut it. I mean, baby sitters, no thank you. But please I'm here to urge you, in finalizing this discussion, please do not take your eyes off the 53 �children. If you can't continue in building your Nonprofit Forum to include children in getting involvement and interest in business partnerships, please do. And as a representative of the Michigan Association of School Boards, I know that we have many, many school board members out there that we represent who would love to walk hand in hand with you on the local level and on the state level to bring these children, to educate them, to give them the jobs that they need and that you want to give them. Let us help you. Thank you. Blews Thank you. And be assured the Summit here is a representation of various leadership and, of course, one deals with the reality of scheduling, be assured that the Forum in its representation does have very, very thorough representation of the K-12 educational community, the community college level of education and the higher education level, both public and private. And your point is certainly well taken and we would want to offer the assurance that the children are not being forgotten and are recognized as one of the priorities when we deal with the nonprofit sector. Dr. Mawby? Mawby: I think, as we think of the future, Father Bill spoke eloquently to the potential of the seniors in society giving back. I think that's something we need to recognize and capitalize on and some exciting things are happening of that sort. The other end of the age spectrum is what we're talking about here and I think that's equally important. Part of its putting it into the academic world, for example, usually talks about 2 sectors. They talk about the for-profit business sector and they talk about the public, tax supported sector, and the rest is invisible. So to consciously put in to the sequence from pre-K-12 all the way through in Social Studies, in History, in Economics, and all aspects of life, this sector would be useful. But I think one of the most exciting opportunities, you know one of the realities of the contemporary society is that we have prolonged adolescence for most young people into their mid-20's. They have far more capacity and more motivation to be contributing, we as I guess do-gooders, say well, they're the beneficiaries of so many things. We give them so few opportunities to assume responsibility and to exercise responsibility. And one of the great ways. . . I 'm not sure I'd like compulsory volunteerism.. . •3979 Mawby; ...That's an oxymoron... . . .really, but required for graduation, I'm not sure about that one. But I am sure that young people, and it goes before the teenage years, are anxious to contribute, not always to be the beneficiaries; and that requires real creativity. One of the greatest challenges is to the school system itself, because usually they don't let the students participate and contribute. They're the recipients and the beneficiaries. So 54 �it requires creativity and the life in the community. Schools are an important part of that. But more hours are spent out of school than in school in the life of every kid, so that requires churches and all of the nonprofits, the community at large, to be more creative in involving young people. Blews; And we haven't said a great deal about the churches today. Sister Monica, would you like to help us with that very important part of the nonprofit sector? Kostielney: Well, I think there are a few things that have been mentioned that are fairly profound if we recognize the whole order of what is going on in society. I think the dramatic economic changes that are occurring, I think the shift in paradigms for how we reach consensus and I think the lack of a moral consensus in society is. . .those are all factors that bare upon the relationship and, indeed, the 3 entities. I' think from the -church's perspective, what I believe is lacking in society that I think churches can really provide a locus for and that is reflection before action. I think there are so many changes that are occurring that we need to understand and think through and question and push us a little bit on the edge. And what's needed for that is a profound reflection on the realities that are baring on our lives and I think that leads us, then, to question in new ways what is happening in these 3 sectors. I think what drives.. .what drives each of the...each of the sectors, for example, in government and the other sectors are kind of dominated by their own resources — by what can we do? I mean, government asked the question, "What can we do with our. . .with these resources?" I think business asks the same thing in terms of, "How do we move forward?" I mean, they're driven by technology, they're driven by scientific advancement, they're driven by their own mission. I think the question that the nonprofit and the churches can ask is, and they're the only ones that have the freedom to ask that is, "What ought we be doing?" Because virtually we've come to a point in society, we can do anything we want. I mean, my goodness, we can put a microbe on a gene of a sheep to produce milk for $7,000 a gallon or I mean its an absolutely, preposterous, what we can do in business and industry. But what ought we be doing? That's the question that's before the nonprofits. And what ought we be doing has to be answered only in a reflective mode. Because I think what that will do is take us out of this reductionist approach t.hat we have and we're all mired in, is that the only way you could have more is if I can have less. Now that. . .that... that doesn't always make sense. There are some values that if I give you a little more, I have a little more, too. I mean it is only in very certain, specific areas, and I think people in the arts, for example, really realize that; but I think that we're so limited and sometimes constrained by the parameters of only to give an answer, you know, be swift, sure 55 �and wrong, and not even have asked the right question, because we are constrained by, we have this much money, what are we going to do with it? Its not the right question. And that's where I think the nonprofit sector is really in response to a whole different world view. What ought we be doing, and why ought we be doing it? And if we turn to those areas of the fourth sector, the family, I think if we look at the environment where business has made significant profits from us, I mean, and who owns it and how do we share that, we come to some different understandings and we come to different models for collaboration. So I would hope that the church would continue to be the space, the place, for reflection that would help frame and fashion the debate and help move us to new answers and new awareness. Blews: We really are at the point of starting now to move toward the Board conclusion and I know that there are at least a couple _of people who have very compelling remarks that they're anxious to get onto the record. I think there was somebody from the audience who'd like to comment. Rosenbaum; Yes. My name is Ren£ Rosenbaum. I'm a Research Associate with the Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State University. And I have a question that I hope will touch on the relationship between cooperation between government, business and the nonprofit sector, and also I think will touch on the issue of public policy. The question is this: I've seen the role of nonprofit organizations as promoters of volunteerism and democracy. In direct contradiction, we've seen the role of nonprofit organizations, for the most part, as helping maintain national...a national safety net. It seems to me that seeing nonprofit organizations as promoters of volunteerism and coopera...and democracy implies less government and less business assistance and funding, while seeing nonprofit organizations as maintaining a national safety net requires more government and more business funding. If people from the panel could respond to that please. Blews: Quite a question. Cantre11: I don't know if this is the response. Former Governor George Romney has said in many instances that he has every confidence in the American people because there are more people than problems, and all we have to do is empower the people to deal with the problems. I think that when you take a look at human service agencies, you are looking at both of those aspects and we can't...we can't escape those. In one sense, and we are all aware in human services of the ebb and flow of monies, okay, and what happens and you see this typical process time and time again. When there's a lot of money there, the professionals rush in. We fill ourselves and all of our offices with professionals and then the money rushes out and Mr. Cantrell? 56 �we run out and get volunteers from schools like people like yourself, as student interns, and they fill those same offices. One of the things that happens, though, is...the people, the volunteer managers, will go about filling those offices. The administrators will run out and start screaming and hollering about the money that is not there any more. I think one of the things we're going to always need that. We're going to always need government and business monies and support to maintain that safety net, but at the same time we're maintaining a second safety net and that is that whole pioneer spirit. I know when I was in...in....in...grade school I said things like, "That good old American know-how, Yankee ingenuity." I never knew what it meant, but I was American and wow, I got this somehow and it gave me confidence to go out and do things because, wow, somehow because I happened to be born here, I have something special. Okay? I don't see that specialness there any more. Okay? In terms of jthe volunteers. In terms of administrators, I see them looking only in one direction, that is towards funding, and so goes the funding, so goes our operations and our agencies. And what we need to have is we need to have a marriage of those two and both of have to be seen as equally.. .equal partners in that whole relationship. Volunteers, except for the Board of Directors who are treated quite well with dinners and everything else, but your direct service volunteers are treated like third-class citizens often times. You need both of those. So in terms of that we'll never escape that, I think that its necessary, but we're maintaining 2 things here. We're maintaining that safety net for people who need it, we're also maintaining a volunteer spirit that if we every lose it in this country, everything will tumble right along with it. And we're not putting any emphasis on that volunteer spirit at all to the standpoint that we need to. I go up to Western and I talk to professors up there and I tell them, "It is impossible for any one to graduate from your university and not serve on a board or be a volunteer. It is impossible for anyone to be an educator or a social worker or a hospital administrator and not incorporate volunteers. And yet you dpn't teach the concept to them." When go out, they know how to manage people that are paid, but they have not idea how to manage that second element, and look at the agencies. Right now, for every paid person in an agency, there are at least 50, minimally 50, unpaid people. And yet we only take a look at how to manage those...that small percentage, instead of how to vastly empower and manage that other part. And I don't know if that touches on your question, but I needed to say that. Blews: Mr. Yamanishi. Yamanishi: Nonprofit organizations began with the concept of charity. Father Cunningham subscribes to the idea of giving without any 57 �compensation or expectation of compensation of any kind, giving of oneself or giving of money and never expecting anything to come back. We've evolved in this process now to where we are today. I don't know that we want to go back to that concept as nonprofit organizations because the problems are much too large and huge. But I think we 're at a crossroads where we need to just as nonprofits need to reconsider, "What is the proper role for nonprofits?*' And when we define that, we define what kind of organizations are nonprofits as well. You know, whether a public education system is considered a nonprofit, charitable organization or not, whether they get the same kind of tax incentives, whatever, as. . .as other nonprofit human service organizations. These are the kinds of issues we're going to be tussling with at this point. And I think that's where we are now. We're going to have to reconsider our role...proper role...in society and we shouldn't be driven by desires of politicians pr by business. We need to take the initiative and start to define our role for ourselves so that we can help improve the quality of life in America. Blews: Mr. Bianco. Bianco: First of all, responding to the question from the audience, it seems to me that the safety net provided by the nonprofit sector has its limits. It seems to me that when you begin to talk about whatever the number is these days, 35 million without any health care insurance, and you begin to talk about bridges collapsing and roads falling apart, its very hard for me to really see that no matter how creative we get or how many volunteers we get, its very hard for me to see issues like that being fully, fully addressed simply within the third sector without substantial financial resources. And I'm sure there are others around the room that can think of other issues like that where the safety net issue, in my opinion, cannot, in the short term — short term in this case being defined as the next 5 to 10 years as I see the short term — be provided by the...by the...by the third sector. So the issue then becomes, is it governmental resources or is it no resources? Is the problem simply going to be tolerated as it is tolerated, as you well know, in many other countries of this world, and some who do have economic resources. And I think that would be totally contradictory to the spirit we've talked about here today that's embodied, we hope, in the American conscience, of caring a whole lot about their neighbor and not wanting to see suffering and so forth. So...so clearly we've got those kind of issues that I don't think are going to be fully handled by the third sector. Now, 27 years ago, when my wife and I got married, we came back to Michigan and we went to a church retreat the first month we were back. And it turned out that the individual giving the retreat is now sitting down the table there. And our lives 58 �were never the same after we got through with Father Bill Cunningham's weekend retreat. And he's still on my case as you can see. But I'm not going to let him go. I think one of the challenges that the nonprofit also has is a credibility challenge, and its not just what Father Bill says about all of us working for free which may work for him — God takes care of him, you know — Kroger sort of takes care of us and God helps out sometimes. But I think one of the challenges that all of us have is the credibility of our third sector or nonprofit organizations. I' 11 never forget when I was considering leaving Dayton/Hudson Corporation and I talked to several people and I said, "Gee, should I really do this? Does this make sense to you?" Several people, basically business and professional people, said, "Oh, God, Joe. Don't go out to that Detroit Institute of Arts. Don't go to work in a nonprofit organization. You're going to lose all your management skills. You're going to get caught in the most _God-awful politics and nonproductive activity that you've ever seen in your life. Just stay away. Don't do it." I would assert that if you talked to most business executives, and although Peter Drucker's certainly helping us all out a great deal these days in his nice artic les, but I suspect if you talked to most business executives, they would assume that people who work in nonprofit organizations may have great spiritual qualities, may have great caring qualities, but I suspect at least their mind set would be that most of us are not very good managers. So I think the credibility issue for us is how do we forcefully demonstrate financial integrity, management strength, as third sector people, to get the respect of people like Representative Bandstra and Representative Kosteva and other people who, even in the governmental sector, will have that question and that accountability. So I think we've got a lot of work to do there to demonstrate our management competence and our financial capabilities and I don't mean fund raising, I mean accountability. Never losing sight, of course, of what Father Cunningham and Sister Monica and others have said, that we, in the process of doing that have a balance in our organizations so we never lose sight of the caring mission and the soaring to the stars, as Father Bill said. But as we soar to the stars, we should have our audit in our pocket and we should have a good, tight organization. Blews: With that, Dr. Payton, you helped to start this whole discussion. Can you help us to come to a conclusion? Payton: Well, I'm a. . .any of you ever heard of Meyer's break personality type indicators, I'm an ENPP and I don't like to come to closure on these things. I don't believe in closure on open-ended, problematic questions of the kind we're talking about. In fact, I think its a real mistake to think that there's an answer to the question. . .questions we've been 59 �trying to talk over. I said in the paper, and listening to all of you this morning, I'm persuaded that to restate what I said in the paper, mission is the key. But my understanding of that has been expanded and, I think, enlightened by some of the things that I've heard here. As you recall, my opening remarks I mentioned what somebody called the "U.S.S.Were" — Russia — the society facing problems that, I think, make our's appear to be...make our concerns appear to be self-indulgent. Very, very grave problems. Bill Sederburg captured, in a sense, what...what I think they face and that I think we face when we start with the notion of mission and we think about mission in the larger sense. When he used the phrase, rewriting the social contract, that kind of language is being used more widely all the time these days. _I tried to think about, as I heard that, the efforts to rewrite the social contract. It has taken place in my lifetime. Two of them are symbolized in the most familiar way by political figures, the first being Franklin Roosevelt and the second being Ronald Reagan. Alternative views, if you will, of the social contract. But there have been other periods, and one that particularly relates to what we're talking about here is the nonprofit sector. A hundred years ago, give or take a few decades, modern American philanthropy emerged in its present, general, third sector shape. There were things like charity organization societies founded, beginning to be founded, shortly after the Civil War. That same period where we first saw the emergency of great philanthropists of the kind of George Peabody and later Carnegie and Rockefeller. It was at the period when Jane Adams founded Hull House, which is the best known symbol of the whole neighborhood settlement movement. It was the same period when the genius created the first model of...models of the United Way, one a Jewish federation in Boston and another the effort which failed at the time in Denver. A period when Rockefeller and Carnegie, faced with the really terrible frustration of trying to use their wealth responsibly, found that they didn't have the instruments to do that. And Mr. Rockefeller set some of his associates to work at the task that lead to the creation of the model, an American invention, the model of the philanthropic, general purpose philanthropic grand-making foundation of which the Kellogg Foundation is one of the largest and best known. By the way, I have to... I have to do this for John D. Rockefeller, who is known as such an austere person. His advisors came back and they told him about creating this foundation that would exist in perpetuity and Mr. Rockefeller is supposed to have said, "Perpetuity is a very long time." 60 �If we look at the period, say from 1870 to 1930 the latter period showing the emergence of the community foundation and a variety of other things, we look at a period when people like us were extraordinarily innovative, creative, risktaking, bold, imaginative, all those good wonderful things that we admire when we see it. And the challenge to us, it seems to me, if we are talking about rewriting the social contract, rethinking this, and if mission is the key, it means we really should think through what this fundamental mission is. And we can't just think about the third sector. We have to do it in the context of all 3. If we're an American democracy anything remotely like the one that we've all known and loved, then we will continue to be a 3 sector society. So we've got to call business to task in examining its place in this 3 sector society as well as government, as well as the sector that we've been trying to focus on here today. We have an opportunity, I think, in this process/ to be as creative and important and honorable to our mission, passing on this tradition that we've inherited — an opportunity of exceptional importance. The next 20 years, I am told, will see the largest transfer of wealth from one generation to another, not only in the history of this country but probably in the history of the world. Estimated numbers don't sound authentic in the mouth of a humanist like myself, estimates ranging from $3 to $7 trillion dollars. So although we've got lots of economic problems, don't you believe that we are not a wealthy society, that there isn't money to do things. That's not our problem. But it is a very serious question of what those resources will be used for and I think that's part of what will come out of our participation in this rewriting of the social contract. Blews: In that spirit, not of closure but and not of an ending but of really of a beginning, I'd like to suggest that the panel take a vote here, and since there are several Legislators here, this seems an appropriate thing to do, how many of you would be in favor of continuing this kind of summit and this kind of dialogue into the future? All in favor say "Aye.M All: "Aye " Blews: Opposed? I think that speaks rather emphatically to our commitment today to really a new beginning and a new partnership. We do, on behalf of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum, want to express a very, very special thank you to each of the panelists, each of you leaders from business, from government, from the nonprofit sector, for the very, very thoughtful contributions that you have made to the dialogue here. We talked about partnerships, and it simply should be 61 �noted here that a commitment to partnership is reflected in the presence by each of these individuals here today. They could have been many other places. There were many other demands on their calendars. They made a personal commitment. In a sense, they and their organizations made a fiscal commitment by committing the resource, the value of their time, to be here with us. And so we do want to thank each of you for your commitment to this beginning partnership. We hope that those of you who have listened in and looked in have found this to be a stimulating discussion, have found it to be a thoughtful discussion, and we hope that in your organizations and in your activities around this state and throughout our society, that this will also lead you to new challenges and to new opportunities for partnership. Thank you. Lewis: Maryellen? _Now I have the camera. So I'd like to also thank all of you. I think that it was an extraordinary conversation hearing from the Michigan Nonprofit Forum, you have certainly laid down and agenda for us. I'd like to invite you all who are able to stay to join us for lunch in the adjoining room. Also, in your packets, there is a pink sheet. We would really appreciate your comments, because this is the beginning of a continuing conversation. So if you could add your thoughts, your suggestions to these sheets and simply leave them on your chair, or if you'd like to send them in at another time. Thank you. (End of Summit — 62 12:34 p.m.) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49721 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/18bee601d02987439c5f5c072338d2a5.pdf 1fcd503b8955743723937ba30ab5895b PDF Text Text MICillGAN NONPROFIT FORUM MNF SUMMIT February 28, 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community ' �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM SUMMIT February 28, 1992 Lewis: · ~ I hate to say that we're already running a little lat its not a great way to start but its just an exciting ning. I want to welcome you to this first Summit of e Michigan Nonprofit Forum. I'm Maryellen Lewis. I 'rn e Executive Director of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum whic is sponsoring this event. You' 11 be hearing much more abo it when it's on the tape. Right now, we're not so I can e a little more relaxed. We have a very, very distinguished here this morning. representing leadership from ree parts of our communities -- government, business an the non-profit sector. We also have a very, very distingui ed audience, so I know ~hat its going to be very lively. ou will be hearing more about that when our moderator be ins. I want you to be encouraged to speak up, to make ur comments, particularly the audience at the invited sec ions, to be sure that you don't feel intimidated by thes cameras around here or the fact that there are television ights focused down on you. You will be getting an overvi of this morning's program from our moderator, but I wanted o take a few minutea to give you a little orientation, just s a set-up, because I know it may be unfamiliar to some of ou. In case you ha~'t noticed, you're being filmed and aped, but I don't want you to be nervous about that. Th e have been a lot of arrangements made to make this as ac ommodating as possible. The tables are triple lathed so that there won't be a noise problem. You have need to worry about the mikes. · You don't have to touch em. In fact, it would be much better if you didn't. Andy don't need to lean in to them. · Just speak normally. T ey're set up to accommodate to you. It would be best if y did pay a little attention to your papers apd not have th papers brush up against the microphones. That can cause me problems. Also, please ~ep in mind that the discussion is not just among the p le who are here today, although that's your immediate au ·ence. But because this is being taped, we will be editing pe tape and it will be used through our network statewide r educating and informing the public around the state abo these very issues. They will be used at ... the edited t e will be used as a stimulus for round table discussi in various parts of the state. I should also point ou that word "editing" means that you don't have to worry t much if you make some kind of a snafu and you want it cut .ut, . it will go right on the cutting room floor. / tI 1 �~ The cameras ... The microphones are automa That is, when you begin to speak, the microphones autom ically pick you up. That means that if you're talking to y r ne· hbors, it will pick you up. So please pay a little b. of tention to that. However, the cameras are not automati and cause of that, we will need to pay a little bit of att tion o accommodating to our camera crews. So our moderat r wil recognize you. If you wouldn't mind paying some a tenti to this moment of having him recognize you so that the c era can then turn to you. Now that may get a little more fficult if things get a little hot, but, for the mos part, we'll try to do that. And with this audience that we have re, I'd like to make two points for you so that you'r ' full~ aware of this. This mike is not live now, I believe but ill be when we have the points where the audience w·11 be invited to speak. When you speak, would you please wai to b recognized by the moderator _so that, again, the camera can ocus on you. You might want to, during the discussion, take orne notes (There is notepaper in your folders.) so tha yo can direct your comments to specific people or point tha were raised. And remember it will be edited so your mm ts can then be put adjacent to those comments in the f nal tape. Also, when you do speak, please say your name, yo r ganization and your title so that those who are not here in this room and who won't know you will have some underst nd · g of where you are coming from. And now I think that w ' ready to begin. I see the cameras are all focused and e dy. Our moderator this morning is someone that most of .Y already know very well. He is the President of the Ass ciation of Independent Colleges and Universities of Mic I . gan, and he is also the Chair of the Public Policy Commi~ e of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. I'm very pleased to int oduce to you Dr. Edward Blews. Blews: Thank you, Maryel n. These are my pre-camera remarks. I'm your Phil Donohue or the day. I will be much kinder, though, than he general! / is to his audiences. I would like to offer &.. word of co endation to Maryellen Lewis and our MNF Executive Dire or and her staff for all of the work that they have put into his wonderful project. And I'd like to thank ea:h ?f you l a~ers who graciously consented to participate. Th1s :s an e it1ng but maiden voyage and trial r~n of a grand experLment, o please bear with us and be adaptable ~s we go. Before th 'Cameras roll, I would like to share just a few nd ground rules about the logistic~. First about . .t. From now until about 9:40 we'll h~~e the 1.ntroduc 1.on of the Summit, Dr. Robert Payton's comments ~e' 11 s t . the stage for dialogue, and then we '11 have th~ 1.ntrod t1on ?f the panelists, and it's my job to try to keep us on rack w1th that process. Then from about 9:40 to noon, 2 �with a mid-morning break I assure you, we will go through three stages of dialogue. Stage 1 in lves dentification, definition and values of the nonprofi sect Stage 2 will speak to the relationship between g vernm t, business, the nonprofit sector and the changi g d issues and tensions that are at play in tho re ionships. Stage 3 will involve insights for the fu ure the relationship or the question, "Where do we go fr m he e?" That gives all of you, then a sense of where we h pe be going today. A few other preparatory commen f the panelists in addition to what Maryellen has shared, ; an as panelists you'll want to be prepared for a couple of s e that will come very quickly after Dr. Payton's remarks. F rst, we ask you to please be prepared to briefly introduc ourselves around the. table. So rather than having the mode a or drone on as you sit there and stiffly smile and the came pans the room, each of you will tell the audience, both t video tape audience and the real - people in the audience h , who you are. We ask you to be very brief in that and s e this information about yourself: your name, your title, name of your organization, and one sentence about what y represent or the constituency or interest that you repr ent. If you wish, you're welcome to write out a note about that before that point in the program. A fore-warning. gin Stage 1, we will play a little word association game. m not going to tell you what the word is yet or you won't b very spontaneous about it. But we ask you ... There will b two of these, and we ask you to write that word on what shou be a fairly stiff piece of card-type paper in front of you. · And you'll want to locate that and be sure that you have th The one word you' 11 write on the one side and then write t:he other on the other, and you've got a marking pen at ur table so you can write it nice and legibly and boldly an argely so that as we go around and do this word associa , we'll ask you to hold up the card and be sure to poin toward a camera so that as you say the word, the camera c ' n also visually pick up the association that you have made. t/. Thirdly, 1 ur discussion we want to focus on principles, dynamics ~ relationships. Please feel free to cite cases or issues i llustration of principles or relationships; but let's av i debating interminably specific issues or specific .politic issues. We want to focus on principles and on relatio ihips here. Though J hours seems like a lot of time, with the caliber of the h ~ts and minds on this panel, I assure you that it will fly it already is flying. We have a full agenda, so plea be frank and forceful in your comments, but also try to be ccinct. On the other hand, I will need plenty of help in 3 �I J trying to moderate this panel, particularl n avoiding dead space on the air. So please be read~ jump in -- freely jump in. But I do ask you to give s~ sort of a signal when you're ready to speak out so that . an attempt to recognize you and that also gives us the/'~ se that brings the camera around to you. If you use ac;o s, please help to interpret them. Realize that we're ta ng to an audience that does not necessarily know what IC which happens to be the acronym for our association. I bt that any of you knew what that acronym meant until I mentioned it. to the audience. As Maryellen has And then an inv it mentioned, there 11 be 2 points in the program where you will be invited come to the microphone here and join in the discussion. T first will occur at the end of Stage 1 of the discussion wh we talk about identification of the nonprofit sector, and en the second will come at the end of Stage 3 as we try to ing a sense of closure and a sense of conclusion -to the d berations of the day. I trus that I have anticipated any questions that you may have d, having said that then, we will not proceed with all due arning to the cameras to the formal part of the program he today. Hello. It is my privilege to welcome you to this special and first summit sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. On behalf of the forum's Chair, Dr. Russell Mawby, our Executive Director, Maryellen Lewis, and the Board of Directors of the Forum, many of whom are gathered in this room, we invite yQu to brace yourself for a lively and energetic dialogue about some issues and relationships very important in our society today. My name is Edward Blews, and in my professional life, I serve as the President of the of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan. But I stand before you today, as a member of the Board of Directors of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Established in 1988, the Michigan Nonprofit Forum is a dynamic new coalition of statewide organizations and leaders representing the wonderful diversity of nonprofit entities. The Michigan Nonprofit Forum describes itself as, and I quote, " ... a statewide alliance to promote the awareness and effectiveness of Michigan's nonprofit sector and to advance the cause of volunteerism and philanthropy in the state." In its relatively short life but rapid maturation, the Forum has evolved into an enterprise charged with achieving a new awareness and increased capacity of Michigan's nonprofit sector, and with interfacing funders, nonprofits and the public to help promote volunteerism and philanthropy in this state of our's. / �I / '!'he Board of Directors of the Forum has adopted 6 guiding principles designed to reflect the mission of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. One of those principles states, "The service -of the nonprofit sector to the public depends on an interactive partnership between service providers or nonprofit entities, funders, policy makers and the public. The Michigan nonprofit community should promote constructive dialogue among all these parties." You will probably hear the word "mission" used rather frequently, or so we hope, during the discussions of the day. This Summit which brings us together really goes to the very heart of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum's mission. Those of you who talk and those of you who listen and look in on today's proceedings are really participating in a rather historic event. This is a unique undertaking, an exciting experiment. It is the first in a series of forums bringing together our society's leaders to think on compelling issues aff~cting our society and the nonprofit sector. The purpose, though, is not to provide the answers but rather to pose and clarify and stimulate the est· rom th~m to sga~ - ~q 9n- o dialogue this par ou all - It s Now very shortly we will be introducing our very distinguished panel of government, business and nonprofit leaders. But first, to set the stage for our dialogue, we will hear some .remarks by a very distinguished national leader and recognized expert on philanthropy. Before I introduce him, let me simply mention for the information of the audience that he has prepared and circulated to the panelists today a paper discussing the theme of this particular summit and he will ( share some comments about that theme in just a moment. His name is Dr. Robert L. Payton. He comes to us as the Director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. From 5 �I 1977 to 1987, he served as the President of the EXXON Education Foundation. His very impressive leadership career has included 2 college presidencies and a United States Ambassadorship. The recipient of honors to numerous to cite, he is an author on philanthropy who puts his words into action as leader and volunteer for countless good causes. Please J01n me in welcoming Dr. Payton to address us on the topic at hand. Dr. Payton. Payton: Good morning. I am very pleased to be here with you. I was pleased to be invited to prepare the paper that has been circulated to you. It occurred to me when someone commented before the meeting that they had read the paper that I hope it is provocative enough to serve its purpose, but not so provocative that it puts its author in jeopardy. I hope to stimulate conversation that comes from you because you ~ £.Q_~!ty_ t:._hc?~ is the matter of fQPC~~n _QI! tht§ _ / Over the last several years, along with everyone else, I have been profoundly impressed by the events in Central and Eastern Europe. I'm old enough to be able to say that my generation as a generation never believed that it was possible that such events would take place without vast bloodshed and destruction. So it is that this most extraordinary event provide us with, I think, an extraordinarily important opportunity. Given the conditions that would cause this meeting to be of compelling interest to the people in Michigan, what would an analogous meeting bE like in Russia today? Who would come and w_hat values and understandings would they bring? We're advised they're invited to provide advice increasingly to countries in that part of the world that will help them develop a third sector. What we are watching is a situation where societies are moving from a condition of being one sector societies, with strong encouragement from the West to -become two sector societies in the beginnings of suggestions that they should become three s e ctor societies. It is my strong conviction that unless they become three sector societies, they will not become democracies. It is my very strong conviction that understanding that the United States is a three sector society is essential to understanding it as a democratic society. 6 �This is not a subject at the margin of our interests. This is a subject at the center of our lives, whichever sector we are parts of, because as citizens we have had the great good fortune to become members -- to be members of a three sector society. The first sector can be thought of -- the government that is -- as having an essential defining term, and the term that I have to use that says that without it you can't talk about government is the word "power"; the legitimate use of force in behalf of the community. If you take the notion of that away from your notion of government, it seems to me your notion of government collapses. There is a defining term of the second sector that will be something like the word "wealth" or the word "property"; the right to acquire and use and to dispose of wealth and property according to your own individual private interests. If you were to take that out of the marketplace, the second sector, ~t would collapse. So my habit as a professor is to say to my students, "Then, of course, you're ready to tell me what the defining term is for the third sector. " And, along with most professors, there has been a heavy, ominous silence. I will break the silence and tell you that my notion is that the word has to have something to do with morality, and I mean morality only in the sense that intervening in the lives of other people for their benefit with no public mandate is a moral action. And if you took that out of the third sector, you wouldn't have a third sector. Final for a · stance responsi ·lity. asking fo n9 formal what we usua might come t articulated request for of self-he has no fo reasonab doing to ally, the central er, complex system ay, usually with a cu cardboard box with the 7 the place of self-help in alking about. . . I do this, A cube is, in my case, a ords around the side. Its �the kind of thing that Rubik w ld have designed as a cube if he'd nly had tenth grade geo try like I did. But the first face o it, in other words, s ys "self-help." The second face says utual aid. What e you and your family and your friend and your neighbo s and your associates and your collea es and those othe people who do have some f al or informa claim on you, wh re you doing in that waY, working togethe with others, to de with the problem? II The thir Its a rec as indivi mutual be or so diff we will no us to part most famil certain ki If each on mutual aid, satis factor question. people for 11 ord "goverrunent a sistance." any things that e cannot do s accordin to our self-in erest or our re some t ·ngs that ar so important omplicated t at we have o a~sume that ose things, b we will require all of some way, that to sa , the simplest, e will decide t tax a e another to do se 3 questions is red -- self-help, ent assistance ome plausible way, or you, you then fa the philanthropic u prepared to offer as ist nee to help those you have no personal, responsibility? Now a cube h s bottom and I'm not trying t uggest superiority a d inferio "ty here. But since we're lking about philant opy, the t p of the box says that t e is a dimension t at cuts thro gh all these things all t time and that's th word ~~altruis concern about othe If that were t a factor in the human condition, uldn't be here. We wouldn't be ta king about this subje t. t's always pre ent to some extent The most :igid, ri~ ro s libertarian is !truistic to some e ent, like ~t or no then all the est of us who are, viously, high-min d a d altruistic are also egoistic, self-i terested -- to s e ex e t. And altruism and egoism are not only on the top and t e bottom of the box, they are on each side of t!lis d · cussio . That the people who come to you have a selfinter t just s you have an altruistic one. But you should reme er they h~ve altruistic concerns and that you have selfinter sted ones\. II -- ink some of these brief notes are intended to suggest that this first sector of government, these notions of self-help and mutual aid in the marketplace and elsewhere, and philanthropy -- self-interest -- concern about others -interact in our lives in absolutely extraordinary and wonderful ways that makes our society, in my judgement, the most privileged that I know of. And I hope that sense is not something that one is that proud about in the sense that its a claim of virtue on one's part because we are not here 8 �because of our own initiatives but because of others who have gone before us have made it possible and desirable for us to be here. That principle of the philanthropic tradition that we are part of is what, I think, really distinguishes American democracy. It is the best thing, I think, that we have that we can share with the rest of the world. It is the best tradition, I think, to help us face the kinds of difficulties you're talking about in your community and we're talking about in mine today. Each one of us is not just part of a sector. Each one of us is a part of that tradition, And so I wish you well in your discussions and will close at that point -- short of my normal 50 minute lecture. Thank you. Slews: Thank you, Dr. Payton. I'm certain you were very popular with your students with that kind of lecture. To carry on the dialogue from here, we have gathered around this table a panel of leaders from government, from the business ~orld and from the nonprofit world. And at this point I'm going to toss out a little teaser because it may that there is a fourth sector. These 3 sectors that I have mentioned, and sector is a term that we will hear frequently today, are certainly a significant, significant part of the infrastructure of our society. The government or the public sector, the business world or the for-profit sector, and the nonprofit sector or what is sometimes called the charitable world. And I will mention the teaser, that there may be a fourth sector that somebody may strike upon as we continue our dialogue here. There are 2 things in particular that strike me about this particular panel. The first is that they are a very, very distinguished group of government, business and nonprofit leaders. The second thing that strikes me about this panel is its diversity. Now I am also acutely aware that a panel of leaders like this cannot be kept down and cannot be kept silent for very long. And so we are going to now ask each member of the panel to briefly introduce himself or herself and the perspective from which they speak to us today, beginning with Mr. Yamanishi on my left. Yamanishi: Thank you. My name is Herb Yamanishi. I'm the Executive Director of the Michigan Community Action Agency Association. Community Action Agencies are part of the old War on Poverty Program. We cover all 83 counties of the State of Michigan and are one of the largest social service/human se:;vice delivery systems in the State of Michigan serving pver a million and a half people. - ~d cni'isi a•A 7 l' enanr;t? j7Blv+nt=the 9 �..... Sederburg: Mawby: I'm Bill Sederburg, Vice President of Public Sector Consultants here in Lansing, Michigan. Public Sector Consultants is an independent, for-profit research firm specializing_ in ~tate P'!!Uic .policy _ ,Qnd .public ...opin~ · 1 !~91.1;h . _J Afi" YQli ~e~eed rWhaF sec t:er Wet; ~Bp:1!888ft'8 I l~i:tia tiae .l_:!!:!!.of R"£1 !? ~·••• ifisw!W:tants 1 _!•re'"2L[£r:£FQ!L.li: \ I'm no sure exactlry what sector I'm supposed to be representing, so I think I'll represent the for-profit sector today and shed my 12 years previous experience of Qeing in the State Legislature. I'll let the other folks on the panel that are currently in the Legislature try to defend that in~titution • . I'm Russ Mawby, Chairman W. K. Kellogg Foundation -grant-making foundation. as the Chairman of the Nonprofit Forum. and Chief Executive Officer of the which is an independent, private I also have the privilege of serving Board of Trustees of the Michigan Up john: I 'rn Elizabeth Up john. I'm Vice Chair of the Kalamazoo Foundation. I am 1992 Campaign Chairman of the Greater Kalamazoo United Way Campaign, so you can see I'm a bit of a masochist. I am new kid on the block as far as the Michigan Nonprofit Forum is concerned, and delighted to be here. I've been a volunteer in Kalamazoo County for more than 42 years. Kostielney: I'm Sister Monica Kostielney, the Executive Director of the Michigan Catholic Conference, which is the public policy arm for the Roman Catholic Church in Michigan, which addresses the issues ranging f~c_:>m, ~g~ng __ to taxation and everyt!ling- in _ betwe~n, 'l ._ he · · p -tnershi fo ~- coal~t~on - do · yo . Cunningham: ---- · --- ~--- - -- I 1m Father William Cunningham, Director of Focus Hope which is a Metropolitan Detroit Human and Civil Rights organization, and our objective over the past 23 years has been to stimulate people and help people to become p~_y.ctive as a major part.£! their ri ht in . humS\n. di,gn.i,~y ! / -· · ~~ t Roehrig: J ~ a I I 'm Larry Roehrig. I 'm Secretary /Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Council 25. I'm here on behalf of the entire membership of the Michigan AFL-CIO ·0[a£Stapds fsa elli:! MuG£ leaR -EgderartQo/l 10 �Clark: I'm Jane Deanne Clark, Senior Director for Health Policy Analysis at Michigan Healthcare Institute which is the notfor-profit research arm of Michig~n Hospital Association. Michigan Hospital Association represents all close-to-200 hospitals in the State of Michigan. They are, in the vast majority, nonprofit and in addition to that, I also am Executive Director of a unique organization which combines business, state government and the hospitals in the data collection effort, and that organization· is called Michigan Health Data Corporation. Kosteva: H~llo. I'm Jim Kosteva, a fourth term Legislator from southeastern Michigan. My legislative focus has focused on ~he E's -- education, environment and economic development. Bianco: I'm Joe Bianco from The Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts which is the private sector support organization of the DIA. My entire background, as some of the people in this room know, has been in engineering and finance and economics, and yet I found myself running a major corporate giving program some years ago, now in the nonprofit sector asking for money and trying to assist in the management of a nonprofit. So I've had a chance to look at it from both sides. Hoffecker: I'm Fred Hoffecker. I'm an Assistant Attorney General. I work with Frank Kelly. For the past decade or so I've been fortunate enough to have as part of my duties of supervising the Charitable Trust section of the office and working with both sides of the nonprofit sectors, both the grant givers and the grant seekers, and I'm very pleased to be here today. Benavides: Hello. My name is Tony Benavides and I'm a Councilman for the City of Lansing. I'm also Executive Director for Cristo Ray C~mmunity Center, a human service agency which is a private, nonprofit organization located here in Lansing. Cantrell: Hello. I'm Aaron Cantrell. I guess I'm here in 2 capacities. I'm Executive Director of the Voluntary Accident Center in Kalamazoo and Volunteer Centers are basically there to recruit volunteers who are trained through our administered volunteer program, and to promote the whole concept of volunteerism. I'm also a Vice President of the Volunteer Centers of Michigan which is made up of all the Volunteer Centers here in Michigan and our purpose is to develop new centers and to promote volunteerism throughout the State. 11 �l ler: I'm Judy Miller. In my present life I am now Michigan Business Ombudsman ~n the Department of Commerce, a gubernatorial appointee given the responsibility of solving problems that businesses have with State government and providing some solutions in regard to that. Also, on special assignment in the areas of Arts and Child Care. Epolito: Hello. My names is James Epolito. I'm the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Care Network/Health Central, a Lansing-based 70,000 member Health Maintenance Organization. Work: Good morning. I'm Lois Work. I'm Vic~ President of New Detroit Incorporated which is the nation's first urban coalition. We began in 1967 to try and insure that the needs of the poor and the disadvantaged in Detroit and the Detroit Metropolitan Area are met. We do this basically through advocacy on a policy level and through serving as both a ~atalyst and an implementer of program projects. Wilson: Hello. I'm Mark Wilson of Michigan State University where, in addition to teaching Political Economy, I direct a nonprofit Michigan project which is a research and information dissemination initiative to inform the nonprofit community in Michigan more about its experiences and the scale of operations. Vaughn: Hello. I'm Senator Jackie Vaughn III, Associate President of the Michigan Senate. I'm a student both of the public and the private sector. Coxa Good morning. My name is E. L. Cox. I'm currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Accident Fund of Michigan. In my former life, I was the Chairman of the Amerisure Insurance Companies representing the business sector of this and the target of many of you for contributions over the years. Gallagher: I'm Jan Gallagher. I'm a partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm of Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg. I practice extensively in the area of exempt organization law. I edit independent sector's quarterly publication, STATE TAX TRENDS FOR NONPROFITS. And I 'm currently engaged as a consultant for independent sector in the development of their white paper on the role of nonprofit organizations. Bandstra: I'm Representative Rick Bandstra, a Legislator in the Michigan House from west Michigan. I'm in government now. In a previous life I was a lawyer in the private sector and I continue to be involved in a lot of nonprofit board activities back in Grand Rapids. 12 �Good morning. My name is Bob Ivory. I'm the President and Chief Professional Officer of the United Way of Michigan. United Way of Michigan is an association of some 110 United Ways throughout the State about $139 million in this past year ~ 10 ~ta~~~~~~~~ \ Anderson: Hi. Blews: Jhank you to each of you. Through those introductions we can certainly see the interrelationship in our own professional and personal lives between the 3 sectors that we have described. In his prepared paper, Dr. Payton described this Summit as an exercise in exploratory discourse. We enter the discussion with questions, and will explore possibilities. I'm N. Charles Anderson, President of the Continuing to quote from Dr. Payton, the Summit itself has no authority to affect change. In fact, the Summit has only the moral authority we may bring to it, individually and collectively. If we are successful, others will carry the discussion forward towards action and implementation. We will be pursuing this discussion in 3 stages. We might think of it as the booster stages on a rocket or on a space ship. Each stage of the discussion, we hope, will thrust us forward to the next level and the next stage of the dialogue. Those 3 stages, briefly stated, are first identity or identification; secondly -- the evolving partnerships; and thirdly insights and principles to guide us into the future. S!:age 1, then, really poses an identity crisis. That is, what is the identification of the nonprofit sector? What is this entity -- this thing that we call nonprofit? What is its role in a pluralistic and democratic society? What do we expect of it? What values energize it? What distinguishes it from government and from business? 13 ~ I �I Let's begin with a little game of word association. It may be revealing. Each of our panelists has a large card in front of them and a marker pen. I'm going to ask them now to write on that card the very first and honestly the very first word or adjective that com.~s into _, y..QQ;r; mind when_ we s~ t!;!e_. word ":~. ' r fit secto " . :::~e=:&~ 9t!*;r!s~~';;~!me~~ Anderson: Well the first thing I think of is Social Services·. Wilson: I used Invisible, because we look at what nonprofits do but we don't think of how they're organized. Work: And I used Conscience. I thought I needed one word. I meant Community Conscience. Bianco: We're all working together for the good of the Community. Kosteva: I thought of a different bottom line -- Fund Raising. 14 �Roehrig: Spoken as a Treasurer -- Donations. Cunningham: Spoken as a theologian -- Voluntary. Because it springs from the highest instincts and highest ideals of human · nature·. K9stielney: I wanted to put Hard Work but I put Service instead. Upjohn: Spoken from experience -- Volunteer. Yamanishi: You've got two votes for Charity. Blews: -Charity wins by a plurality. That's marvelous. An illustration, again, of the diversity of the sector. But let's play the game one more time. What word now, what value ... What value pops into your mind when we say the word nonprofit sector? What underlying value do you first think of? And the pens are busily scribbling again\. What value do we think of associated first with the nonprofit sector? And : : s time we' ~~[~~i:_h_ C~~ncilman Benavidef8c1 ie"- that 1: Benavides: Commitment. Cantrell: Caring. Miller: Love. Epolito: Credibility. work: Service. Wilson: Altruism. Vaughn: Good for All. Cox: Altruism. Gallagher: Another vote for Altruism. Bandstra: Yet another vote for Altruism. Ivory: Community Good. Anderson: Positive Results. 15 j 1 �ssion. - --·-- Kosteva: Eternal Hope. Hoffecker: Freedom -- to make choices, where to put your time or your money in your altruistic way to do good. Payton: And my word is Democracy which tries to capture these notions of Community and Caring. Slews: Mr. Epolito, you used the word Credibility. As a person from the business perspective, how do you think of the nonprofit sector? How would you define or describe, in a paragraph, what the nonprofit sector is? Epolito: Blews: Representative Bandstra. As a legislator, what do you think of? What is your definition of the nonprofit sector? Bandstra: I guess I'd like to follow up on something Jim said about that and I think that what's happening here with the credibility problem is what happens so often times in all kinds of institutions in our society, that good apples are infected with the aura that surrounds some bad apples. And I've often wondered whether we, as State Legislators or nationally, ought to come up with some better system of required disclosure of 16 --- - �·, how nonprofit organizations work to provide assurance to everyone that through some standardized reporting system, the institutions that they are supporting are reputable and worthy of their support, to deal with the kind of public perception problem that sometimes does infect the nonprofit side, unfortunat~ly and unwarrantedly often. Blews: How do you in the nonprofit sector react to that particular idea? Father Cunningham? Cunningham: To me, credibility is ... is less ... far less important than integrity. I don't think people ought to be trusted or believed. I think they ought to have track re~ords to be abl~ to demonstrate that they're worthy of the support of government and partnership with industry. · Blews: Lets refer ... return to the notion, though, of legislative involvement in terms of helping to assure accountability of -the nonprofit sector. Mr. Bianco, from the perspective of the Detroit Institute of the Arts, how does that resonate with you? Bianco: setting that framework would be a very healthy contribution, in my opinion, that the Legislature could make to the credibility of our nonprofits. Blews: You've used the term "definition" in your comments. Sister Monica, as the Executive Director of the Michigan Catholic 17 I ,; �Conference you're part of the nonprofit sector. define the nonprofit sector? Kostielney: How do you Well, I think my understanding of the nonprofit sector comee from the very nature of the human person, and that is if you begin with the premise that each person is good and has desire to do good and then moves out from that premise and coalesces with other people to good for society or for the common good, you have a legitimate group of citizenry who have a right to be as recognized as the other sectors in society. I do not see the nonprofit sector as kind of picking up what other people can't do or won't do. I see that as a bad approach to nonprofits; but rather that there is a basic good that drives one to accomplish good and that is a basis then for forming the nonprofit sector, inn the whole spectrum or range of issues or values that touch human lives, from basic human needs to the transcendent values that we all seek -- going ri ht f sic huma s to the art.s. f" And ' 0 ~ e . tim pla-c en, fo eliOnpro ec -:t - be pres nt d v · e in ~ _ .+t j es. •Erie, Blews: We've said a great deal about values with regard to the nonprofit sector. But when we ask the question of definition, we really haven't very clearly defined what the nonprofit sector is. And we're fortunate ve with us toda a national ert th ~-e~~ou5s~~ona · .· . . a-n-e~~he 9!~~~~~~~~~;;:~~~~ er, you a w Miss firm and is aagrecognized expert the definition and the protection of the nonprofit sector. And she, as you have heard, is conducting a study of the independent sector or the nonprofit sector in the process of preparing a white paper on that very subject. Miss Gallagher, structurally, what is it that makes nonprofits nonprofits? Gallagher: I think that probably the single, most important structural differentiation is the one that we've already discussed this ~orning, and that is the concept that nonprofits, as a matter of law, are barred from operating for the private benefit of anyone. That's a concept that often doesn't get, in my judgment, the attention it deserves. It certainly is the single characteristic that distinguishes nonprofit organizations most clearly from business enterprises. The -concept of no private benefit involves an attention to salary levels that are reasonable, to operating in a way that doesn't advance the private interest of any individual or any selfselected group of individuals. It also, for most of the organizations today we're calling nonprofit, involves a commitment of their assets irrevocably to a public purpose. Again, that's something that sometimes gets lost in discussions of the differences between a business and a 18 �nonprofit organization. A self-imposed characteristic, not one that 1 s actually required by law, at least not very frequently, is that the types of nonprofits, again that we're discussing this morning, typically are governed by volunteer Boards of Directors. And, again, that's an aspect of nonprofit structure that, I think, has not gotten the public attention that it deserves recently. The concept of a group of volunteers coming together in a community to form an organization in response to a community need, and then lending their time to provide policy guidance to that organization, is an important characteristic of nonprofit organizations. Finally, I think its a characteristic of nonprofit organizations that they do exist to provide some form of public good or public benefit. :, slews: In your study, · you've been looking at the broad range of entities that fall within that term nonprofit sector. Can you _give us a sense of what that range encompasses? Well, for purposes of the independent sector paper, the organizations that make up independent sectors 1 membership and the steering committee of the group that's looking at this issue have divided themselves into the following categories: we have arts organizations; we have civic and human rights organizations; education; environment; health; public advocacy; religion; and social welfare. And that, I think, is a fair description of the diversity that makes up the independent sector. Blews: As we played the word association game, it was fascinating to see the number of different values that were identified with regard to the nonprofit sector. And I understand that in the study that you are conducting, that is, in fact, one of the things that you are compiling is, in a sense, a compendium of those values that are found within the nonprofit sector. Could you give us a checklist of those values? Well, the approach the steering committee took in its qiscussions was to try to evolve a set of values, social and cultural values, that the nonprofit sector embodies and nurtures. And I'd like to stress that this paper, thank you, that this paper is very much in the process of development; that the values that I'm about to describe are not finished, and that I'm very appreciative of the opportunity to be here -this morning, and I hope that this discussion is going to inform my further work in this area. The first value that we've described is called ... we're calling "Giving, Service and Community." And this value states something that we just heard all around this table this morning -- the basic moral obligation of people to care for and serve others. It ... As we're using the term, its defined 19 �., as the value that creates a fundamental sense of community. Without giving, without service, we don't have community. I \ The second value is "Pluralism. " And, in a sense, that's almost antithetical because at the same time that we're building community, we're also affirming the value of diversity, the ability within the community to speak out for other points of view. And that, I think, is one of the critical things that nonprofits must do. Nonprofits also, within the concept of pluralism, encourage individuals, encourage groups to come together to act on their own values and their own beliefs. They provide a structure for people to do that. I I "Civic Participation" is a third value. Again, its a way for individuals to come together to act for positive social change within our democratic structure, and in this way, and I think ~hat Dr. Payton mentioned this in his paper and again this morning, we're ... we are sustaining and renewing the democratic process. Without viable voluntary organizations, the democratic process would wither. The next value is the "Development of Human Potential." Most nonprofits exist in one way or another to a greater or lesser extent to help people to grow -- to be as good as they can be. In this value we have the commitment to excellence in education, to excellence in scholarship, to research, to artistic expression. We have a lot of other things in this value as well. The development of strong families, sound health, healthy environment, an overall positive moral character for people, altruism. / : /- . . ._ \) ~ ~~ ' \ )) \ "Compassionate Response to Human Need" is the next value. That's a very important one for the social services sector. Voluntary organizations are the ones who exist to mobilize community resources to care for the poor, the sick and the disabled, the elderly, others with special needs here in the United States and around the world. Finally, we have the value of "Faith." Its impossible to talk about the independent sector and ignore the importance of the religious community within it. And through the voluntary sector, we have churches and religious organizations which provide a means for people to practically express their faith. Religious organizations ... (tape stopped) / \) ') I 1 ,·' 1 \.· . " \ ... at least three others. One is the important role that nonprofits play as the protector of the legacies of past cultures, and I think that that is a critical role for the arts community. A second is that nonprofits play an important role in this country in providing perspective on the future. ~ince they're not bound by a profit motive, nonprofits are ) 20 I �able to guard the present, look to the future, hopefully to plan as we make transitions into the 21st century. And, finally, and I think that this is very important for nonprofit organizations to be themselves, to be architects and practitioners of ethical behavior. And this is a value ... I think the other values are ways in which nonprofits provide a structure for people to act. This particular value is one in which nonprofits themselves must set the example as a way, again going back to what Dr. Payton was saying a few minutes ago, as a way of teaching people trust. Blews: Bianco: Thank you. What's the reaction to those values? Mr. Bianco? r ' d - ' t wan t e Qn nse __ \ . j~ ' when we talk about what's difference between the third sector or the nonprofits and the other two sectors within the ynited States, that's one perspective. Auoteer perspectiy~ that I think ':! need to eyawilllO iit lii'i!EO pajnt jp these kjnds ol, djSCJ1§5ione 1 ooh:ia•A I iiHRkly hope 'nljll he on-going f..Qr <N.ite a 1ibne because I tn1nk there s a gxeat challenge to the tltttd sec LUL yotny we . bit in thiS . country today I and I hope . 9 (\ hQve tg compara• In the United States, as we well know, there is about 31 per cent of our Gross National Product that is consumed by taxes in the Gross National Product. The European example, as I'm sure many of you have studied these things probably more carefully than I have, have seen that about 41 per cent of the European Gross National Product is consumed in taxes . The European model is certainly, from a value point of view, has many of the same Christian and Judea-Christian values and motivations that are here in our society. I think those kinds of values are operative and strong influences on both sides of the Atlantic in that sense. But in the European models, clearly they have made a different decision. The third sector is certainly not as important there as it is in the United States, and they've made a decision to provide the basic kinds of caring services that Sister Monica referred to. T~ey've made a decision to provide for arts, for culture, for education, for all of those things; but they've chosen to provide it largely through federal government taxation and federal government programming. So in that sense, clearly we have a remarkably different model in the United States. And then I think we get into the question of, "Who delivers the service the best? What are the results?" It seems to me Charles had a results sign over there. Who delivers the results better? And I think that alone is a tremendous challenge to all of us in the nonprofit sector to think about/ iW--'~~,.s the int make is that ( 1) we re cle ly if en om h Eu pe mo to not ng Pro s or o bo t he 1 mo el· and wit ·n ur ntry, the he th sector and go ernmental 21 �Blews: Yamanishi: Mr. Ya.manishi. It seems to me that what Jan has put down here and what we're defining is not ... nonprofit sector is not quite as pure and as moral as we would like it to be. I don't think it is. The underlying assumption is, and historically, we had charities and the concept of charity was what was used. As a matter of fact, if you look at the history of nonprofits, the term charities used to be used in a ~ot of the names of organizations. The United Way had charities in its name previous to the time it changed to The United Fund. I think nonprofit sector can't be defined quite so pristine and purely. Its a dynamic. Its a force that's pushed between the private sector and the public sector, and you have institutions, organizations within the nonprofit sector that -are leaning one way or the other constantly. Its a dynamic that ... and you' 11 find organizations that are mimicking, maybe almost substantially, the private sector in the way in which they operate and the way in which they deal with benefits, personal benefits, they way in which they address problems, etc. And then you'll find other organizations that are much more allied with government and operate in a much more experience with community action agencies. And a lot of them that, even though they're private, nonprofit agencies, had solely government funding and had government people on their Boards as directors and so then they became much more of a political entity in the lo.cal community. So you have a dynamic and that's, I think that's what we created was a dynamic that helps us to define the fo~ces between the public sector and the private sector. That's where we ... ! think we should begin to look at the definition of what a nonprofit is. Slews: Yamanishi: Slews: Dr. Sederburg, for a number of years you represented that general public in the State Senate of the State of Michigan. Dr. Payton, in his paper, refers to a rather interesting term "teliopathy" -- the loss of mission or the disease of purpose which really goes to a values question also. What's your reaction to that? 22 �Sederburg: t \f\ Blews: ' Gee, Ed, I'm just delighted to be asked that question. What about a nice softball question like, "What do you think good is? or something like that? Teliopathy, of all things. Well, as I understand Dr. Payton's comments on teliopathy, its talking about lack of focus and loss of mission in organizations -- kind of a drift without a sense of mission. And I'll try and tie that in with what Herb said and then also with what Joe said. I think government is losing its sense of mission as to what the public really wants government to do. I really feel sorry for all these candidates running around running for President because the public is giving them totally mixed messages. Do they want National Health Care? Do they not want National Health Care? · Do they want Jobs programs? Do they not want Jobs programs? And ~ts such a mixed bag that government itself has lost its sense of mission and its causing all sorts of dislocations in the political system. -The mission is also central to this debate, in my op~n~on, because I'm going to be perhaps thrown out the room here with this, but I think the nonprofit sector is defined by what the others are not. You're the residue of everything else, and its driven by market functions. For-profit, when we look at it, the public sector, we look at what are the markets out there, those market niches, that we can go out there 4nd do some work and, hopefully, make enough to feed the kids. 1 Government looks at constituencies as a marketplace and so there's a constituency that develops; government will be there with that service. And so its driven ... Those two sectors are driven by market functions. The nonprofit ... nonprofit sector is driven not by markets but by good will and philanthropy and the desires of the individuals organizing it. Its a different direction, a different flow. And so the point that Dr. Payton made about mission, I think, is central to the whole debate, ~nd that is the definition of mission. Government is adrift. The private businesses are also having mission difficulties because of the changing economy and the world, global economic forces, etc. And so that's a tough debate going on. And the mjssion of nonprofit homes ... ! don't know why I keep saying nonprofit homes ... but nonprofit organizations is very, very tricky because everybody looks to you guys to catch everything that's left in between. And that's a very difficult type of situation. So how about that for an answer, Ed. Was that all right? That sounds interesting to me. I'd like to know what Ms. Work's reaction is to that speaking for New Detroit. Is your mission defined by what others don't do and, therefore, you do? You mentioned when we talked about values, you talked about service as the value that the nonprofit sector represents. 23 --- �Work a ~~~~r:~~~~l~~~ 4 en Jan said that - the nonprofits 'ctitioners, perhaps, of moral doings, I was taken back to had you asked me, I was going to say perhaps nonprofits are both the stimulator and the implementor of good deeds. Now New Detroit's mission is, of course, to try and ensure that the poor and the disadvantaged have a voice in what occurs to them and that they ... their human needs are well taken care of. But what Herb said earlier, I think, really applies here, too. Nonprofits depend often on where they get their money from. New Detroit gets a lot of business /corporate funding, but we have also had many, many grants that were government funded. And, I think, depending upon where your funding comes from, often you have to lean a little more toward the values and the practices of the sector that gives you the funding. Our mission, I would say, is to be a stimulator and a practitioner of good deeds. However, the business sector, who gives us a lot of funding and I think this is a good thing, is making sure that we become more businesslike and more effective in what we do. The government sector, when we have their costs of funding, wants us to be, obviously, a little more political depending upon where the funding is coming from, and also has a very different kind of bureaucratic view of how you spend your funds. So I would say that I think the nonprofit sector, indeed, has its own mission, but it is often one cannot separate the 3 and how one gets its funding and who funds you. Blews: All right. Senator Vaughn, we've talked about values and we've talked about the mission of the nonprofit sector. As a Senator, how important do you consider those values and that mission to be? Vaughn: I consider them to be extremely, but I'm more confused now than ever. I have a constituency here and back home and so I'm constantly pulled in all directions. If you noted when you asked me the original question, I said nonprofit is good f9r all. Its the first thing that came in my mind. And then I had a little notation, though. Things held in common. It doesn't benefit the left or the right. I should rise above my own ethnicity or political persuasion and do what is right. And I find that in listening here to all of you, I want to be reelected and I consider that as one of ~y missions -- and w~ talked about mission -- and yet I want to be liked and I want to be loved and I want to do what is right, so I'm torn between the forces, but I never lose sight of the fact of why I'm here. I'm here to help for all, for a people and to rise above my own ethnicity and my own political persuasion and try t.9 s~y, :·wJtat: Hould benefit society mu~!l bet:_ter?_•:_j So~e I ss n 1s lea~ _ thi , ut . _no leap · -m~o es . . ~ ...::_ ·_ /l \ \. ~) I ? I I - ___......--#~ --- - - - - - 24 - - , �Senator, you raise a very important and a new point, and that is that in order for a Legislator to serve that public good or that good for all that you described, that Legislator also must be reelected from time to time. This, after all, is a democratic system. Representative Kosteva, with your constituency, is there a value placed on the nonprofit sector on the kinds of missions that we've described such that you can, as a Legislator, be a proponent of the nonprofit sector and still be reelected? Kosteva: Clearly, because many of the purposes that the nonprofit sector and the governmental sector strive to achieve are so similar. The benefit of all, the public improvement, the ability to advance human potential, to respect the diversity of our nature and of our culture and institutions, I think that's very easily done. The beauty of the nonprofit sector, in my eyes, is that it allows the individual choice to be ~ade. The individual choice on the part of individuals to be able to pursue the nonprofit contributions and roles and volunteerism that they individually choose to participate in. It allows them to advocate for those particular causes, and with that advocacy and that participation and that choice comes a commitment to those causes. And so I think its one of the fullest expressions of the participatory democracy that Jefferson brought to this country. So clearly, to the degree that the government sometimes deals with the collective good, the nonprofit sector, I think, their well-defined mission at the present time, on a more individual basis, I believe is more well-defined than the governmental sector and the business sector as it comes to social concerns. I think they're very, very compatible with constituent concerns as an elected official. Blews: Dr. Mawby, you're on the funding side as the President and Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of the Kellogg Foundation. Are the values that you have heard and the missions that you have heard worthy of your support? Are they the kinds of values and the kinds of missions that do w~rrant the support from a foundation such as yours? Mawby: Well, we, as a grant-making foundation, of course, work very closely and share, in general, the values of the nonprofit sector. Under laws established by legislative groups at the state and federal level, the nonprofit sector is defined and we, as grant makers, have the opportunity of giving funds to nonprofit institutions and organizations and to all of the units of government. So its very often a collaboration and you have to say that, as you look at society over the past 10, 20, 30 and 40 decades, the role of the various sectors continue to be dynamic and evolutionary. We passed federal legislation with funding which provides for positions labeled volunteer which are paid. And that, you know, results in some 25 �confusion. So its an evolutionary process. Simplistically, it seems to me, the nonprofit sector represents all of those 'institutions, organizations, and programs which include private initiative for the public good. And certainly the kinds of values that have been described on the cards and in the discussion are certainly consistent with the kind of a mission that we see as the particular role of grant makers in the whole collage. Blews: · Miller: Very good. How ... How well does business and how well does the government sector understand the nonprofit sector, let's say on a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being low level of understanding and 5 being a high level of understanding, Mrs. Miller, as a former State Legislator yourself, how would you rate the understanding of the government sector and how a ·leader in government, in the executive branch, how well does government understand the nonprofit sector? I'm not certain it understands it very well at all. I would put that on a rather low side in terms of maybe a 2. Just looking at it from my current position, and even having been a community leader and volunteer in my own community, I find that government has a very difficult time being sensitive to human needs and to human value, and I think that's one of the frustrations that I feel in dealing with the governmental system now as on the administrative side as opposed to the legislative side, because we can become too isolated there from what the needs of the community are and then to better provide the leadership that I believe is needed from the government sector. Because as people have said around in several different ways as we have talked this morning, that government and business provide the direction, divide the impetus, the influence as to how a nonprofit may go. And if we don't have the leadership and the understanding of the purpose of the nonprofit, we're not able to provide the leadership that's needed. And, I guess, that's what I'm hoping in terms of my role as the relatively new kid on the block in terms of the administration of government, that we c~n bring more sensitivity to that. Blews: Mr. Cox, from a business perspective, same scale, how well does business understand the nonprofit sector? Cox: I think the business community understands the nonprofit sector very well. Each business organization certainly recognizes their own corporate responsibility to the nonprofit sector. And that's limited by their own personal resources, obviously, and as you go through a time much like we're in today, the amount of resources available for distribution becomes limited. And, you know, they have the same compassion and the same social concerns that all of us have. But its a matter of meeting the payroll or donating to nonprofit 26 .I �organizations. And their obligation, obviously, is to meet the payroll as best they can. But, no, they understand very well. There's a concern about how much of the tax dollar should be devoted to that as well. And you can't do both. You can't continue to raise taxes and then continue to expect the corporate ... the business community to find the means to solve all of the problems. Bianco: Ed, can I take a contrary view to that? Blews: Sure. Bianco: My good friend, E.L., who has always been a good contributor to the museum, it may be over after this comment ..• From my perspective and the years I spent in business, and certainly E.L. and had many, many years of exchanges together, I would say that business in the '90's is going to continue its _ chal~enge of down-sizing, right-sizing, whatever the term is going to be. As that continues, I see the corporate sector having less and less of the executive time and staff time available for volunteer ism. I think the pressures of the marketplace on our corporate structure are so severe at this point, and will continue to et · · a lobal ...c.om~t.!tive enviroruq~nt. An tnat' s Oiie- of -the - reas ~ · f w· n abo &- d · f J b we~n Euro a §YS our's be se· 1. ~~ a ha se · · ...-Buf I e corporate sector is going to be able ess. I agree with you, E.L. Like all the rest of us, corporate executives are sensitive human beings, in many cases not all. Like all the rest of society, and will take some personal interest and follow through in the nonprofit sector. But I also think we're going to see such a great pressure on profits -- we're already seeing it -- and I think that will continue through the '90's to the point where, I don't know what the current numbers are, Russ, but it seems to me the last conference board report I read, corporate contributions were 5 or 6 per cent, something like that, of the total. ·a. Mawby: That's correct. Bianco: And then foundations were another 5 or 6 per cent. So even at this point, if the corporations make up 5 or 6 per cent of the total giving pot, and that averages out at 1.6 per cent or -some number like that of pre-tax profits, if I remember that ~umber correctly also, that's a fairly small contribution out of the profits of the corporations. And if they're going to be under competitive pressure for new plant investment, for new equipment investment, they're going to have to make a simple choice. Do I give the money away, or do I reinvest in a new plant or a piece of equipment or something like that? And my point is that in the competitive, non-oligopoli~tic, 27 �non-monopoly market that the United States now finds itself competing in, the decisions, I think, are more and more going to tend toward, "Our basic job is to provide employment. Our job is to provide products and services tor this country, and more of our money has got to go in that direction." So I think there's caring there. I think there are some wonderful people to be reached. But I think the challenge to the nonprofits is going to be tremendous to make their case in a very competitive, very sensible way, because I think the corporate pot is going to be smaller both in terms of peopl~ as well as money. Blews: Part of making that case is to understand what impact the nonprofit sector has within a state such as Michigan. And we have with us a scholar, Dr. Mark Wilson, who is the Director of the nonprofit Michigan Project at MSU and who has been conducting the first study of the nonprofit sector within our state. Dr. Wilson, to bring this to a sense of closure in this identification panel, what can you tell us about the impact and what do you know so far about the size of the nonprofit sector in the State of Michigan? Wilson: I think the reason I said that it was invisible was the reaction of being a researcher trying to find information on nonprofits. Its very hard to even find out where it is and how big it is. So the impact of nonprofits is very, very difficult to gauge because we don't have a clear idea of what they do or how much they do or even where they operate. We can ... To give you an example, we find about 3,000 nonprofit organizations in the state that employ someone, and they employ about a quarter of a million workers, a little more than 5 per cent of the workforce. And that's almost easy to find out about. It was, compared to the rest of the nonprofit sector, that was easy. But it made you think about what else is the nonprofit sector doing? Well there are another 20 or 30,000 nonprofits in the state that have perhaps been r~gistered or perhaps taken on charges or have organized themselves formally, and so that's another level of nonprofit action. And then we did a case study of Calhoun County and found there were 5 to 10 nonprofits that didn't even register, that didn't even recognize themselves in a formal way. -L~~ 't see 1 . p<;>npr9fit sec.tor ..tend~ !-q be invisible. We so ne. e 1 ha e a v~ · fo 1, or t9e ~ unit group etfer omethin The small so ial groups . C re roups . p through t cracks. 28 �employees in Michigan in 1990, that nonprofit organi~ation$ - - -are generating far more employment growth than perhaps you would expect, they're about 5 per cent of the sector, but they're about 10 or 15 per cent of all the new jobs in Michigan. But beyond that, that's just really the visible, formal nonprofit sector. The invisible nonprofit sector i~ equally important, but we ju~t can't get a clear idea of what it is and where it is. Blews; Mr. Anderson, from your perspective with the Detroit Urban League, what's your reaction to all of this? Anderson: -- J - -Blews: -· I - - -- ... .... And that really leads us o our discussion which is talking about the relat~ the 3 sectors. But before we jump to that, we would like to invite anybody from the audience, if you would like to dive into the dialogue, this is an opportunity for you to do so. int~ And please identify yourself and your organization. Young: . Good morning. I'm Leonard Young. I represent the Michigan Ecumenical Forum on the Nonprofit Forum Board. I have a rather specific question that I want to ask about identity. Now we've been talking all morning and there seems to be some general agreement around the table about what identifies a nonprofit. But in my experience and in many of our experiences in nonprofit organizations, that consensus seems to break down when you come to the practical level, particularly in the relationship between government entities and agencies and nonprofits, and what actually defines a nonprofit. Let me give you several examples of what I mean. 29 f �There's one set of criteria for the IRS to determine whether an organization is nonprofit. There is an entirely different set of criteria that the u.s. Postal Service uses to determine if an organization is nonprofit and can use bulk mailing privileges. In the State of Michigan there is an entirely different set to determine whether you are exempt from sales tax or property tax in different areas. And yet again in the Attorney General's office there is an entirely separate set of criteria used to determine whether you have to apply for a charitable solicitation license or not. For a lot of organizations, especially small, locally based ones like Mr, Wilson was talking about a minute ago, considerable hardship is wreaked on those organizations in trying to sort out how all of the different entities of government and agencies look at and define nonprofit organizations. I would be ·interested in the Attorney General's office commenting a little on that from their point of view and any of the others who see how we might be able to get some kind of a consistent micro - definition of what nonprofit organizations ar~, and as we began when Representative Bandstra talked about being accountable, a single way of doing that so that people know how they may respond to inquiries and to be appropriately judged and scrutinized as Mr. Anderson was saying. We need some single set of criteria for determining thos~. Blews; Mr. Hoffecker, you're the Assistant Attorney General with the Charitable Trust Department in the Attorney General's office, Your reaction. Hoffecker: Well, its a good question and one I, frankly, welcome. We view the nonprofit sector as a method by which the tremendou~ social energy that we have in this country can be channelled and moved into doing the virtuous, good things that we've all mentioned this morning. Government, in my view, and strictly my view, should be as unintrusive as possible. I think we have a duty to guard the public against fraud, because there is charitable fraud -- it does exist, So you need some standard and some mechanism to deal with fraud. Beyond that, i~ my view, there shouldn't be any exemptions. The fact that some organization is religious in nature, and we have this concept of separation of church and s ·t ate, that should not by itself exempt the organization from letting the government know that it is out there in a nonprofit charitable function, how much money its taking in and how much its spending. ~vernment shouldn't say you have to take in, if you take in this much, you have to spend that much on your charitable purpose. That's going to be a decision for the public. If the public has access to information about the nonprofit sector, what they're doing with their income, making 101 pennies out of 100 pennies, people, I think, can make reasonable decisions on where to spend their money or, as money gets tight, more importantly, spend their time by 30 �volunteering with an organization, and make the whole process a lot better. The current statutory scheme, I think, started out as a governmental way to kind of nurture nonprofi ts. Okay, we ll make them tax exempt. We'll give them a break on certain kinds of property. To encourage people to make donations to certain kinds of charities, they get a tax deduction against their income taxes for making a donation. Well government should nurture good works that way. On the regulatory side, and that's where I come as a regulator, we need to protect the public from fraud and provide a mechanism for information for the public so that they can make decisions on what to do with their time and money without regard to whether the organization is a church, a school, a United Way en~.i sr~ or _!!!!.,~:!!;;,.!~..2£..!!.9.~ffwOf.~~.. ~;"';:2~~i.~.a~i?~.: . . , . '* 1 ·- r:; Blews: we need a morp co sistent legal definition across the _ ~ious units ~gover ent of what a nonprofit i5? t Hoffecker: 1~, ).'n consiste y is a h llmark o governm nt, but we need som basic enets tha every ody can 1 k to an 7 I know at ur 1 el, with l:he C aritable So ' c'tatio Act, we look to the 01C3 status th Internal Rev n ~ Se ice. So we try t be onsistent wit t We're tryi g ,to ' ake our organizati perate on the form with the RS . . That makes it ea · er for organizat ons. One docum ~ If we're all looking t the same docume it makes it eas for the organizatio , it makes it ea ie for the public, apd we're all lo in at the s e umbers. Arran9 nt, of the numbers n a form can ch nge oples perc~p · io s \ about organiza ons. In terms f the ostal Servi e, 'm\ not sure wha their gulation are, bu sure, bein a '?OlC3 is a b' part of · t. If e focus on as t 'tant, then think we an de with the o I I gues Y ahhi thin r 1 1 tn! Blews: .·· At •t his pp(• nt, hen, we ill take a brea We will reconvene, we wii ~ ,/ try to reconvene by 10:45, so please be quick and brief. / (Break) 31 • �ews: (Resumed Summit- 10:56 a.m.) ... public here. I'd like to say a word to our ~anel and then I' 11 say a word as the pr ram itself begins a9ain . And thank yo very much. You've don a very good job ~n the first stage here f helping us to set t e foundation aqd to deal w~some issues identity. Our al now, at p he second and third stages, is eally to allow e discuss~on to bec~much more free-wheelin And please argive ~e, with ~fie lights and all, sometimes don ' t catch the s~gnals t~ come from you. So feel free to ve your ca d qr' scre~.J'Cind yell and we'll try to get a chance o recogn ~eeveryPne. But do feel f ree to just jump in free in th' disc~ssion as we go. And my role, rather than to p 1 o b ·· the reins will be, when necessary, to perhaps rein; ' hi just a • . . just· a touch. / the discussion, ~ yo Yes, a s correc . r d ,t! ~ i _real compelled to go .to~ e mi even if its not a point we'll try to get to you where we've invited ~ h~~, you rna as quickly as we n, and the w will also provide an opportunity at t;h end for audi nee rticipation at that point. ~ c Yes, Maryel~ . / 1 wi.s: And I b · ~J-eve we may go on past ews: Yes. ~ n fact, we may go closer to 2:30. Lunch is We' Jy· announce that again in th room next door. :We' 11 ~unce that again at the appropr ate time. At this point / ......_._~;~w,..~.._,IL"l*-~~ee~t:li*a t;,g t.he-&alllQo5e&, - - -,- - . - -· - -- - .·- , __; In the first stage of our session today, we've had really a marvelous discussion about the identity of the nonprofit sector and perhaps some lack of identity or some confusion about identity. Who are we? What are we? What does that matter in terms of the relationship between the 3 sectors -government, business and the nonprofit sector -- that are r~presented around this table before us? At this point we're going to become a bit less structured in our dialogue. We have here a panel of persons who are very distinguished leaders and, certainly, feel very freely, as they should, to speak their minds, and we're going to give them the opportunity to do that in this next session, and then in the third session. Stage 2 of our discussion, though, deals with relationships. The government/business/nonprofit partnership, the question of whether there is such a partnership, whether there should be such a partnership. How is it changing, particularly in these difficult fiscal times and these difficult economic days? 32 �What are the issues, the tensions and the ramifications? Having talked about the identity ... the identity of the nonprofit sector, we now want to examine that in the context of these very, very important relationships. One of the people at our table here who certainly deals day in and day out with that kind of relationship is Mr. Robert Ivory, the President of the Unit~d Way of Michigan. Mr. Ivory, of course, is representing and serving through his organization, serving community organizations. The nonprofit sector, in its attempt to secure support and funding in dealing in that process very closely with the business community or the for-profit sector. Mr. Ivory, how would you assess the current relationship between the business community and the nonprofit sector? Is it a good relationship? Is it a bad relationship? .~ --- Ivory: -Is this in the ( -a ch e to ad OS_Pb t. usi ationshi o nited ways, a very g1ft and benefit in terms of philanthropy. In a sense, when you talk about both workplace solicitation and payroll deduction, when you put those 2 things together, that yields, usually, people talk about that being a 9 to 10 times yield over asking someone for an individual gift at any given moment in time. So the notion of having access to the workplace and to employees for solicitation and coupling that with payroll deduction has been a very strong element of the United Way system. It also is incumbent upon United Way, in order to encourage that relationship and to maintain that, is to take a lo9k at the trust that United Ways bring to the business community and to the community at large. In terms of the package of services that it brings to the workplace, and that has ... therein is a major controversy today within the United Way system, even outside of the most recent news events about the national pf"esident, there has been a major controversy within the United Way system in the last 2 or 3 years around the whole notion of choice and opening up the number of agencies that are brought into the United Way system, into the workplace. And that companies, and particularly again in the public sector, have asked that the number of agencies, the number of ~harities represented, for instance, in an organization like United Way, in fact, not be limited to a few select organizations but, in fact, be opened to a much broader base of charitable organizations. The phenomenon i s in this country as someone alluded to earlier that, in fact, we've had just an explosion of nonprofits in this country since the '60's. And there are more and more agencies who are looking to the workplace, for instance, as the method of increasing 33 �their funding. And so the pressure on United Ways today is, "What type of package do you take to the workplace to have continued credibility with the business community that you're offering a product that, in fact, is not limited to a f~w select agencies but, in fact, brings in a package of s~rvices that meet the broadest ray of co~unity good. Its interesting, in my view, one of the characteristics that we ... that make us somewhat invisible that we need to, in fact, market is one of the hallmark characteristics of the nonprofit sector is, in fact, the volunteer force. And I've always been impressed to hear George Romney talk about that volunte~r commitment and the ownership, whether we talk about it as the participatory principle of people beco~ing involved in our community issues remains a major issue for United Ways to continue working with the business community for that type of leadership and commitment to some of the community issues, So, in short, one of the things that's happening to us within the United Way system is to continue to look at that -relationship that we have with the business community in terma of presenting a package of services, a benefit that, in fact, benefits a much broader community base than a few select organizations. Blews: Mr. Cantrell, you ... you represent volunteer agencies. Mr. Ivory has talked about the important role of volunteerism. How does that relationship between the 3 sectors affect the volunteer activity in this society? Cantrell: It affects it in a very positive way. One of the things I would like to address before answering your question is the whole point of where human services, private sector, came from -- this whole idea of human services. It started with people before we had any programs, any professionals, we had volunteers who saw a problem and went out and tried to do something to cure or aid in that particular situation. One of the things I see that that whole pioneer spirit is somewhat dying. And its dying under the auspices of existing organizations, often times, in that the volunteer sees a p_roblem and tries to bring their problem forward. There seems to be now territories among agencies and if its working with children, then you're touching upon some child serving agencies. If its dealing with the homeless, some existing organizations see it. Whether or not they are behind that particular attempt to start an organization or to carry some -special type of service through has a profound impact on whether or not that program will ever get off the ground. And I see that dying in some of the communities I'm working with. As people bring forth programs, they are actually being smothered under the weight of existing programs who are goin to be ... see them as contenders for dollars. -· ··-··-- 'r· et in 34 · we- ~'ll �I think in terms of the overall relationship from a corporate standpoint, we hear often times corporations talking about being a good corporate neighbor. But often times when confronted with, "What exactly do you mean by that and what exactly ... what type of activities will you involve yourself in to ... to prove that?" Often times, you' 11 get a .•. not the type of answer you may be looking for. In terms of government, not to be a complainer or anything but they tend to kill creativity. One of the things that I see that is hurtinq nonprofits right now is the fact that creativity is being smothered under the weight of paperwork, under the weight of restrictio d that type of thing~ . A,pd I get a lot Slf -~Q&P ¥ichis•a WRi6L~iey ~RQ a~~~duating 35 �\ Reactions to that. Jan? J Gallagher: / I'd like to talk for a minute about some national and state trends that, I think, are going to affect the development of / government/business/nonprofit partnerships over the next 10 i years. Its not, I think, going to be news to anybody in this room, but I think it might be helpful to remind us all, The President's budget proposal, factored out over the next 5 years, is projecting declines in federal spending for education and training, for social services, for transportation, for community and regional development. The only thing that's projected to grow in t~e. President's budget is medical care, federal spending for medical care. The most recent, valid data on what's happening at the state level comes from a mid-December survey by the National Con-f erence of State Legislatures. At that point, 30 states were receiving less revenue than they needed to balance their budget. More ~han half the states were reporting expenditure~ for entitlement programs or education or both at a higher rate than budgeted. There were very few state reserves left because most of the states had spent them in 1991. There is an increased demand for social services, and a lot of states are cutting aid to local government as one way of balancing their budgets. Its a terrible picture. But it also is going to force substantial changes in how we deliver services, and its going to force changes in the partnerships. There's not going to be federal money. There's not going to be state money. It looks like there's not going to be local money in the short run. Someone is going to have to pick up the slack, and only nonprofit organizations are left. And that's going to, I think, force nonprofits to do exactly the things that Mr . Cantrell, I think, if I got the name from this ... that's right ... was just talking about and that is find new approaches to deliveries of services, to decategorize existing programs, to look at innovative, creative, community-based solutions to problems. Slews: Councilman Benavides, from a local government standpoint, wl)at' s your reaction? Are you seeing the same trend occurring there? And how do you see the partnership shaping up? Benavides: Well, first of all I think that we have a tremendous job in trying to educate government as to what our actually nonprofit organizations are. I see the ... there is various types of nonprofit. In terms of services, those that provide the traditional services that are commonly known to everyone, and then there is the others that are non-traditional where we take the people as we are. The problems, I think, that we have sometimes when we try to get grants and things of that kind, the first word that comes up is "duplication." You're duplicating with so-and-so. You're duplicating with this other person. And what ... what they need to know, they need to 36 �I d I \3 I •I ~ 1', .•' " I I J /\ get educated as to exactly what it is that that agency does and why. And so that ... it seems to me like this type of forum has a tremendous job, along with us, to try to educate that ~n~~lar~~tor •.J I just wanted to say a little bit about ' the United Way politics in terms of opening it up to everyone, I've been an agency director for 22 years in Lansing and I have seen many people come and go. And I know that at one time we had like maybe no more than 10 or 15 agencies. Today we got like 100. That's fine. The more, the merri~r. I think competition is good. I used to be a grqcery clerk and they used to tell me that the best thing to do is to have someone across the street that would give you competition. But, you know, one of the things that the designations, I don't know that he mentioned it, the agency designation where you designate who do you want that particular donation to go to. I have been quite concerned about that. I got my numbers from the local United Way and they were increased a little bit from the last time. But I think, you know, that deep in the living rooms or bedrooms or wherever these people are making those decisions, there seem to be a tendency, if they don't know anything about your agency, they don't know anything about what you do, or they ... they seem to designate that and I can see a lot of these designations going to a block type ot agencies in this community. And I think that if, in fact, we're gonna look at all of those as agency designations should be one. Let me say that government, I think, that its always has a tendency, and being an elected official for 10 years in the City of Lansing, I'm an advocate of human services. I work for one and I truly believe that this is where we gotta go. But I think, you know, we have the tendency to leave the human services, to leave our drugs and crime and health services to the United Way, to the foundations, to "let George do it" type of attitude. I have always advocated that we need to be responsible, that the city government, county government, and state government needs to be responsible and we need to set aside, just like we set aside for everything else, we need to set aside dollars that are gonna go to nonprofit organizations that are providing the services to t~is community. I have to believe that if we can educate ·~ and we can get 'em jobs and we can get 'em the help they need, the whole economic and social quality of life in our community will change. Blews; Dr. Mawby. Mawby; Well, I find it useful from time to time to remind myself of sort of a fundamental interrelationship or interdependence of these three sectors. That, in fact, the governmental and the nonprofit sectors are fully dependent for their resources upon the vitality, the success if you please, of the other sector And its only as business is successful that - business. government can generate its resources. Its only as business 37 �I I / is successful that employees then have the where-with-all -85 per cent or so of giving is by individuals. Its not by corporations and its not by foundations, its by individuals. And so the vitality, the success of all of society depends upon that generating force. I was ... And @O public policy then in effect decides how those resources are going to be mobilized to serve the public good. We tax to do certain things. And in those decisions, we can provide incentives or disincentives for voluntary giving. And so as an individual then, part of my contribution to society at large is through the taxe~ I; a and ar _qf ..it I-h;;'Qu h th~ ~ha;it;y, _t ~yl:ng was ntr1gue e 1er ~ ~ a he· wcf ~ co it;; " c !JP~ ema ks een ~~~~o~u~t~t~h~e~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ h mmu ,_~ cause 1 seems o m tor 1ng responsibility to higher and higher to Lansing and then to Washington, saying th~t the government or the state government ought to do these things. I think society in this period now is becoming somewhat disenchanted. We've poured massive resources into governmental efforts and I think there'~,; been some degree of frustration and dissatisfaction with the consequences. And increasingly I hear Washington saying about, "That's the state's responsibility," and Lansing sAying, ''That's really 1 you know, the county, the city, the comm~nity's responsibility. " Now there's going to be a very awkward transition here in public policy of reallocating the r~sourc~s to do the job. But if that's the direction th~t American society is really moving, then I subscribe flllly to that because I think at the community level we're able to respond most effectively to community needs. Then we've got on awkward period of transition wher~ responsibility is being shifted, the resources have not yet been reallocated, but l think it repreoents, again, that interrelationship of these ~ components of the larger picture. Blewsa ijoffecker: Mr, Hoffecker. L think that's an excellent point . . The nonprofit sector can do something that government and business can't do and that's, in my opinion, react quickly to changing social needs. One of my frustrations in government with one of the other hats that I wear in the office is that we're always reacting to something after the problem and the harm has occurred in .- .•• that's in my efforts in the Consumer Protection a~ea, Very seldom are we fortunate enough to get people with enough knowledge so they avoid the problem. The problem happens. They come to government. Nonprofits are ... can have the chance to be proactive. Look ahead. Sense what's going on and th~n try to deal with it. Government and business can try to facilitate that by allowing access to the workplace and payroll deduction to fund programs, to guard against fraud in 38 �and making information u '. ~ Blewsa Mru • Up john, you re both o. business pereon, a buu in~s s leader 1 and a community leader. What do you think apout this? Upjohn: Well, I support what you say very strongly becauee l think _that the nonprofit sector is the only game in town that can take risks. We need new kinds of solutions for some of these problems. We need more collaborative efforts where agencie~ come together. Each of them may be doing what they do bes~, and working together to bring social energy to the problQms that beset us. And for government its too ponderous and for the business community it is really not their function. aut that s where our power and our ability to set the agenda comes, I feel, 1 1 Blews: We then do go to the question of who pays. And earlier in the discussion there was a reference made to the fact that the primary -- the first responsibility of the business commun!ty is to its employees and to their benefits and compensation. And then, of course, there's the issue of shareholders il\ large corporations. Mr. Roehrig, you represent a part of the labor community. From your perspective, how should businees balance its obligation to its employees and does it have an obligation to the broa4er community through the nonprofit sector in the use of its resources? Roehrig: 39 �Blews: Reactions to that from the nonprofit sector. Anderson: want to make a quick response, because I think it p~obably one question that all of us ought to think about. Knowing our options when you talk about that in the United Way, for example, isn't really just a donor convenience. Because if you feel strongly enough about the Detroit Urban League or the Urban League, and we've had discussions nationally, you could write A check directly to me and it will be tax deductible and I don't need a third party to field th4~ money to me. So if you're talking about donor options, yQu may really be talking about donor conveniences and I think h~'s right, that you really just open up a Pandora's box and have people inundated, because a lot Qt us get matl all the time directly from people soliciting funds and then I see the United Way, for example, and others who put out money as people who really have taken some tilue to study what the issues are and try to prioritize funding those needs in a community, and not just letting it run all over the place. So I would think that somehow or another, if you have all of ~ sudden 300 entities seeking money in this corporation, yo~ really are talking about donor convenience" a~ opposed to donor options. I rai~es Mr~ . Miller. 40 Mr. And~r~on? �/ J I'd like to build on some things that everybody na~ said he~e because I think when we're talking about donor options or donor conveniences, we're talking ... we're really talking about a problem that I think we have across the board in terms of looking at what Mrs. Up john eaid about collaboration, what Jan said about creativity, what Mr. Mawpy soid about community, I think we've got to look at coopera.tion, we've got to look at communication, we've got to look at coordination, and they can't be just nice little concepts that we sit here and talk about on the table. I mean, we've got to go out and actively pursue those relations and develop tha~ . communication eo that there isn't the inundation with donations, that there isn't the duplication of services that someone··mentioned •.. mentioned here. I think that we've got to move.,.move forward because in a time of limited resources, whether its limited resources from the public sector or limited resources from the private sector, we're talking about money. But there's also _information, there are also people. And I think we have to begin to work together and I take this .•. ! give you an example in the public sector in what I do in the Ombudsman's Office. I came in at the beginning of last yea~, and I won't give you the whole long story. But in essence, what happened in our office, we had to reprioritize, we had to refocus, we had to down-size, and as a result of what we have done, we found a new direction, a new purpose and a better service. . And I think this is what this time of limited resources is all about in terms of both government, in terms of the nonprofits and in terms of the business community. And alone we can't do it, but together we have to come and do it and get it done. And I think we're being forced to do it, because its the only way we have to go now. The money's not there. Slews: Epolito: Mr. Epolito. Yeah, just very briefly, I think we've talked about a Qg!;ne;_ship- that- ~0:~ nQ.t~~~t. _.If~~~~~~~=;=~~ { l!~Ai~t&' a:;tra.gment A?ue·aaei:n~;o. ; ; : ..£J_§~ ~ ~ tsfef§ !A::iiEtlaieth-hr'fnist1iil' . \it~I think that the one ~fiing that a partnership can do, and certainly the United Way has proven this, is to set some priorities. On my desk in my office sits about, I don't know, $15,000 or $20,000 worth of requests for funding. We set up a Corporate Giving Committee and as to where we're going to allocate our resources, At the same time, our employees are inundated with requests and I -have everything from a $500 tuxedo affair evening for the Humane Society to save dogs and cats, and I'm not criticizing that because its a major priority for some people, but we have people starving. We have homeles~ in the streets. We, as a corporation, we, as individuals, have got to set some priorities as to what's important to us in this society. So I think this whole issue ot what can the partnership do, if, ~ partnership is created, ~think the .partnership could give 41 ~ 1• .~ ·i �some leadership to setting some priorities and really get to some of the bottom line issues and give some of the focus that we're lacking. Yamanishi: Blews: Dr. Clark, discussion. Clark: And I want to build on what was just said, because certainly for the health care industry, and hospitals in particular, in · Michigan and the United States, this involvement between a not-for-profit hospital and the governmental agencies that both regulate and increasingly reimburse has been an uneasy situation with tensions on both sides; and it certainly is not getting any better. If you put a little historical perspective on it, the relationship was between hospitals and you bring a health ca+e perspective 42 --· ~==-=- to the �government, with business a distance away. That is changing as well so that the triumvirate, as we are talking about !t here, is not becoming increasingly interrelated. And from the hospitals' perspective, we function as nonprofit. At the same time the government regulation is so extreme that the very flexibility that we've all been talking about in meeting the needs of the local community is increaeingly removed from the hospitals to be able to do that. At the same time, with the shrinking reimbursement, both from the public sector and from ' ' business, you have an increased constraint on what the abilities are for any individual institution to meet those I. needs -- even at the best of times. ~'d like to be able to take the suggestion that was made by Judy Miller that this Forum, and by Aaron, that this was exactly the tim~ at which we should be most inventive. But I don't think I have a tremendous amount of sense that that is going to occur in 1 health care as health care has come to be in the United States ...today. If you consider, in Michigan, that besides being nonprofit with all the things that that means, that in addition to that there is over $400 million of care in charity care that's given every year -- over $1 million a day -- and that doesn't even count what's not being reimbursed by the mandated federal and state programs. You are talking about a situation where the squeeze is coming from both sides, and the ability to respond to that in inventive and new ways is l shrinking as well because of governmental constraints and · regulations. JHewe: Ms. Work. Work: I'd just like to say that it appears as though the nonprofits . have been given the mandate to take c~re of crucial problems that are growing and that are not getting smaller, and that it is truly a mandate without money. Now I understand, and we • have been hearing at New Detroit, that we must poordinate, we must have collaborative efforts. I agree with that and I think the nonprofits have to coordinate and collaporate to the best of their ability. Then we hear no duplication of services. Perhaps there should be some duplication in order to cover all the problems, and I don't mean duplication that is a bad thing, but how much do we come together and collaborate and coordinate to the extent that we not fulfilling our mandate and handling all of those problems out there? Some duplication might be a good thing in order to ·handle all of. p;p;>blems. It is a v toygh.._ ma_!!~ate an 43 �,- - '- I services and human needs against the arts. We're going to be pitting more things against each other, I think, unless we take a really good look at policy issues. Slews: Mr. Bianco. Bianco: Before I mentioned that I did not think that during the Reagan years or now even during the Bush years the federal government is doing what it can to encourage activity in the. nonprofit sector. When we heard the rhetoric in the early '80's that the private sector must do more, individuals must do more, we were reminded by Russ that the giving is largely by _individuals. But yet during the Reagan Administration and the ta~ reform as all of us in this room know, the whole itemized deduction was taken away essentially for about 75 per cent of tax filers. As far as I know, about 25 per cent of the people itemize, somebody might back me up on that number. And so we took the federal incentive to give. We took the policy that said, "Its '1--~t~~~~...::=~t'""~~~~~~~~~~'¥-:~~~~~~ ou t . ~ Point ITUrnher~ on 1s 1s, and if there ~s going to pe 44 \ �'90's, then we need some more Why shouldn't that deduction that is truly Blews: Bandstra: -Representative Bandstra. Yeah, I think you're right, that we do have a hodge podge approach at the state level. I'm sure you're aware that we do have a limited tax credit in place for community foundations and p~rt of the bill that reinvigorated that tax credit specified that we want to do a study of the way other states structure their tax incentives for cha ize the problem here in Lansin .-1-~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~e-~~~~~~~r1Ar~~e=~~~nna~fa~~~:th-in Kosteva: I go back to Joe's point that you raised much, much earlier and that is answering the question of who delivers the results the best. If we would choose, if government makes the conscious decision to, let's say, broaden the deductibility of certain contributions, clearly that tax expenditure will cost the state government, and we will be making the conscious d~cision that Jan has talked about in terms of the e~ended pressure that state government is facing. Lois mentioned about the fact that we're pitting social services versus the arts at the present time. So if we make the conscious decision to expand the deductions and the expenditures that that can go for that will reduce the state dollars th~t will, therefore, go to social services so we, therefore, will be making the conscious decision that government has decided that somebody else, the nonprofit sector, will deliver these results better than the centralized state or federal government will. So I'm not certain if our society ... our collective society of whom Rick and I and others are reflective of that as their representatives .•• have made that decision. I think that ... ! think that they're pushing us in 45 �Blews; Senator Sederburg, as a former legislator, what counsel would you offer to this ... this gauntlet that has been laid down for the current Legislature? · Sederburg: Well, I think we're in the midst of a rewriting of the social contract in the state of Michigan. Michigan has a history and a tradition similar to Wisconsin and Minnesota of a public _that wanted public services valued, a good public infrastructure, liked high quality educational institutions, liked to fund the arts, etc. But I think we may be in the midst of a change of attitude and we may be moving more to an Indiana - Ohio type of environment in which the public says we're going to rely on the individual to make decisions and to succeed individually and we're not going to look to government to provide services, and I think that the public may be moving away from the leadership of the state. And the people around the panel and all of us probably on the bottom line feel that the government really has a role to play in providing leadership and providing some high level governmental services that we can be proud of. Joe's point in Europe, you go to Europe and people are proud of the infrastructure of the public buildings and the public transportation systems and the public image is there. I ran into a friend of mine from Minneapolis the other day and we were talking about high taxes in Minnesota, and he said, "Yeah, we have high taxes in Minnesota but we're proud of the park system and the road system and the infrastructure that we have. " I'm afraid that's changing in Michigan and the message that Jim Kosteva a~d Rick Bandstra and others are getting from their public is that they're facing economic pressures and we don't care about public services as we're having such a difficult time making it in our own family situation. And that's very frustrating and I chuckle and mention a big pitch for tax credits, yqu know, a lot of people believe these are tax expenditures. ~hat it is really just another way of the state giving direct aid to the institutions, and its just going to drive the state budget further into debt and accelerate this social rewriting of the social contract. So I'm afraid that its going to be a tough time ahead until the public really resolves in their own minds the level of public services tnat they really want 9ut of the state government. J think the federal level has done a tremendous disservice to us in Michj..gan in that the publJ..o 46 �has gotten used to having their cake and eating it, too, and · just it on the credit card for the national debt. And so in the same paper you can read about Congress passing a tax reduction bill and at the same time talking about passing mandatory health care insurance for everybody and it'll just drive the ~ational deficit further and higher and . bighe~. Well, we don't have that liberty at the state level, -but the public thinks we do. So the public ia going to write to J~ Kosteva and say, "Gee, we w~nt money . for ·the arts an<1 we want a tax cut next week, too, while you're at it." And they'll~ totally inconsistent to them because that's exactly what their Congressmen are telling them that they f.re .going to deliver in the next election. They'r~ going to give them national health care insurance and they're going to cut their tax~s. So why can't we at the state level give money for the arts and c~t our taxes? Sounds reasonable to me and I'm going to write a letter to the legislators. Blews: We'll provide the legislators' addresses to you. Sederburg: Very good. Blews: Shifting to a national perspective, Ms. Gallagher. Gallagher: Well, first let me assure you that Michigan is not alone in having a confused approach to incentives. for charitable g~v~ng. I commend to all of you Virginia's sales tax exemption system which is one of the most complicated I have ever seen. But I'm disturbed by what I'm seeing around the country as I monitor tax challenges to nonprofits. And what I'm seeing goes back to what we were discussing in the first part of the session which is a fundamental lack of identity within the nonprofit sector. Blews: And now we're talking about tax challenges not tax incentives, an importan~ prid9e in the conversation here. ~ ...:::;: •:::fl • Gallagher: ~ ~~ell1 I've waited for a long time to do that. - ., - - - .. . - -. _ ---- I 9 1Je ~sr=ma-hri i* ~ •••~~~~~~;-1£Hiti? I mean a tax exemption- is an incentive. It's not 'an incentive to charitable giving but its an incentive to the charitable organization to carry out its purposes; similarly a sales tax exemption I would put generally within that framework. p~operty Blews: Good. Gallagher: Two weeks ago, I'm told, the tax assessor's office tor Lincoln, Nebraska, was out with tape measures measuring the square footage of every day care center in every church basement in Lincoln. The tax assessor was quoted in the newspaper as saying, "Child care is not charit~le unless its free. Further, child care is not a religious purpose, " Therefore, he apparently proposes to ~equire all churches in 47 T �Lincoln to pay a proportional share of the property tax on that portion of the building that's oevoted to child care. The Lincoln newspaper, I'm further tQld, wrote an editori4~ commending this fellow for his innovative ~nd creative approach to solving Lincoln's reven\le problems. I don't understand this, except to ~ay that peQple apparently don't,, .. aren't seeing the value in child care, the importance of chilq care, the need for quality child care to preserve f~ly structures. We haven't t~lked yet about your fourth sector, which I see as the family. The Alabama Legislature -- House of Delegates -- I'm told, 2 weeks ago repealed •. ,voted to repeal all its charitable sales tax exemptions a$ part of a restructuring, taking away what they viewed as unfair ta~ benefits. I believe that's going to be correct_e d in the Alabama Senate, but I'm seeing the need for state revenlle driving, and for local revenue, driving some decisions that I think are terribly unfortunate for the future of nonprofit _organizations. I'm seeing organizations forced to spend substantial amounts of money to defend existing tax exemptions, and I'm concerned about it. I'm also seeing on the government/business/private partnership area a fund~ental exclusion of service delivery agencies from some of the dialogue that's going on. I'm told there was a conference at Wing Spread maybe a month or 6 weeks ago, I'm pot sure, a~ which government, including the Governor's Council of State Policy Advisors and business leaders and foundation executives, sat down and talked about how to restructure delivery systems. I'm told that deliverers of social services were notable absent from that discussion. Another group that I work with is trying an experiment in Virginia to renegotiate the delivery system and when they went to talk to their state funders, they were told basically, "Go away. You do what we, tell you. We don't want to hear what you think." I'm not sure how to correct these identity problems. But I think that if we don't address them pretty quickly, we're going to have some serious problems over the next 10 years. Blews: Cunningham: Do we see those same kinds of identity problems producing s~ilar challenges in Michigan? Father Cunningham? Oh sure, but the not-for-profit organizations, the complete spectrum of even to the point of antithesis •.• and I remember when Focus Hope started, one of the things that bothered me tremendously was people calling us an agency. Because by definition, an agency is something that does what other people _tell-!hero to do. They act out of a contract to do ~om~thing. ( ...~;aieQ \Ui 1 1, aa•urs>; ~deyelpp· gifweri:ft"e·s te':r=*t1fM~ Clll!t~€1 \_ 'S.atP r WQ~!'[._!!Ei; eaeJP&ia•a ·- ~y a~e ~ i@ • 8 i S!.... '.!!!) That relationship, whi"le- -very important maybe-- to certain objectives, is the death knell of the not-for-profit, highly voluntary, and what I should think of as the •.. those of you who like Lake St. Clair and Jefferson Avenue •.• all know about 48 �- I the fish fly. He comes in '\:here and get~ under your car tires and we crunch up several million billton of them eve~ yea+, I always used to think, "That's a good ,idea for not-foJ;-profJrt organizations. They guide themselves as fi~h flies, They come get something done thep get out of business," And t}\en good people like Dr. Mawby come along and say, "Hey, wait a mipute. We'd like to help you, but how long ~re you going to be around? we're lookin<J for some · consJr~tency." Rignt, Ru~~? And we're looking •.. Mawby; Cunningham: Positively. '• So you need some institutional stuff . .And there's a struggle within an organization, both to be institutiopql and to be free. And let me tell you, that's a stiff one, That's wheJ;e that small group of not-for-profits that are not agenciee. And for that group now comes the responsibility t~ take this Jb.usiness community over here and this government community on the other side, who obviously have failed to do something or there wouldn't be a purpose for the not-for-profit, and then you go and say, "Its their fault, business, and its their fault, government, that they don't know how important we are to their destiny. " Well that's a crock. Its the responsibility of the not-for-profit organization to mak~ partnerships with government and with business and to draw them along and to make some very impQrtant assumptions. The business community has an ethic. Now they're crooks. There are also crooks in the not-for-profit. But they have an ethic, and that ethic ought to be honored and respected, but its an ethic, a kind of fence around their business practice~ out of which they hope to become really rich apd take care of themselves. And that's acknowledged, There's nothing wrong with that. And government, Eugene McCarthy made a good case and its government's business is to maintain the morays, not to establish morality, not to grab ideals. And after Thomas Jefferson and all that stuff God laid to rest, the purpose of government was to maintain the institution. The purpose of the not-for-profit organization is to reach for the stars , To · ~each for the moral possible in our time and then to integra~e that with the morays lifting them up inch by inch and with the business community making them a little better, too, for the common good. Now comes this not-for-profit organization, wi.mping and whining, "By God, this is hard work. " Well of course it is. That's what you chose to set that at the helm. -And you stand up to yourself and if you're the captain of the ship, you shouldn't receive any pay. "Why shouldn ' t you receive any pay as the captain? " (This will make me very popular.) "Why should not the captain of the ship receive any pay?" Because he is inviting in all these volunteers. Come follow me. And if he gets 7 5 grand a year, how can he ask all these volunteers to come in and do for nothing what he's managing for a pretty handsome salary. We got a lot of stuff 49 �I here we've got to look at. And, finally, on a very positive side, because I think we're in for some real great surprises and while, Jane, you make some good projections there, I'll bet you didn't even project what was going to happen in Europe a year and a half ago either see. So that's nice. General Motors has 5-year plans. Now, let's talk about projections, You know we have an aging population in this country that's pretty healthy, pretty healthy. And instead of those poor folks sitting down there in their condo around the sw~in9 pool discussing in Florida, or Boca Raton tg ~ap~ific, the latest and the m~st effe~tive laxatives..:.J'w~y 1 aft&. I !•~ th~ ·- ·- - - .. - -.. - - folks you've got to give back? When are we 9oing to start telling them, you've had a nice life ~~ time to give back? And to give back as a fine government ~epresentative. Yo~ don't have to go out from GM and now become a con$ultant anQ _make $500,000 a year. You've got enough to take care of you for a while. Come on, give back. I had a guy come in the other day and his wife finally said, convinced him last year, time to give back. I have a major doer. He's in at 7:30 every morning, setting the discipline for the entire organization because he's a good guy and wants to give back, and he figures at 65 he's got 10 years to give back. We have a tremendously developing population in this country of people who've been around the block a !ew . time~ho- are au~=atest _!:r~!is ure . c~~I!5! g ~~ back L J2att;, we ' •&a & \i~.., !ull!!fil&!&a j ) ~_@s!,t!!f=a.a•e ~··sa-! . , <?t a;...-athe~ a'~. Frankly, I thinx '"weve got to get busy asnol'lproffts and forgive our government •t re that's _whr · :55£·!iZ_~;~~!E~n~ an~u~~·!-ar b~aus,e we_'~er!S cr~tic~sm and I have no criticism of business. Good Lora, they're on their backs. But I certainly think we've got, if there's a partnership, it has to be their respect for the nonprofits and getting out there and standing at the helm in the storm. Blews: You strike upon an issue that Or. Payton points out in his paper that the voluntary tradition in this nation is, in fact, a tradition and, therefore, it must be passed on. That it is not ... Cunningham& -... You bet! ... Blews: ... simply enough to assume that it will exist, that it involves, as he says, the challenge to preserve and to practice and to understand, to study, to be faithful, to guard, and most importantly, to teach. And let's throw that issue open there. Are we teaching new generations that 50 �tradition, that value of volunteerism and nonprofit service? Mrs. Upjohn. Upjohn: Blews: You know, I ..• as I told you initially, I come from the volunteer community from station wagon driving, brownie baking, car pooling, bandage rolling, well baby clinic, yo~ name it. And my kids were with me while I was doing that. They knew that I spent the time that wh~le I wasn't with them and while they were safely in school, working in the community. Today, in so many families where its nec_essary for both parents to work, they may do volunteer service. They may have all kinds of board commitments and they may be involved, but their children don't know it. Their children have no idea ~hat they really are making a contribution or that, as they grow up, they need to give back. I think we have to have more youth United Ways. We have to have more involvement for children and young people that go beyond selling Girl Scout cookies but where chi~Qren ~eal!y ~nd~stand w~a~ !t~~ans to \ have !he jo¥. of givi~~ -~ liJ&Yla~·-~-!lu~por_t: ~:· P~o:_~~ - pil:=r:J - f our discussion now. And this panel did not nee ,ea there. We're talking about ~.at_ado we do now for the~~ureL Where do we go from here? How o we build on ~f -its worthy of being built on, this tradition of the nonprofit sector, how do we create a partnership that may or may not be a very good partnership At this point V§h¥ ~ffective or as lively a partnership as it ~hqylsL.be ·t.J ~w . C1'6 ('e go fiom h~·?- fia · !~~ee thes'!.~!'?'!'!!i!JI:\ · \ ~t ·IA\M~~ ~-e ~!~i;;s::el!r W+r~~ . •!a~~·· ~·~J l dY;de ~§~~~t.:\ And Dr. Sederburg, I can tell- you're anx~ous to ump in. o:,-A Sederburg: I am because I just came from a state of the school speech night at oyr local sahoo~~ the pitch of the {\ , superintendent waa. the ...... white P'!per and the ending value was a value on family and··-of community involvement. And I 1 ) just throw out as a beginning point of all this, I think that we need to get a further discussion of values, both in the school system and in government and in business as well. I think we, perhaps, have gone through a period of time when values haven't been talked about very clearly and have been sort of shied away from. And I think that's a strength of the nonprofit sector and is going to be critical from the schools to everything to have a clarity of values. So and on our local school districts, they set it up so the kids have to put in community service time in middle school and in high school, l~st 51 �I and I think that's a neat, neat thing to do. to the value system. And it goes back Mr. Cantrell. Cantrell: Just like what Betty had said here about taking the kids around and letting them see first hand the value and teach that value. One of the big concerns ·r ight now in volunteerism is, who is passing on those particular values to the kids now that the parents are not there to do them? Are day care centers, in fact, passing those on? Are the school systems, in fact, passing it on? One of the big problems I see today, one of the hopes I see for the future, is the fact that the schools are getting on board and they are starting to make community service a part of the school experience, but not the educational experience. And that's ... that's the problem that is out there right now. I know, in our community, kids are _going out and they're doing things and they're not able to come back and process what has happened. In their little mind, they're out there doing something and they are things happening that they don't quite understand and if you don't process that, it doesn't become a value. Experience in itself is not a value. The value has to be passed on. I call upon the school system to start to teach that value, but also to take part in that educational process, that as an individual, and adult individual or a child in this community, not only do you take from it, you give back to it. And what is the value of giving that back to? The whole idea of social insurance that started volunteer ism in this country, the whole bond raising type of mentality is saying that, "There but by the grace of God go I." And, "I'm one paycheck away from being homeless." And the social insurance approach to that is to say, "I will go out and help those people because one day 1 when its my turn to receive help, someone will be there for me. " And until we start to instill that value .•. Right now we're turning kids off. Okay? These kids are going out and getting these experiences and not being processed. And not only that but the agencies 1 sometimes, are having them do t]lings that a 12-year-old can't do much let's have them vacuum. I'm sorry but there's not a lot of value that can be gotten out of that unless you explain to that kid what the overall agency purpose is and how vacuuming may be helping them meet that goal in some way. But that experience has to be related to the kids, and right now we're having them to do ~ommunity service and they're not learning from it and a lot of them are being turned off and I don't want it to be like the first speech I ever did when I got into this field was to a bunch of vets, and I said to them, "Volunteer ism." Uhhhhhhhhh. Every time I said "Volunteerism". Urrrrrrrr. And after it was over, I went up to the guy and I said, "God, you know, what did I do wrong?" He said, "These are all World War II vets. They learned the concept of volunteerism as, "I 52 �I I need 3 volunteers -- you, you and you -- and they didn't come back." Okay? So I learned right away that in certain circles you use other words than volunteerism. Are we doing the same thing with our kids now? Is the question. Are we saying to them when they hear the word volunteerism out of adults because of their experience in 9th grade or Kindergarten, are they going to say, "Oh, no. Mr. Cantrell, don't come here with that." And that's what we need to take a look at. We need to process it. We need to start to institutionalize it, We need to pass on that value that now both working parents cannot pass on. And we need to start it in Kindergarten and take it all the way through the educational experience. Blews: Our audience ... Ce1ntrell: Please ... Slews: ... is anxious to jump in with us. Bolhouse: I I Yes, please. Thank you. Susan Bolhouse. I'm on the Board of Education of Waverly Community Schools and also the aoard of Directors of the ~ichigan Association of $ChQol ~Qgr s w is represented in ou · . , wa ~ t e bit sorry a e ucati~o-fZ", wa~rep;elen ed 011. ·s p 1. d I w&l very _r,l:'ea d~haMis G~Yagher 'ted m, io ch A.d~ n ai}P' edu ati . Tll point, up until '"looil_..., ut ag I as '9ettin ~te frustrated because this ~~•nt chi and education seemed to have been o r ed. e ~eve t a al~r-y~uf !ij n 1.es, a o organ1.zat~o s do represent children, that you do have them, you do work with them. Their good is at hand and in your hearts. But you send them to us, the schools, school boards and associations, to take care of. Jim Epolito is inherent in ~ at the moment, But he said priorities. In continuing this discussion, I would like you to remember thot / . children need to be a priority, that when it comes to sett1ng money aside, robbing Peter to pay Paul, when you do tQke money away from one agency, somehow please try to ~eep in ~nd that tpe children, you've heard it before but it has never been truer than today with budget cuts, children are our futu~e. And, yes, ~chools do need to teach volunteerism at home as part of the curriculum whether its a graduation requirement or not. As a School Board member, I feel that I pretty much cover all 3 eectors as Or. Payton pointed out. But as a -fourth sector, yes, indeed, its family, but as ~ fourtn sector, you can also take people such as myself who do work through an elective process -- I'm elected, I'm government, Business, in essence, running a school district is busines~. And then, as a volunteer, because $20 a month for 30 hours a week of work doesn't really cut it. I mean, baby sitters, no thank you. But please I'~ here to urge you, in finali~ing this discussion, please do not take your eyes off the G J 53 \ ~ I �I I children. If you can't continue in building your Nonprofit Forum to include children in getting involvement and interest in business partnerships, please do. And as a representative of the Michigan Association of School Boards, I know that we have many, many school board members out there that we represent who would love to walk hand in hand with you on the local level and on the state level to bring these children, to educate them, to give them the jobs that they need and that you want to give them. Let us help you. Thank you. Blews: d be assured the Summit here is a representatio o var..L leadership and~f course,. . one deal~wit th reality of edulin~ , ...... b sured that t Fo n its / repr senta on oe~ave ery ery thoro rep · ~tation of the -12 ducat nal c uni , he c nit lege ~1 of edu at· n ap.d the · gher e ucat~ n lev , bot "'PUI>llc and pri ~·~d o oint is ertainly 1 taken and we would want t offer the assurance that e children are not being for ten and are recognized as ~e of tbe prio · · with the nonprofit sector. or:- Mawby?- - - -· _ ___ _ _. Mawby: - -- - - -· - I think, as we think of the future, Father Bill spoke • eloquently to the potential of the seniors in society giving 1 back. I think that's something we need to recognize and capitalize on and some exciting things are happening of that sort. The other end of the age spectrum is what we're talking 1 about here and I think that's equally important. Part of its 1 putting it into the academic world, for example, usually talks about 2 sectors. They talk about the for-profit business sector and they talk about the public, tax supported sector, and the rest is invisible. So to consciously put in to the sequence from pre-K-12 all the way through in Social Studies, in History, in Economics, and all aspects of life, thi§ sector would be useful. But I think one of the most e~citing opportunities, you know one of the realities of the contemporary society is that we have prolonged adolescence for most young people into their mid-20's. They have far more capacity and more motivation to be contributing, we as I guess do-gooders, say well, they're the beneficiaries of so many things. We give them so few opportunities to assume responsibility and to exercise responsibility. And one of the great ways ... I'm not sure I'd like compulsory volunteerism ..• I I ????: ... That's an oxymoron .•. Mawby: ... really, but required for graduation, I'm not sure about that one. But I am sure that young people, and it goes before the teenage years, are anxious to contribute, not always to be the beneficiaries; and that requires real creativity. One of the greatest challenges is to the ~chool system itself, because usually they don't let the students participate and contribute. They're the recipients and the beneficiaries. So 54 �/ it requires creativity and the life in the community. Schools are an important part of that. But more hours are spent out of school than in school in the life of every kid, so that requires churches and all of the nonprofits, the community at large, to be more creative in involving young people. And we haven't said a great deal about the churches today. Sister Monica, would you like to help us with that very important part of the nonprofit sector? Kostielney: Well, I think there re q-~ew things that have been mentioned tha are fairl p f u9d f we recogni e the whole order of wha is goi on n ?cie y. I thi th dramatic economic cha es tha are c u ring I think t!J.e shi t · ~digmp for how we re ch c nsJri'~us nd I think the ack of\ a moral cons nsus n so , 'i et;v"li . . . hose are 1a11 fac rs that B e upon hur 's ers ~1i ve;, wha I belli eve is la king · ~oc iety that thi ches an eally fprovide lo us f r a d that is r~flec io efore l cti n. / I thin the re s many chang s th ire occu' rin tl}at we ne d to dersta d and think' thro 9fand ques ion a~d push u a lit e bit n the edge. And at's neede for hat is a rofou eflect on on the r alit s that are pari ~ on our ives nd thi that · leads us, hen, to ques · o i~ new w s wh is appen these 3 s ctors. I th ri~ ha\ driv s .•. w at dries e the •. e of the secto s) for~xam e, i governm nt other ~ ors are kind f ~n by th ir own re our by~ an we do? I an, go ernment asked the e tion, "What c we do with o •.• with these I think asks the same hing in ~erm I they're driveh___ y technology, they're ' driven bX their own 1 tT 55 ' ' �I I Blews: •• W~~ the point of starting now to move toward the conclus · and I know that there are at least a couple _of-pe1)ple who have very compelling remarks that they're anxious to get onto the record. I think there was somebody from the audience who'd like to comment. ~oard Rosenbaum: Yes. My name is Rene Rosenbaum. I'm a Research Associate with the Julian Samora Research Institute at Michigan State University. And I have a question that I hope will touch on the relationship between cooperation between government, business and the nonprofit sector, and also I think will touch on the issue of public policy. The question is this: I've seen the role of nonprofit organizations as promoters of volunteerism and democracy. In direct contradiction, we've seen the role of nonprofit organizations, for the most part, as helping maintain national ... a national safety net. It seems to me that seeing nonprofit organizations as promoters of volunteer ism and coopera ... and democracy implies less government and less business assistance and funding, while seeing nonprofit organizations as maintaining a national safety net requires more government and more business funding. If people from the panel could respond to that please. Blews: Quite a question. Cantrell: I don't know if this is the response. Former Governor George Romney has said in many instances that he has every confidence in the American people because there are more people than problems, and all we have to do is empower the people to deal with the problems. I think that when you take a look at human service agencies, you are looking at both of those aspects and we can't ... we can't escape those. In one sense, and we are all aware in human services of the ebb and flow of monies, okay, and what happens and you see this typical process time and time again. When there's a lot of money there, the professionals rush in. We fill ourselves and all of our offices with professionals and then the money ru~hes out and Mr. Cantrell? 56 ~ I �we run out and get volunteers from schools like people like yourself, as student interns, and they fill those s~e offices. One of the things that happens, though, i& •.. the people, the volunteer managers, will go about filling those offices. The administrators will run out and start screaming and hollering about the money that is not there any more. 1 think one of the things we're going to always need that, We're going to always need ~overnment and business monies and support to maintain that safety net, but at the same time we're maintaining a second safety net and that is that whole pioneer spirit. I know when I was in ... in •... in •• , grade school I said things like, "That good old American know-how, Yankee ingenuity." I never knew what it meant, but I was American and wow, I got this somehow and it gave me ~onfidence to go out and do things because, wow, somehow because I happened to be born here, I have something special. Okay? I don't see that specialness there any more. Okay? In terms of _the volunteers. In terms of administrators, I see them looking only in one direction, that is towards funding, and so goes the funding, so goes our operations and our agencies. And what we need to have is we need to have a marriage of those two and both of have to be seen as equally ••• equal partners in that whole relationship. Volunteers, except for the Board of Directors who are treated quite well with dinners and everything else, but your direct service ~~u~t~~~~~~ treated like tbird-cl · · times. . n 'ferms of that we'l neve cape t at, I think that its necessary, but we're mai t ining 2 thin here. We're maintaining that safet~et fo people\ who eed it, we e also ~· ntai~· ng a volu e~r spi · t th 1lt if we every los it in t is cou ry, eve hing will umb e ~ ght along with it. An we're no puttip any emphasiS'\P th,·t volunteer spir~ at a to the s an~6ynt that we need . o. , I go up to Weste and I talk to pr~~eors up there and ·~· :1e11 them, "It is impo i~e for any ~e .fo graduate from yo r n~iversity and not serv on a board or be volunteer. It s · 'im~ossible fo anyone tq~e an ~U'cator I ~ a social wor~ey or \ hospita administiato~ ang not i~porporate volunte,1s. An~ yet yo don't t~ach t~~/concept fO them.t : When go RUt, they~ow ho to manage peop~ that a~e paid, ~ ~ut they h~~e not ide how manage7that /seco~ele~ent, and :soak at ~~e a~encies. Rig t now 'dar every pa pf.rson in an ' encyl theJ:"e are at lea t 50, m nimally 50, u id people. dYE}' we only take a lo k at h to manage tho ... that small per~ntage, instead of o vastly empower and manage that other pa~ ~m~-rdo---· know i ·- __ li-~e~~~tb~""''l~e~e~e:<.:: Blews: Mr. Yamanishi. Yamanishi: Nonprofit organizations began with the concept of charity. Father Cunningham subscribes to the idea of giving without any 57 �I Blews: Mr. Bianco. Bianco: Firet of all, responding to the question from the audi$nce, it seems to me that the safety net provided by the nonprofit sector has its limits. It seems to me that when you begin to talk a.b out whatever the number is these days, 35 million without any health care insurance, and you begin to talk about bridges collapsing and roads falling apart, its very hard for me to really see that no matter how creative we get or how many volunteers we get, its very hard for m~ to see issues like that being fully, fully addressed simply within the thi~d sector without substantial financial resources. And I'm sure there are others around the room that can think of other issues like that where the safety net issue, in my opinion, cannot, in the short term -- short term in this case being defined as the next 5 to 10 years as I see the short term ·~ be provided by the ... by the ... by the third sector. So the i~sue then becomes, is it governmental resources or is it no resources? Is the problem simply going to be tolerated as it is tolerated, as you well know, in many other countries of this world, and some who do have economic resources. And I think that would be totally contradictory to the spirit we've talked about here today that's embodied, we hope, in the American conscience, of caring a whole lot about their neighbor and not wanting to see suffering and so forth. So ... so clearly we've got those kind of issues that I don't think are going to be fully handled by the third sector. Now, 27 years ago, when my wife and I got married, we came back to Michigan and we went to a church retreat the first month we were back. And it turned out that the individual giving the retreat is now sitting down the table there. And our lives 58 ' I �,- - I I I I I IUews: were never the same after we got through with Father Bill Cunningham's weekend retreat. And he'e still on my case as you can see. But I'm not going to let him go. I think one ot the challenges that the nonprofit also has is a credibility challenge, and its not just what Father Bill says about all of us working for free which may work for him -- God takes care of him, you know -- Kroger sort of takes care of us and GQQ helps out sometimes. But I think one of the challenges that all of us have is the credibility of our third sector QI; nonprofit organizations. I' 11 n~veJ; forget when I was considering leaving Dayton/Hudson Corporation and I talked to several people and I said, "Gee, sho~ld - I really do this? Does this make sense to you?" Several people, basically business and professional people, said, "Oh, Qed, ~oe. Don't go out to that Detroit Institute of Arts. Don 1 t go to work in a nonprofit organization. You 1 re going to lose all your management skills. You're going to get caught in the most _God-awful politics and nonproductive activity that you've ever seen in your life. Just stay away. Don't do it." I would assert that if you talked to most business executives, and although Peter Drucker's certainly helping us all out a great deal these days in his nice articles, but I suspect if you talked to most business executives, they would assume that people who work in nonprofit organizations may have great spiritual qualities, may have great caring qualities, but I suspect at least their mind set would be that most of us are not very good managers. So I think the credibility issue for us is how do we forcefully demonstrate financial integrity, management strength, as third sector people, to get the respect of people like Representative Bandetra and Representative Kosteva and other people who, even in the governmental sector, will have that question and that accountability. So I think we've got a lot of work to clo , there to demonstrate our management competence and ou~ financial capabilities and I don't mean fund raising, I mean accountability. Never losing sight, of course, of what Father Cunningham and Sister Monica and others have said, that we, in the process of doing that have a balance in our organizations s9 we never lose sight of the caring mission and the eoaring~ to the stars, as Father Bill said. But as we soar to the stars, we should have our audit in our pocket and we shoul~V · -~ have a good, tight organization. ~~JYJ With that, discussion. Dr. Payton, you helped t~~~s Can you help us to come to~conclusion~ whole Well, I'm a ... any of you ever heard ot--Meye 's break personality type indicators, I'm an ENPP and I don't like to come to closure on these things. I don't believe in closure on open-ended, problematic questions of the kind we're talking about. In fact, I think its a real mistake to think that there's an answer to the question .. , questions we've been 59 \ �I I trying to talk over. I said in the paper, and listening to all of you this morning, I'm persuaded that to restate what I said in the paper, mission is the key. But my understanding of that has been expanded and, I think, enlightened by some of the things that I've heard here. As you recall, my opening remarks I mentioned what somebody called the "U.S.S.Were" -- Russia -- the society facing problems that, I think, make our's appear to be ... make our concerns appear to be self-indulgent. Very, very grave problems. Bill Sederburg captured, in a sense, what •.• what I think they face and that I think we face . when we start with the notion of mission and we think about mission in the larger sense. When he used the phrase, rewriting the social contract, that kind of language is being used more widely all the time these days. heard that, the efforts to same_ ls of other when ibl.e und t �And we can't just think about the third sector. We have to do it in the context of all 3. If we're an American democracy anything remotely like the one that we've all known _and loved, then we will continue to be a 3 sector society. So we've got to call business to task in examining its place in this 3 sector society as well as government, as well as the sector that we've been trying to focus on here today ~ e o e as r a-t lve our on, on th -.. ~n --bpportunity . ...,.. -- --· -- The next 20 years, I am told, will see the largest transfer of wealth from one generation to another, not only in the history of this country but probably in the history of the world. Estimated numbers don't sound authentic in the mouth of a humanist like myself, estimates ranging from $3 to $7 trillion dollars. So although we've got lots of economic problems, don't you believe that we are not a weal thy society, that there isn't money to do things. That's not our problem. But it is a very serious question of what those resources will be used for and I think that's part of what will come .out of our participation in this rewriting of the social contract. alews: In that spirit, not of closure but and not of an ending but of really of a beginning, I'd like to suggest that the panel t~ke a vote here, and since there are several Legislators here, ~his seems an appropriate thing to do, how many of you would be in favor of continuing this kind of summit and this kind of dialogue into the future? All in favor say "Aye." All: "Aye" Slews: · Opposed? I think that speaks rather emphatically to our commitment today to really a new beginning and a new partnership. We do, on behalf of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum, want to express a very, very special thank you to each of the panelists, each of you leaders from business, from government, from the nonprofit sector, for the very, very thoughtful contributions that you have made to the dialogue here. We talked about partnerships, and it simply should be 61 .. .. �r noted here that a commitment to partnership is refl~cted in the presence by each of these individuals here today, They co~ld have been many other places • There weJ;e many other demands on their calendars. They made a personal commitment, In a sense, they and their organiz(;ltions made a fiscol COllUllitment by committing the resource, the value of their t~e, to be here with us. And so we do want to thank each of you for your commitment to this beginning partnership. we hope that those of you who have listened in and looked in have found this to be a stimulating discussion, have found it to be a thoughtful discussion, and we hope that in your organizations and in your activitiee ~round this state and throughout our society, that this will also lead you to n~w challenges and to new opportunities fo~ partnership. ·- - - - Lewis; re ls pp op ypu / ha ·' Thank (End of Summit-- 12:34 p.m.) 62 -- -- -- -----1 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. 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MNF Summit - February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" Convener Ms. Maryellen J. Lewis Executive Director Michigan Nonprofit Forum Moderator Dr. Edward O. Blews, Jr. President Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan Speaker Dr. Robert L. Payton Director Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University Panel Members Mr. N. Charles Anderson President Detroit Urban League Mr. Joseph P. Bianco, Jr. Executive V.P., Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts Hon. Richard Bandstra State Representative MI House of Representatives Dr. Jane Deanne Clark Senior Director Michigan Health Care Institute Michigan Hospital Association Mr. Anthony Benavides Third Ward Councilmember City of Lansing Mr. Edward L. Cox President and Chief Financial Officer Accident Fund of Michigan �Fr. William Cunningham Executive Director Focus: HOPE Mr. James Epolito Chief Executive Officer Blue Care Network/Health Central Ms. Jaime G. Gallagher Counsel Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg Mr. Robert E. Ivory President United Way of Michigan Hon. James A. Kosteva State Representative MI House of Representatives Sr. Monica Kostielney Executive Vice President Michigan Catholic Conference Dr. Russell G. Mawby Chairman and CEO W.K. Kellogg Foundation Mr. Lawrence Roehrig Secretary/Treasurer AFSCME, Council 25 AFL-CIO Dr. William A. Sederburg V.P. for Public Policy and Director Public Sector Consultants Ms. Elizabeth Upjohn Board Member Kalamazoo Foundation Hon. Jackie Vaughn in State Senator Michigan State Senate Dr. Mark I. Wilson Director Nonprofit Michigan Project, MSU Ms. Lois Work Vice President New Detroit Mr. Herbert Yamanishi Executive Director MI Community Action Agency Assoc. Ms. Judith Miller Michigan Business Ombudsman Michigan Department of Commerce rcf: 02/27/92, summpanl. Is t\pro grams vsummit\6400\mjt �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan, MNF Summit - February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan *s Government and Business Community " Audience Members Mr . James Barrett President Michigan State Chamber of Commerce Dr. Christopher M. Clark Professor of Education Michigan State University Ms. Susan Bolhouse Vice President Waverly Board of Education Ms. Donna M. Clarke Administrative Assistant Michigan Nonprofit Forum Mr. Paul Booden Director Michigan Health Occupations Dr. Kenneth E. Corey Dean, College of Science Michigan State University Ms. Betty Boone Interim Director MI Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Mr. William Dansby Executive Vice President Michigan Optometric Association Judge Thomas E. Brennan President Thomas M. Cooley Law School Mr. Arthur Dudley President Greater Lansing Urban League Mr. Aaron Cantrell Executive Director Voluntary Action Cntr/Gr. Kalamazoo V.P., Volunteer Centers of Michigan Mr. David O. Egner Executive Assistant to the Chairman W.K. Kellogg Foundation �Mr. David Fukuzawa Program Director The Skillman Foundation Ms. Sharon Parks Senior Research Associate Michigan League for Human Services Ms. Barbara K. Goldman Office of Ombudsman Department of Commerce Mr. W. Calvin Patterson Executive Director McGregor Fund Mr. James Helmrich Public Relations Director Michigan Bell Telephone Company Ms. Linda Patterson Administrative Director Council of Michigan Foundations Mr. Frederick H. Hoffecker Assistant Attorney General State of Ml/Charitable Trust Division Ms. Helen C. Philpott Chairman Community Foundation of Greater Flint Mr. Steven L. Johns-Boehme Executive Coordinator Michigan Ecumenical Forum Ms. Judith A. Rapanos Chairman MI Council for Arts & Cultural Affairs Ms. Dorothy A. Johnson President Council of Michigan Foundations Dr. Rene Rosenbaum Research Associate Julian Samora Research Institute Mr. Glenn F. Kossick Executive Director Metro Health Foundation Mr. Glenn R. Stevens Executive Director Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan Dr. Judith Lanier President Partnership for New Education Mr. Forrest Lewis CPA Plante & Moran Mr. Robert S. Lewis Consultant Lewis Associates Ms. Frances Parker President League of Women Voters of Michigan Mrs. Maryann Tillson Administrative Secretary Michigan Nonprofit Forum Mr. Thomas Turner Secretary/Treasurer Michigan AFL-CIO Rev. Leonard M. Young Michigan Region President RLDS Church rcf:02/27/92, fummaudi. l«\progniu\suinmit\6400Vmjt �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving^ volunteering and a strong^ effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. SUMMIT FEEDBACK Please take a few moments at the conclusion of the summit to answer the following questions. Your thoughts are important to us. You will help us in our assessment of this session and provide some direction for future summits. Please leave this form on your chair. 1. What was most valuable to you in today's summit? 2. Was this a useful format for addressing the issue? What changes in the format, if any, would you suggest? 3. What would you suggest as important nonprofit-related issues for consideration at a future summit? 4. Who are other Michigan leaders we should invite to future summits? Please indicate both name and organization. �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An affiance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. MNF Summit - February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship 'with Michigan's Government and Business Community " NOTES: ��MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 Ail alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. Maryellen J. Lewis, Executive Director EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Michigan Nonprofit Forum is a statewide alliance to prqmote the awareness and effectiveness of Michigan's nonprofit sector, and to advance the cause of voluntarism and philanthropy in the state. Background. In response to challenges facing the nation's nonprofit sector, volunteer leaders and executives often statewide organizations concerned with voluntarism and philanthropy in Michigan met on August 31, 1988 to form the Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Initially designed to convene members for joint discussions about shared issues, the Forum has evolved into an entity charged with achieving a new awareness and increased capacity of Michigan s nonprofit sector, and with interfacing funders, nonprofits and the public (working together with existing efforts in the state) to promote voluntarism and philanthropy in Michigan. To achieve these goals, the Forum does not itself serve as a field-specific trade association, competing for memberships and support with existing associations in Michigan. Instead, the Michigan Nonprofit Forum creates, for the first time, a statewide mechanism for dialogue, planning and cooperative action among all stakeholders in the nonprofit sector. The Forum brings together local and statewide leaders of nonprofit organizations, as well as public and private funders and tax-supported institutions (such as the public schools and universities) that also have an increasingly-recognized stake. The activities of the Forum address voluntarism, philanthropy and the nonprofit sector not as proprietary interests but aspubiic gopds. which broadly affect the state's economy, polity and quality of life, and which therefore merit careful analysis and planning, human resource development, informed public discussion, and dependable investment. �MNF Board of Trustees The Forum's Board of Trustees serves as the governing body. Although it is not intended to represent all stakeholders — an impossible task ~ it does bring together a small number of statewide organizations and their elected member representatives, to achieve a broad reach into many fields. Organizational Members Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan Council of Michigan Foundations Council of Michigan Urban Leagues Jewish Community Council Michigan Association of School Administrators Michigan Association of School Boards Congress of National Black Churches/Michigan Affiliate* Michigan Catholic Conference Michigan Community Action Agency Association Michigan Community College Association Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Michigan Ecumenical Forum Michigan Health Council Michigan League for Human Services Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan United Way of Michigan At Large Members Richard H. Austin, Michigan Secretary of State John S. Lore, National Vice Chair, National Society of Fund Raising Executives Russell G. Mawby, CEO and Chairman, W.K. Kellogg Foundation George W. Romney, Chairman. The National Volunteer Center, and Former Governor of Michigan Elizabeth S. Upjohn, Vice Chairman, Kalamazoo Foundation "Invited, still in formation re f: exec s u mm. doc, adm /oth r, 0000 �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan, Guiding Principles of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum Adopted by the Board of Trustees October 28,1991 A. The future of Michigan's economic well-being and quality of life depends on the commitment of its citizens and future citizens to the values of the nonprofit sector. Therefore it is in the best interest of the sector and the state to actively encourage voluntary giving and service. B. The service of the nonprofit sector to the public depends on an interactive partnership between service providers, funders, policy makers and the public. The Michigan nonprofit community should promote constructive dialogue among all these parties. C. In order to assist in re-educating the public and public leaders with concrete evidence of the PUBLIC BENEFIT of the nonprofit sector, the Michigan nonprofit community should encourage and undertake studies of its many unique benefits provided to the community at large. D. Michigan's nonprofit sector should define and aspire to the highest management standards of ethics, efficiency, and accountability, while preserving its historic and essential independence. E. The Michigan nonprofit community should develop and advance the philosophy of tax exemption, as well as positive public policies and incentives, to promote the vitality of the sector; and then play an active role in encouraging Michigan's leadership — including elected officials — to embrace it. F. The Michigan nonprofit sector should take an active role in shaping statewide regulations and rulings that define clear, consistent interpretations and applications for purposes of tax exemption. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49723 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/1a2e965e45fc939a7e8169e53ad4c879.pdf 88c852ab4a6c32e5e4e23e28f87011ce PDF Text Text MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. MNF Summit - February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan fs Government and Business Community " Convener Ms. Maryellen J. Lewis Executive Director Michigan Nonprofit Forum Moderator Dr. Edward O. Blews, Jr. President Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan Speaker Dr. Robert L. Payton Director Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University Panel Members Mr. N. Charles Anderson President Detroit Urban League Mr. Joseph P. Bianco, Jr. Executive V.P., Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts Hon. Richard Bandstra State Representative MI House of Representatives Mr. Aaron Cantrell Vice Chair/Voluntary Action Ctrs of MI Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Kalamazoo Mr. Anthony Benavides Third Ward Councilmember City of Lansing Dr. Jane Deane Clark Senior Director Michigan Health Care Institute Michigan Hospital Association �Mr. Edward L. Cox President and Chief Financial Officer Accident Fund of Michigan Fr. William Cunningham Executive Director Focus: HOPE Mr. James Epolito Chief Executive Officer Blue Care Network/Health Central Ms. Janne G. Gallagher Counsel Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg Mr. Frederick H. Hoffecker Assistant Attorney General State of Ml/Charitable Trust Division Mr. Robert E. Ivory President United Way of Michigan Hon. James A. Kosteva State Representative MI House of Representatives Mr. Lawrence Roehrig Secretary/Treasurer AFSCME, Council 25 AFL-CIO Dr. William A. Sederburg V.P. for Public Policy and Director Public Sector Consultants Ms. Elizabeth Upjohn Board Member Kalamazoo Foundation Hon. Jackie Vaughn HI State Senator Michigan State Senate Dr, Mark I. Wilson Director Nonprofit Michigan Project, MSU Ms. Lois Work Vice President New Detroit Mr. Herbert Yamanishi Executive Director MI Community Action Agency Assoc. Sr. Monica Kostielney Executive Vice President Michigan Catholic Conference Dr. Russell G. Mawby Chairman and CEO W.K. Kellogg Foundation Ms. Judith Miller Michigan Business Ombudsman Michigan Department of Commerce rcf:02/27/92, summpanl. lst\programs\ ummit\6400\mjt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49724 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/03d5ced366e093a6b46d810d05e2a310.pdf b8b15258cf2e7c4bb101ac06794f70a9 PDF Text Text '---+~ ~ MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MIClllGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 MNF Summit- February 28. 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" Convener Ms. Maryellen I. Lewis Executive Director Michigan Nonprofit Forum Moderator Dr. Edward 0. Blews, Jr. President Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan Speaker Dr. Robert L. Payton Director Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University Panel Members Mr. N. Charles Anderson President Detroit Urban League Mr. Joseph P. Bianco, Jr. Executive V .P., Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts Hon. Richard Bandstra State Representative MI House of Representatives Mr. Aaron Cantrell Vice Chair/Voluntary Action Ctrs of MI Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Kalamazoo Mr. Anthony Benavides Third Ward Councilmember City of Lansing Dr. Jane Deane Clark Senior Director Michigan Health Care Institute Michigan Hospital Association �---- --- ------------------------- Mr. Edward L. Cox Mr. Lawrence Roehrig President and Chief Financial Officer Accident Fund of Michigan Secretary/Treasurer AFSCME, Council 25 AFL-CIO Fr. William Cunningham Executive Director Focus: HOPE Dr. William A. Sederburg V.P. for Public Policy and Director Public Sector Consultants Mr. James Epolito Chief Executive Officer Blue Care Network/Health Central Ms. Janne G. Gallagher Counsel Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg Ms. Elizabeth Upjohn Board Member Kalamazoo Foundation Ron. Jackie Vaughn ill State Senator Michigan State Senate Mr. Frederick H. Hoffecker Assistant Attorney General State of MilCharitable Trust Division Dr. Mark I. Wilson Director Nonprofit Michigan Project, MSU Mr. Robert E. Ivory President United Way of Michigan Ron. James A. Kosteva State Representative MI House of Representatives Ms. Lois Work Vice President New Detroit Mr. Herbert Y amanishi Executive Director MI Community Action Agency Assoc. Sr. Monica Kostielney Executive Vice President Michigan Catholic Conference Dr. Russell G. Mawby Chairman and CEO W .K. Kellogg Foundation Ms. Judith Miller Michigan Business Ombudsman Michigan Department of Commerce ref:f12/27192,aummpanl.lat\prograrna\all1D1Ili1\6400\mjt �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 MNF Summit- February 28, 1992 "Partnerships for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" Convener Ms. Maryellen J. Lewis Executive Director Michigan Nonprofit Forum Moderator Dr. Edward 0. Blews, Jr. President Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan Speaker Dr. Robert L. Payton Director Center on Philanthropy, Indiana University Panel Members Mr. N. Charles Anderson President Detroit Urban League Mr. Joseph P. Bianco, Jr. Executive V.P., Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts Hon. Richard Bandstra State Representative MI House of Representatives Mr. Aaron Cantrell Vice Chair/Voluntary Action Ctrs of MI Executive Director Voluntary Action Center of Kalamazoo Mr. Anthony Benavides Third Ward Councilmember City of Lansing Dr. Jane Deane Clark Senior Director Michigan Health Care Institute Michigan Hospital Association �Mr. Edward L. Cox President and Chief Financial Officer Accident Fund of Michigan Fr. William Cunningham Executive Director Focus: HOPE Mr. James Epolito Chief Executive Officer Blue Care Network/Health Central Ms. Janne G. Gallagher Counsel Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg Mr. Lawrence Roehrig Secretaryrrreasurer AFSCME, Council 25 AFL-CIO Dr. William A. Sederburg V .P. for Public Policy and Director Public Sector Consultants Ms. Elizabeth Upjohn Board Member Kalamazoo Foundation Hon. Jackie Vaughn Ill State Senator Michigan State Senate Mr. Frederick H. Hoffecker Assistant Attorney General State of MilCharitable Trust Division Mr. Robert E. Ivory President United Way of Michigan Hon. James A. Kosteva State Representative MI House of Representatives Dr. Mark I. Wilson Director Nonprofit Michigan Project, MSU Ms. Lois Work Vice President New Detroit Mr. Herbert Y amanishi Executive Director MI Community Action Agency Assoc. Sr. Monica Kostielney Executive Vice President Michigan Catholic Conference Dr. Russell G. Mawby Chairman and CEO W .K. Kellogg Foundation Ms. Judith Miller Michigan Business Ombudsman Michigan Department of Commerce rcf:02/27/92,aummpanl.lat\programa\aummit\6400\mjt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49725 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a4d52ebd375fea7d68ac110f28ea457c.pdf 1daf341ea6dcc874a71a6a352db21b08 PDF Text Text MR. 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Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49726 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/02d1723bcca43f48e100af55e4fdd8fa.pdf f597fee50ffe0f8c2d88c27dd57106fd PDF Text Text "Partnership for People and Progress: The Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community" (Video Floor Plan) Camera 0 Door Moderator Panel Camera Panel 0 Panel 0/A Mic Door 0/A Mic 0 " 0 0 Camera Camera Audience I Doorl I Door) Vjdeo Dtrector � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49727 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-02-28 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/f0d33b5e5394d916035410d4723cdf01.pdf 4e7ea5ee47bbc1f5af48c42d6a62c62c PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, :MICffiGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 A&enda ~ MNF Executive Committee Meetin& April 15. 1992 - 9;30-12:00 (Room 102 in the Kellogg Center, Harrison Road, East Lansing) 1. Welcome and Call to Order-- Chairman R. Mawby 2. Review of the Minutes of the December 17 Meeting 3. Report of the Chairman - R. Mawby 4. Report of the Executive Director - M. Lewis 5. Report of the Audit Committee-- G. Stevens 6. Report of the Finance Committee - R. Ivory 7. Report of the Membership Committee -- L. Young 8. Report of the Program and Public Policy Committees -- H. Philpott and E. B1ews 9. Report on Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar IV-- J. Lore 10. Report on the Campaign for Voluntarism-- G. Romney 11. Agenda for the April 23 Meeting of the MNF Trustees 12. Other Business 13. Adjournment ref:4/9/92,exe2041S.agn,cm/excc,Ol00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Agenda Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee agenda Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee agenda. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49640 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9842dd44be5f17d3f2be31b5fec784a1.pdf b08726600941ac37028fbe13489293f6 PDF Text Text MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM (A nonprofit corporation} FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (NOVEMBER 15, 1990) THROUGH JUNE 30, 1991 �C 0 N T E N T S --ooooo-PAGE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT 1 . . . ... . . . . . . BALANCE SHEET . . . . STATEMENT OF SUPPORT, REVENUE, EXPENSE AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE . . . . . • . . • . . . . STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSE 3 . . . .. . . . . . ... . NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS . --ooOoo-- 2 4 5 - 6 �0 Stanaback & Company, P.C. P .O. Box 23206 • Lansing, MI 48909 • (517) 694-1422 Certified Public Accountants INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT To the Board of Trustees Michigan Nonprofit Forum East Lansing, Michigan We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Michigan Nonprofit Forum (a nonprofit corporation) as of June 30, 1991 and the related statements of support, revenue, expense and changes in fund balance and functional expense for the period from inception (November 15, 1990) through June 30, 1991. These financial statements are the responsibility of the organization's management. our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Michigan Nonprofit Forum as of June 30, 1991 and the results of its operations and changes in fund balance for the period from inception (November 15, 1990) through June 30, 1991 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. ~/-~/J.;f7//(! . CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS January 7, 1992 Lansing, Michigan �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM BALANCE SHEET JUNE 30, 1991 current Operating Fund Equipment Fund Total ASSETS cash Accounts receivable Prepaid expenses Office furniture/equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $833 $ 65,710 3,349 204 $ $ 18,317 $ 69,263 $ $ 7,873 1,377 $ 18' 317 65,710 3,349 204 18,317 $ 87,580 $ 7,873 1,377 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE LIABILITIES Accounts payable Accrued vacation Accrued payroll taxes and withholdings Total Liabilities 804 804 10,054 10,054 59,209 FUND BALANCE $ 69,263 See accompanying notes to financial statements. 2 18,317 $ 18' 317 77,526 $ 87,580 �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM STATEMENT OF SUPPORT, REVENUE, EXPENSE AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (NOVEMBER 15, 1990) THROUGH JUNE 30, 1991 current Operating Fund PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE Public Support: Grant allocations Contributions In-kind donation Program fees $ Total Public Support Revenue: Interest income Publication income Miscellaneous Total Revenue Total Public Support and Revenue 70,142 11,870 2,400 37,190 Equipment Fund $ Total $ 70,142 11,870 2,400 37,190 121,602 121,602 3,475 729 3,592 3,475 729 3,592 7,796 7,796 129,398 129,398 EXPENSE Program Services: Philanthropy Voluntarism Education and public awareness capacity building Evaluation 65,592 15,976 7,202 6,198 770 425 158 175 25 66,017 16,134 7,377 6,223 770 Total Program Services 95,738 783 96,521 Support Services: Administration 10,935 50 10,985 Total Expense 106,673 833 107,506 Excess (Deficiency) of Public Support and Revenue over Expense 22,725 OTHER CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES Initial transfer of grant assets Equipment acquisition FUND BALANCE AT END OF PERIOD (833) 49,340 (12,856) $ 59,209 see accompanying notes to financial statements. 3 6,294 12,856 $ 18,317 $ 21,892 �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM STATEMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EXPENSE PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (NOVEMBER 15, 1990) THROUGH JUNE 30, 1991 Program Services Education and Phi lanthroel Voluntarism Public Awareness EXPENSE C~nsation Benefits and taxes Contract services Professional services Office supplies Copying Subscription and publication Postage end shipping Telephone and networks Staff parking Meetings, meals and eccOIIIIIOdetions Travel Organizational dues Participation fees Equipment rental Occupancy Insurance Miscellaneous s s $ s 3,256 478 Capacity Building Evaluation s 4,562 593 s 665 91 168 740 215 212 465 41 24 106 166 230 66 35 4 8 815 15 122 153 680 260 3 290 84 3 456 504 72 65,592 15,976 7,202 6,198 425 158 175 25 64 447 441 83 60 2,690 1,224 Oepreci at ion 11,228 1,460 168 669 31,822 1,615 Total Expense Before Depreciation Total Expense 11,847 1, 788 2,809 2,m 1,911 2,816 1,629 1,251 1,156 199 Support Services 66,017 $ 16,134 $ 7,3n See accompanying notes to financial statements. 4 s 6,223 Total s 4 no $ no $ Acininistration s 31,558 4,410 2,809 2,m 2,271 4,331 2,078 2,140 2,128 362 5,613 873 Total s 550 659 211 317 491 132 92 37,171 5,283 2,809 3,325 2,930 4,542 2,395 2,631 2,260 454 31,983 3,373 15 559 2,690 2,256 696 595 144 225 313 32,679 3,968 15 583 2,690 2,400 225 313 95,738 10,935 106,673 783 50 833 96,521 24 $ 10,985 $ 107,506 �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (NOVEMBER 15, 1990) THROUGH JUNE 30, 1991 1. ORGANIZATION Michigan Nonprofit Forum ("the Forum") is a nonprofit corporation organized to promote the awareness and effectiveness of Michigan's nonprofit sector, and to advance the cause of voluntarism and philanthropy in the state of Michigan. 2. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES The following is a summary of the significant generally accepted accounting policies followed in the preparation of the financial statements. Basis of Accounting The financial statements of the Forum have been prepared on the accrual basis. To insure observance of limitations and restrictions placed on the use of resources available to the Forum, the accounts are maintained in accordance with the principles of fund accounting. The assets, liabilities, and fund balances of the Forum are reported in two separate funds as follows: Current Operating Fund - includes the operating assets and liabilities of the Forum. Equipment Fund - includes the property and equipment and related accumulated depreciation. Equipment Equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Income Taxes The Forum has applied for exemption from income tax under Section 501(c) (3) of the u.s. Internal Revenue Code. These financial statements have been prepared on the premise that the Forum's application will be accepted. Functional Expense Allocation Expenses identified as applying to a specific program or support service are recorded in the appropriate service area as incurred. Expenses not directly attributable to a program or support service are allocated between service areas based upon percentages formulated by management through a review of representative expense accounts. 5 �MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERIOD FROM INCEPTION (NOVEMBER 15, 1990} THROUGH JUNE 30, 1991 (CONTINUED) 3. IN-KIND DONATIONS During the period ended June 30, 1991, the Forum received in-kind donations of office space and administrative services (ie: payroll, accounting, etc.). The donation of office space and the offsetting occupancy expense are reflected in the financial statements. Because the dollar amount of administrative services was not readily ascertainable it is not reflected in the financial statements. 4. GRANT CONTRACT Formal responsibility for a grant contract, issued by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, was transferred from another nonprofit organization to the Forum as of January 1, 1991. The net assets accumulated from the beginning project date (June 1, 1990) through December 31, 1990, consisting of cash, office furniturejequipment and deferred grant revenue, were transferred to the Forum's possession and have been recognized in the statement of support, revenue, expense and changes in fund balance as initial transfer of assets. 6 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Audit-Report Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee audit report Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee audit report. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49641 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/65375961084fd115a1d84f11ee34d954.pdf 9d180b4e94aa33804575a7a9ce1cc18a PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, 1\flCIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 5171353-5038 Fax: 5171336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. Campaiw for Voluntarism -- Logo -- Mission Statement -- Definition of Roles - Roster of Campaign Committee Members -- Article for the MI Chamber of Commerce �CAMPAIGN FOR VOLUNTARISM LOGO �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENfER EAST LANSING, MICffiGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 Michi&an's Year of the Volunteer/Campaip for Voluntarism Executive Summary During the year from April24, 1992 to April, 1993, a broad alliance of organizations and individuals (list attached) - under the leadership of former First Lady Janet Blanchard, First Lady Michelle Engler, Frank Popoff (CEO of Dow Chemical), and former Governor George Romney-- will undertake a Campaign for Voluntarism with the following mission: TO PROMOTE VOLUNTARISM ACROSS THE STATE OF MICIDGAN AND TO CREATE A CLIMATE OF COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERING WHICH PERMEATES MICIDGAN'S LEADERSmP, ITS INSTITUTIONS AND ITS COMMUNITIES. Goal #1 HELP TO INCREASFJIMPROVE THE STRUCTURES WHICH SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING IN MICIDGAN'S INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITIES, especially Volunteer Centers but also including: School volunteer programs, College student volunteer bureaus, Workplace volunteer councils and incentives, Retired senior volunteer programs, and many others. Goal #2 HELP TO INCREASE VOLUNTEERING, ESPECIALLY IN THE 35% OF CITIZENS WHO EXPRESS WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER BUT DO NOT. During this Year of the Volunteer, several statewide efforts will seek to augment existing local activities: - Governor George Romney, Janet Blanchard, Michelle Engler and other highvisibility leaders in the Campaign will visit targeted communities throughout the state, to meet with local leadership in government, business and the nonprofit sector, to urge comprehensive, collaborative planning for effectively tapping and using volunteer energies to solve local problems. Gov. Romney, for example, will be accompanied by knowledgeable business leaders and experts, and will leave local leaders with packets of the best available rationales, data and how-to materials, compiled for this Campaign by the National Volunteer Center. - These visits will be followed by technical assistance from expert networks throughout the state, such as the Volunteer Centers of Michigan, the Michigan Corporate Volunteer Council, Michigan Association of Volunteer Administrators, Michigan School Volunteer Program, Michigan Campus Compact, Michigan �Community Service Commission, and others. Assistance will be focused on establishing or strengthening the infrastructure that supports volunteering (such as local Volunteer Centers, school volunteer programs, and retired senior volunteer programs). -- Simultaneously, a statewide media campaign will showcase volunteer efforts and publicize a new (800) number where a person can call, in order to be referred to local volunteer coordinators who can place them in a satisfying service experience. The (800) number will be operated through the Volunteer Centers of Michigan, which will work with Campaign collaborating organizations such as the Michigan Nonprofit Forum to coordinate the statewide media campaign. attached: List of Campaign Committee Members ref:3/5/92,mvcexcc.sum,prg/mvc,6300 �Campaign for Volunteerism Michia=an Year of the Volunteer Outline of Responsibilities Role of the CO=CHAIRS OF THE CAMPAIGN COMMITIEE 1. To issue the challenge, including goals and a strategic framework for the Campaign. (CATALYST) 2. To convene the Campaign Committee, including diverse, broadly-based and inclusive representation and involvement. (LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT) 3. To publicly support and focus attention on the Year of the Volunteer, the importance of volunteering for addressing serious social problems, and the need for solid community infrastructures to support and sustain volunteering. (VALIDATION AND MEDIA ATTENTION) 4. To voice the Campaign's accomplishments at strategic points in the Campaign. (RECOGNITION) Role of ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTED ON THE CAMPAIGN COMMIITEE 1. To introduce the Campaign to their constituencies; to encourage priority attention and involvement by their local chapters and constituents. 2. To use their networks to encourage support of Campaign goals in local communities. 3. Where not already in place, to advocate for the Campaign goals to become longterm commitments by their organizations and networks. 4. To share concrete examples of how their constituencies can help, while acknowledging the pivotal role of local leadership and commitment. 5. To participate in the Campaign Committee meetings and communicate developments and opportunities to constituencies. 6. To seek and pursue opportunities for collaboration/partnership with other Campaign Committee organizations, in order to leverage maximum involvement and support. To enlist other network organizations to join the Campaign. 7. To serve as the information hub on the Campaign for their constituencies. �Volunteer Centers of Michi~an 1. To provide training and technical assistance to communities without established Volunteer Centers. 2. To develop strategies to engage their own communities' nonprofits in support of Campaign goals. 3. To use the Campaign to further their shared goals to promote increased public involvement as volunteers and increased public understanding of the importance of Volunteer Centers. 5. To provide leadership and coordination for a Year of the Volunteer media campaign. ref:4/4/93 ,war20406.t:xt,6300 �MICHIGAN'S CAMPAIGN FOR VOLUNTARISM HONORARY CHAIRS Hon. & Mrs. John Swainson Hon. & Mrs. George Romney Hon. & Mrs. William Milliken Hon. & Mrs. James Blanchard Hon. & Mrs. John Engler CAMPAIGN CHAIRS Janet Blanchard Fonner First Lady Michelle Engler First Lady Frank Popoff CEO, Dow Chemical SUBCOMMITI'EE ON STATEWIDE PROMOTION: Michelle Engler, Chair; and Frank Popoff, Co-Chair SUBCOMMITTEE ON REGIONAULOCAL PROMOTION: Janet Blanchard, Chair; and Frank Popoff, Co-Chair CAMPAIGN COMMITIEE AFUCIO Association of Independent Colleges & Universities of MI Cooperative Extension Service Council of MI Foundations Council Michigan Urban Leagues Junior Leagues of MI MI Association of Broadcasters MI Association of Non-Public Schools MI Association of School Administrators MI Association of Schools Boards MI Assn. of Volunteer Administrators MI Campus Compact MI Catholic Conference MI Chamber of Commerce MI Community Action Agency Association MI Community College Association MI Corporate Volunteer Council MI Department of Social Services MI Ecumenical Forum MI Health Council MI League for Human Services MI Nonprofit Forum MI Partners in Education MI School Volunteer Programs NAACP• National Congress of Black Churches/ Michigan Chapter Neighborhood Associations of MI PTA of Michigan Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan Retired Senior Volunteer Programs of MI Rotary Clubs of MI United Way of MI Volunteer Centers of MI • Not yet confirmed �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 All tJili4MI to promot1 givillg, volunulrillf and a sl:rollf, l/llcliJ111UJ11fJrofit s1ctor ill Michig1111. Article for the Michiean State Chamber of Commerce (March 5, 1992) BUSINESS SUPPORTS VOLUNTEERING The Michigan State Chamber of Commerce has joined with leadership from business, government and the nonprofit sector to mount the Michigan Year of the Volunteer/Campaign for Voluntarism, which will kick off on April24, 1992 at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn. Former Governor George W. Romney serves as Honorary Chair and initiated the planning process for this statewide Campaign. He enlisted the joint leadership of Campaign Chairman Frank Popoff, CEO of Dow Chemical, and Co-Chairs Mrs. Michelle Engler and Mrs. Janet Blanchard. During the past year, Mrs. Blanchard and Mrs. Engler have visited communities across the state to learn how communities are already enlisting volunteers to solve social problems, and to plan an agenda for statewide voluntary action. A key focus of the Campaign will be business leadership in promoting voluntarism in every community. Governor Romney has pointed out that, "Today the State of Michigan is more threatened by its internal human and social problems than it is by any external enemy. Fortunately, Americans are joining with their co-workers, fellow church and club members, and neighbors to find ways to make a difference in the lives of those in need. But thousands more Michigan citizens must be called into service to extend the lifeline of hope and opportunity to those being swept up in the tide of social distress. " In his view, business is in a key position to mobilize communities throughout the state -- impelled not only by their civic duty but for their bare survival in these difficult times! Governor Romney, Mr. Popoff, Mrs. Engler and Mrs. Blanchard will be joined in this Campaign by dozens of statewide orga.IDzations and networks, including the State Chamber of Commerce, the Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Rotary International, the Michigan Corporate Volunteer Council, the Retired Senior Volunteer Corps, Urban Leagues of Michigan, the Executive Service Corps, and the United Way of Michigan. Together, these organizations will collaborate with local communities to mount a publicity and promotion campaign throughout the state, with these goals: TO PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING ACROSS THE STATE, AND TO CREATE A CLIMATE OF COMMITMENT TO VOLUNTEERING �WHICH PERMEATES MICHIGAN'S LEADERSHIP, ITS INSTITUTIONS, AND ITS COMMUNITIES. Goal #1: HELP TO INCREASE/IMPROVE THE STRUCTURES WHICH SUPPORT VOLUNTEERING IN MICIDGAN'S INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITIES, especially Volunteer Centers but also including: Workplace volunteer councils and incentives, School volunteer programs, College student volunteer bureaus, Retired senior volunteer programs, and many others. Goal #2: HELP TO INCREASE VOLUNTEERING, ESPECIALLY IN THE 35% OF CITIZENS WHO EXPRESS WILLINGNESS TO VOLUNTEER BUT DO NOT. This is a monumental task, and it can only be accomplished with the assistance and creative action of a multitude of partners. But the Campaign's Coordinating Committee comprises the beginnings of just such a network. The Michigan Year of the Volunteer/Campaign for Voluntarism is unique in the nation. In fact, Chairman Frank Popoff recently received a letter of congratulations from President George Bush, who wrote: "By agreeing to help promote voluntarism in your state, you have donated your time and energy to a very worthwhile cause. Volunteers represent one of our Nation's greatest resources and one of our most effective answers to the social problems that plague our communities -- problems that, if left unsolved, will undermine American education and competitiveness." As a Trustee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum -- an alliance to promote giving, volunteering and an effective nonprofit sector in Michigan -- Governor Romney enlisted MNF to be the staff agency during the Campaign's startup. So if you want to enlist your members in this Campaign, you can get details by contacting: Maryellen J. Lewis, Executive Director, Michigan Nonprofit Forum, 34 Kellogg Center, East Lansing MI, 48224, 517/353-5038. ref:03/11/92,mvcartcl.txt\programs\mvc\6300,mjt � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Campaign-for-Volunteerism Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee Campaign for Volunteerism Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee Campaign for Volunteerism. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49642 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/d0af11cbb3fff7b7254d4988599106d6.pdf 67fbabcf81e6ff41f2ba26a1245aaaa1 PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An olliance to promote giving, volunteering allll a strong, effedivt 11011projiJ sector in Michig1111. Recommendations of the Finance Committee ~ Executive Committee (April15, 1992) L Recommendations on :MNF Fringe Benefits Package: #1: MNF's fringe benefits package should be completed to the level of 20% of salary as soon as possible, before the end of FY1991-921 Since fringe benefits have not been fully in place for much of FY1991-92, any balance of the 20% for each employee this year should be placed in a Tax-Exempt Annuity for each. #2: MNF's fringe benefits package should include both REQUIRED and OPTIONAL benefits, selected on an annual basis (at the beginning of each fiscal year) by each employee and totaling 20% of salary for each. REQUIRED BENEFITS should not only include the legally-required medical/dental, workers compensation, unemployment, FICA and Medicare, but also short-term disability (probably covered in-house, based on the United Way of Michigan model), coordinated with MNF's sick leave policy and optional long-term disability insurance. OPTIONAL BENEFITS (bringing the personal total up to 20% of salary) should include Dependents' Medical/Dental, Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, Tuition Assistance, and a Tax-Exempt Annuity. II. Recommendations Concerning Salary Review #1: Salary review should coincide with the fiscal year, to accommodate financial planning. ill. Recommendations for Computer Purchase #1: MNF should purchase a 486/33 desktop computer and related peripherals (including a tape backup, fax/modem and hook-up to the MNF "local area network") , to accommodate MNF's accounting, desktop publishing, database management and data analysis. For this purpose, $4000 of unexpended revenues should be transferred from the Personnel line to the Equipment line. (Actual purchase will be reviewed with the Finance Committee Chairman, as with any major MNF purchase.) �RATIONALE: MNF now has two 286 computers (of a type which cannot be upgraded to 386 or 486-- Compaq Deskpro), one 386 and a laptop (which doubles as the Executive's desktop computer). At any one time, there are at least 5, often 7 persons at work. Student interns' computer work is extensive, but does not require high-powered computers, so a 286 is adequate, when available for them to use. However, the work of the Administrative Secretary -- database filemerges, merge letters, network management-- and of the Administrative Assistant-- accounting, data analysis and desktop publishing- it too timeconsuming to be left to the 286s. For example, an accounting task that is nearly instantaneous on our single 386 may take 5-10 minutes to be processed on the 286. Right now, these staff members juggle their work between the 386 and 286 machines, sometimes postponing critical work until after-hours when schedules compete heavily. We can now purchase a 486/33 computer (200 mgs, 8 mgs of RAM, color monitor) with math coprocessor for less than the 286 cost 18 months ago (with only 40 mgs, 1 mg of RAM, monochrome monitor). This machine would eliminate the need to juggle machines between two key staff members and would free up the second 286 for use by temporary clerical assistants and student interns. Most important, it would greatly facilitate efficient use of scarce staff time. IV. Recommendations concerning Fundraising for F¥1991-92 #1: The MNF Board should adopt a formal policy urging every Trustee to make a personal financial commitment to MNF's work. #2: Upon adoption of this policy of 100% participation, the Board should request that Chairman Mawby write to each Trustee, inviting and encouraging them to make a personal financial commitment to MNF' s work. #3: The board and chairman should also urge each Trustee to assume the additional responsibility of enlisting new MNF Associate Members and Network Members. ref:4/9/92,exe20415.fin ,cm/exe,0100 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Finance-Committee Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee finance committee Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee finance committee. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49643 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/9ea2b91cdca97842ebbd9985f7f174c1.pdf 8e8dac5374e4d05db59336f4c8f0be28 PDF Text Text Michigan Nonprofit Forum nary Income/Expense Statement e Period Ending March 31, 1992 (As of April 9, 1992) REVENUES General Contributions Founding Member Contr Other Board Contributions Interest & Dividends Grants & Contracts Program Fees Membership Dues MNF Subscr/Publ Income Miscellaneous Income Transfers In Total Revenues Actual Current Month Actual Yearto-Date Budgetto-Date Annual Budget 850.00 0.00 0.00 554.28 18,095.75 2,330.00 450.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 950.00 6,450.00 1,250.00 2,522.54 156,061.75 2,770.00 500.00 175.00 0.00 0.00 7,622.28 7,499.97 1,500.03 3,750.03 156,061.75 0.00 1 ,500.03 2,250.00 0.00 12,210.75 10,163.00 10,000.00 2,000.00 5,000.00 204,969.00 50,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 0.00 16,281.00 22,300.03 170,679.29 192,394.84 303,413.00 7,607.59 70,744.21 86,717.94 116,624.00 2,378.82 10,995.75 20,082.78 26,777.00 3,546.63 6,446.53 22,756.28 39,675.00 9,565.41 23,264.14 33,343.22 43,286.00 170.00 531.10 1,125.00 1 ,500.00 2,316,03 5,164.68 7,148.34 44,031.00 712.44 4,763.73 8,310.87 11,081.00 180.00 1,036.25 1,125.00 1,500.00 3,218.28 5,427.38 4,615.47 9,379.00 2,049.00 4,492.93 7,169.94 9,560.00 31,744.20 132,866.70 192,394.84 303,413.00 0.00 0.00 EXPENSES SALARIES Total Salaries BENEFITS Total Benefits CONTRACT SERVICES Total Contract Services OFFICE OPERATIONS Total Office Operations OCCUPANCY Total Occupancy MEETINGS Total Meetings STAFF TRAVEL Total Travel STAFF/BOARD DEVELOPMENT Total Staff/Board Develop FURNITURE/EQUIPMENT Total Furniture/Equipment MISCELLANEOUS Total Miscellaneous TOTAL EXPENSES BALANCE 9,444.17 <37,812.59> �Michigan Nonprofit Forum Balance Sheet March 31, 1992 (As of April 9, 1992) ASSETS Current Assets Petty Cash Checking Account - MNF Investments Total Current Assets 49.84 71,684.08 40,000.00 111,733.92 Fixed Assets Fixed Assets Total Fixed Assets ,149.76 19,149.76 Total Assets 130,883.68 LIABILITIES Current Liabilities Accounts Payable - Operating Accrued Vacation State Withholding State Withholding (interns) A / P Hospitalization A / P Accrued Benefits Discounts Taken Deferred Revenue <7,438.00> <1,376.88> <1,007.98> <14.86> <231.38> <530.86> <27.37> < 40,040.72 > Total Liabilities 50,668.05 FUND BALANCE Fund Balance 80,215.63 �Michigan Nonprofit Forum Income/Expense Statement For the Period Ending March 31, 1992 (As of April 9, 1992) Actual Current Month Actual Yearto-Date Budgetto-Date Annual Budget REVENUES General Contributions Founding Member Contr Other Board Contributions Interest & Dividends Grants & Contracts Program Foes Membership Dues MNF Subscr/Publ Income Miscellaneous Income Transfers In Total Revenues 850.00 0.00 0.00 554.28 18,095.75 2,330.00 450.00 20.00 0.00 0.00 950.00 6,450.00 1,250.00 2,522.54 156,061.75 2,770.00 500.00 175.00 0.00 0.00 7,622.28 7,499.97 1,500.03 3,750.03 156,061.75 0.00 1 ,500.03 2,250.00 0.00 12,210.75 10,163.00 10,000.00 2,000,00 5,000.00 204,969.00 50,000.00 2,000.00 3,000.00 0.00 16,281.00 22,300.03 170,679.29 192,394.84 303,413.00 EXPENSES SALARIES Administrative Salaries Student Interns Clerical Salaries 5,615.38 453.75 1 ,538.46 56,984.57 2,714.27 1 1 ,045.37 60,176.97 10,350.00 16,190.97 80,236.00 13,800.00 22,588.00 7,607.59 70,744.21 86,717.94 116,624.00 0.00 371.38 0.00 0.00 581.98 530.86 894.60 0.00 0.00 3,227.28 0.00 0.00 5,411.93 755.69 1,600.85 0.00 0.00 4,051.53 0.00 1,959.75 5,956.47 1,333.53 1,777.50 5,004.00 2,378.82 10,995.75 20,082.78 0.00 5,402.00 0.00 2,613.00 7,942.00 1,778.00 2,370.00 6,672.00 26,777.00 3,546.63 0.00 0.00 4,285.43 0.00 2,161.10 3,243.78 14,141.25 5,371.25 14,325.00 18,855.00 6,495.00 Total Contract Services 3,546.63 6,446.53 22,756.28 39,675.00 OFFICE OPERATIONS Office Supplies Computer Software Copying Printing/Publishing Subscriptions/Publications Organization Dues Postage/Shipping Telephone & FAX Advertising/Public Relation Equipment Maintenance 1,054.55 89.95 1,013.43 2,911.20 142.25 125.00 3,731.63 497.40 0.00 0.00 3,492.96 1,835.55 3,983.17 3,054.63 1,854.99 816.00 6,274.86 1,467.59 379.39 105.0O 4,375.53 1,092.78 5,373.72 6,897.22 2,025.00 764.28 8,556.78 3,117.97 164.97 974.97 5,834.00 1,457.00 7,165.00 8,863.00 2,395.00 1,019.00 10,709.00 4,324.00 220.00 1 ,300.00 Total Office Operations 9,565.41 23,264.14 33,343.22 43,286.00 1 70.00 531.10 1,125.00 1,500.00 1 70.00 531.10 1,125.00 1 ,500.00 725.66 973.28 617.09 0.00 1,089.56 3,458.03 617.09 0.00 863.28 2,424.78 1,855.53 2,004.75 4,151.00 31,233.00 5,974.00 2,673.00 2,316.03 5,164.68 7,148.34 44,031.00 0.00 0.00 9.00 660.24 0.00 43.20 603.24 140.52 405.84 2,459.76 287.00 189.37 483.03 388.53 648.00 4,803.03 802.53 179.28 Total Salaries BENEFITS Tuition Assistance Medical Insurance Life Insurance Disability Insurance PICA Taxes Unemployment Taxes Workers Compensation Retirement Total Benefits CONTRACT SERVICES Professional Sen/ices Evaluation Services Clerical Services OCCUPANCY Staff Parking Total Occupancy MEETINGS Meeting Meeting Meeting Meeting Accommodations Meals - Speakers Travel - Other Total Meetings STAFF TRAVEL Travel Accomodations Travel Meals Travel Meals - Prog. Devi Travel Mileage Travel Air Travel Other 644.00 518.00 864.00 6,404.00 1 ,070.00 239.00 �Michigan Nonprofit Forum Income/Expense Statement For the Period Ending March 31, 1992 (As of April 9, 13921 Participation Fees Actual Current Month 0.00 Total Travel 712.44 4,763.73 8,310.87 11,081.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 180.00 0.00 0.00 41.25 0.00 0.00 995.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,125.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1 ,500.00 180.00 1,036.25 1,125.00 1 ,500.00 113.33 2,270.00 834.95 728.33 2,833.77 1,865.28 493.47 2,439.00 1 ,683.00 3,883.00 3,252.00 2,244.00 3,218.28 5,427.38 4,615.47 9,379.00 2,049.00 0.00 0.00 2,049.00 2,443.93 0.00 3,112.47 4,057.47 0.00 4,150.00 5,410.00 0.00 2,049.00 4,492.93 7,169.94 9,560.00 31,744.20 132,866.70 192,394.84 303,413.00 0.00 0.00 STAFF/BOARD DEVELOPMENT Staff/Bd Dev. Accommodation S t a f f / B d Dev. Meals Staff/Bd Dev. Mileage Staff/Bd Dev. Air Staff/Bd Dev. Parking Staff/Bd Dev. Tuition Total Staff/Board Develop FURNITURE/EQUIPMENT Furniture/Equipment Rental Furniture/Equipment Purchas Computer Hardware Purchase Total Furniture/Equipment MISCELLANEOUS Insurance Other Expenses Transfers Out Total Miscellaneous TOTAL EXPENSES BALANCE 9,444.17 Actual Yearto-Date 678.00 Budgetto-Date 1 ,006.47 Annual Budget 1 ,342.00 <37,812-59> � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Financial-Statement Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee financial statement Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee financial statement. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49644 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/335a5cb94f0396434432d8f260c1f544.pdf 9278d12299c6093cfb74dee36a1b9b9c PDF Text Text MNF LOGO HERE Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar IV — Agenda April 24, 1992 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hyatt Regency Dearborn Dearborn, Michigan GOVERNING BOARD, MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM: Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan Congress of National Black Churches/Ml Affiliate Council of Michigan Foundations Council of Michigan Urban Leagues Jewish Community Council Michigan Association of School Administrators Michigan Association of School Boards Michigan Catholic Conference Michigan Community Action Agency Association Michigan Community College Association Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs Michigan Ecumenical Forum Michigan Health Council Michigan League for Human Services Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan United Way of Michigan At-Large Members: Richard Austin, MI Secretary of State John Lore, National Society of Fund Raising Executives Russell Mawbyr W.K. Kellogg Foundation George Romneyr National Volunteer Center Elizabeth Upjohn, Kalamazoo Foundation Executive Director, Maryellen J. Lewis �MNF LOGO HERE "LIVING OUR MISSION: MEETING OUR PUBLICS1 NEEDS" Fourth Annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar April 24, 1992 - 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dearborn, Michigan Improving communication between grantmakers/grantseekers Broadening mutual understanding of important issues that confront the not-for-profit sector Meeting open to members, staff, trustees and other volunteers of organizations in the Michigan nonprofit sector Governor George Romney, Honorary Chairman �MNF LOGO HERE April 24, 1992 "LIVING OUR MISSION: MEETING OUR PUBLICS1 NEEDS"" 8:00-9:00 Registration and Opening of Display Area -Hubbard Foyer 9:00-9:45 Opening General Session: "Living Our Mission: Meeting Our Publics' Needs" -Hubbard Ballroom Convener: Dorothy A. Johnson President, Council of Michigan Foundations Speaker: Marian Wright Edelman President, Children's Defense Fund 9:45-10:00 Break 10:00-11:45 Concurrent Sessions I. "Collaboration and Appropriate Mergers" -Houston/San Francisco Room The next steps to partnerships and collaboration: when is it appropriate and accountable? Moderator: James M. Richmond Chief Operating Officer, The Frey Foundation Speaker: Florence L. Green President, Florence Green & Associates and President, California Association of Nonprofits II. "Michigan's Year of the Volunteer" -Springwells Room A statewide Campaign for Voluntarism: Ideas, resources and visibility for your work with volunteers. Moderator: JoelJ. Orosz Coordinator, Philanthropy and Voluntarism, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Speaker: Frank Popoff Chairman of the Campaign for Voluntarism and President and Chief Executive Officer, Dow Chemical Company �Panel: George W. Romney Former Governor of Michigan and Honorary Chair, Campaign for Voluntarism Janet Blanchard Former First Lady of Michigan and Co-Chair, Campaign for Voluntarism Michelle Engler First Lady of Michigan and Co-Chair, Campaign for Voluntarism Sharon Radtke Chair, Volunteer Centers of Michigan and Executive Director, Voluntary Action Center of Greater Lansing Aaron Cantrell Vice Chair, Volunteer Centers of Michigan and Executive Director, Voluntary Action Center of Greater Kalamazoo "Evaluation and Accountability of NonprofiLs" -Stutz-Bearcat Room Real-world uses of evaluation as a practical tool for success! Moderator: Dan Moore Vice President-Program, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Panel: Brenda Anderson Executive Director, North Avenue Women's Center Ken Kemerting Director, United Way of Battle Creek James R. Sanders Program Director and Evaluation Specialist, W.K. Kellogg Foundation Barbara Comai Chairman of the Board, North Avenue Women's Center �IV. "Meet the Grantmakers: Michigan's Community Foundations1* -Dallas/Washington Room Come ask questions of a panel of Michigan grantmakers! Learn about new directions and trends. Moderator: Diana R. Sieger Executive Director, Grand Rapids Foundation Panel: Kathy A. Agard Program Director of Community Foundations, Council of Michigan Foundations Lisa Wyatt Knowlton Vice President, Battle Creek Community Foundation V. "The Capitol Challenge: Survival Struggles in Washington and Tensing" -Dearborn Room A compelling analysis of critical public policy issues confronting the nonprofit sector in the state and nation. Moderator: Suzanne L. Feurt Program Officer, C.S. Mott Foundation Speakers: Joy A. Terrell Associate Director of Government Relations, Independent Sector Edward O. Blews, Jr. Chairman, MNF Public Policy Committee and President, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan 11:45-12:00 Break 12:00-1:30 Luncheon and Networking: Each table will be hosted by a professional grantmaker or member of the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives. -Great Lakes Center 1:30-1:45 Break �1:45-2:45 (repeated 3:00 to 4:00) I. Concurrent Sessions "Shaking the Money Tree: What Motivates the Large Gift?" -SpnngwelIs Room The author of Mega Gifts explores why people givet and how nonprofit leaders and givers connect around a shared vision, Moderator: Speaker: Jerold Panas Chief Executive Officer, Panas, Young & Partners, Inc. "Innovative Income Generation" -Dearborn Room Both givers andfundseekers have concerns about limited resources available to nonprofits. This session explores new ways of generating resources, including tax assessments, to meet the challenges of governmental cutbacks. Moderator: John E. Hopkins Executive Director, Kalamazoo Foundation Speaker: Florence L. Green President, Florence Green & Associates and President, California Association of Nonprofits Concurrent Sessions (not repeated) 1:45-2:45 IQa* "Combatants or Colleagues? The Media and the Nonprofit Sector" -Houston/San Francisco How can nonprofits serve as effective resources for the media, so the news gets out and gets out right? Learn from a panel of journalists. Moderator: Colette Murray Vice President of Philanthropy, Henry Ford Health Systems Panel: Carol Lee Button Deputy City Editor, Detroit Free Press Mary Kramer Editor, Grain's Detroit Business James Bleicher News Director, WJRT-TV, Flint �3:00-4:00 Illb."Government Retreat, Demographics Change: Michigan's Nonprofit Sector in the 90' s " -Houston/San Francisco Room Who are we? Where are we going? The first demographic profile of Michigan's nonprofit sector. Moderator: W. Calvin Patterson III Executive Director, McGregor Fund Speaker: Mark I. Wilson Director, Nonprofit Michigan Project and Assistant Professor, Michigan State University 1:45-3:45 Concurrent Sessions (not repeated) IV. "Becoming a Player: Advocating Your Cause and Getting Results" -Stutz-Bearcat Room Nonprofits can and must have an effective voice on public policy issues related to their missions. Learn about this important role: Dos, Don'ts and Musts. Moderators: Suzanne L. Feurt Program Officer, C.S. Mott Foundation Lawrence Wells Assistant to the Director, Michigan League for Human Services Speakers: Nan Aron Executive Director, Alliance for Justice Michael B. Trister Member, Alliance for Justice Advocacy Forum Advisory Board and Partner, Trister, Singer & Ross �V. The Van Dusen Endowment Challenge: A Funding Partnership for the Detroit Area -Dallas/Washington Learn about a new initiative to trigger major increases in endowments, to achieve a bigger, steadier stream in nonprofit incomes and capital reserves. Is it the beginning of a trend? Moderator: John S. Lore Senior Vice President, St. John Health Corporation; National Vice Chair, National Society of Fund Raising Executives; and Trustee, Michigan Nonprofit Forum Speakers: John E. Marshall President, The Kresge Foundation Mariam C. Noland President, Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan 4:00-5:00 Networking Reception -Hubbaid Foyer �(BACK PAGE - Centered) Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar IV Sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Forum This Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar ~ a learning program — is sponsored by the Michigan Nonprofit Forum and co-sponsored by: Council of Michigan Foundations W.K. Kellogg Foundation Michigan Chapters of the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives Co-chaired by: John Lore, National Society of Fund-Raising Executives and St. John Health Corporation Diana Sieger, Grand Rapids Foundation � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_GGIV-Agenda Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee GGIV agenda Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee GGIV agenda. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49645 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/4c73c9a036f991cc564d22dc15070e31.pdf 9419c842c653fd47f7059f60bd5efb26 PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICffiGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 All alliallce to promou pving, voiiUtteering tutd a stl'ollf, effective MllfJrofiJ sector in MichigiJII. 1992 Promm Committee Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar IV N. CHARLES ANDERSON Pres., Cncl of MI Urban Leagues Executive Director Urban League of Detroit 208 Mack Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 313/832-4600 STEVEN ECONOMY Executive Assistant Michigan Bell 444 Michigan Avenue, #800 Detroit, MI 48226 313-223-7282 SUZANNE FEURT Program Officer C.S. Mott Foundation Mott Foundation Building Flint, MI 48502 313/238-5651 ~THC.~HERWOOD Senior Vice President, Finance YMCA of Metro Detroit 2020 Witherall Detroit, MI 48226 313/962-1590 CONSTANCE P. JULIUS Director, Telecommunications Michigan Community College Assn. 2100 Michigan National Tower Lansing, MI 48933 517/372-4350 ETHELKAGE Associate for Volunteer Connect United Way Volunteer Connection 500 Commerce Building Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616/459-6281 GENE KEILITZ R. KENNETH GRUBER Executive Director Impression 5 Science Museum 200 Museum Drive Lansing, MI 48933 517/485-8116 Vice President United Way of Michigan 300 N. Washington Sq., Suite 405 Lansing, MI 48933 517/371-4360 CHARLES A. INFANTE JUSTIN P. KING Manager, Contributions program The Dow Chemical Company Willard H. Dow Center Midland, MI 48674 517/636-3620 Executive Director MI Association of School Boards 421 W . Kalamazoo Street Lansing, MI 48933 517/371-5700 �MARYELLEN J. LEWIS Executive Director Michigan Nonprofit Forum 34 Kellogg Center East Lansing, MI 48824-1022 517/353-5038 LINDA PATTERSON Council of Michigan Foundation One South Harbor Avenue, Suite #3 Grand Haven, MI 49417 616/842-7080 W. CALVIN PA1*I'ERSON ill Executive Director McGregor Fund 3333 W. Fort Street, Suite #1380 Detroit, MI 48226 313/963-3495 JOHNS. WRE, CO-CHAIR Senior Vice President St. John Health Corporation 22101 Moross Road Detroit, MI 48236 313/296-8680 DIANNE BOSTIC ROBINSON Executive Director Barat Human Services DAN MOORE Vice President of Programs W.K. Kellogg Foundation 400 North Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49017-3398 616/696-2344 ~ueofCatholicServices 5250 John R Detroit, MI 48202 313/833-1525 DIANA R. SIEGER, CO-CHAIR Executive Director Grand Rapids Foundation 209c Waters Building Grand Rapids, MI 49503 616/454-1751 DOTTIE MORTIMORE NSFRE Pres/Capitol Area Chapter Assoc. VP/Director of Development Michigan State University 4700 S. Hagadorn Road, Suite #220 East Lansing, 48823 517/355-8257 SAMUEL SNIDERMAN Past Deputy Executive Director Michigan Association of School Boards 4490 Commanche Okemos, MI 48864 517/332-5464 COLEITE MURRAY Vice President, Philanthropy Henry Ford Health Systems 600 Fisher Building 3011 W. Grand Blvd. Detroit, MI 48202-3012 313/876-9245 GLENN R. STEVENS Executive Director Presidents Council, State Universities of Michigan 230 N. Washington Sq., #302 Lansing, MI 48933 517/482-1563 BARBARA OWENS Director of Development U of M Dearborn 4901 Evergreen Dearborn, MI 48128 313/593-5393 2 �PAUL STRAWHECKER Vice President of Development Northwood Institute 3225 Cook Road Midland, MI 48640 517/832-4205 S. MARK TERMAN NSFRE Pres/W. Michigan Chapter Western Michigan Chapter Executive Director Library of Michigan Foundation P.O. Box 30159 Lansing, MI 48909 517/373-1297 PATRICIA R. W AXWEILER NSFRE Pres/Mid-Michigan Chapter Director of Development Genesee Substance Abuse Services 1101 Beach Street Flint, MI 48502 313/257-3201 LAWRENCE WELLS Assistant to the Director MI League for Human Services 300 N. Washington Sq., Suite 401 517/487-5436 SR. JACQUIE A. WETHERHOLT NSFRE President/Michigan Chapter Director of Development/Grants St. John Health Corporation 22101 Moross Road Detroit, MI 48226 313/343-4000 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_GGIV-Committee-List Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee GGIV committee list Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee GGIV committee list. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49646 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a29d83527cc822d5a2b955b520e3e3f4.pdf a48c743fb62ffccf9131b9ef51ec1ef3 PDF Text Text MNF Executive Committee Meeting April 15, 1992 Kellogg Center, Room 102 CAN ATIEND CANNOT ATrEND NO RESPONSE Russell G. Mawby N. Charles Anderson Edward 0. Blews Robert E. Ivory X Dorothy A. Johnson X JohnS. Lore X Beverley L. McDonald X Helen C. Philpott X George W. Romney X Glenn R. Stevens X Maryellen J. Lewis X �APR-02-1992 09 : 08AI'1 FROM DETRO IT URBAN LEAGUE TO 15173361327 P . 02 1\fiCIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-lOll Phone: 517/3!3-5038 Fax: !17/336--1321 A~ANCECONARMATIONFORM Meetin& of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum The KeUo.a2 Center, Room 102. Fast Lansini Wednesday, Aprill5, 1992 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00 a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before April 9, so we can make the necessary arrangements. V YES, I Wll..L ATrEND THE 4/lS MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend rct."c20327. !rm,commiU.c\excc\0100,mjt �SENT BY: xerox Teleco pi er 7021 ; 4-14- 92 ; 9:46AM ; 51737 2 916 5~ AST PRV LIFE EDUC: # 2 MICWGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN ~1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: !1'7/336-1327 ATIBNDANCE CONFIRMATION FORM Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum The Kc)lQg Center. Vista Room. I ans]na Wedsnesday, April 1~ , 1992 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before Am1I 9, so we can make the n~ssary arrangements. X YES, I WILL ATTEND .THE 4/15 MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend COMMENTS: SIGNED: �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, tf/tctivt nonprofit sector in Mkhigan. ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION FORM APR 61992 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum The Kellogg Center. Room 102. East Lansing Wednesday, April15, 1992 9:30a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before April 9, so we can make the necessary arrangements. -$_ YES, I WILL ATTEND THE 4/15 MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend COMMENTS: SIGNED: ref:exe20327.frm,committe\exec\0100,mjt �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. A~ANCECONARMATIONFORM APR 6 1992 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum The Kello~~ Center. Room 102. ~st Lansin~ Wednesday, Apri115, 1992 9:30a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before April 9, so we can make the necessary arrangements. YES, I WILL ATTEND THE 4/15 MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. 4 will be unable to attend ref:exe20327. frrn ,committe\exec\0100 ,mjt �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An olliaiiCt ro promote giving, vollllllttrillg and a strong, tfftctivt IUIIIJirofit stcror in Michigan. ATTENDANCE CONFIRMATION FORM Meeting _of the Executive Committee of t.i.e Michigan Nonprofit Forum The Kello~~ Center. Vista Room. Lansin2 Wedsnesday, April15, 1992 9:30a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before April 9, so we can make the necessary arrangements. / _ /_ YES VP-<::, I WILL ATTEND THE 4/15 MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P .M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend ref:exe20327.frm,committe\exec\0100,mjt �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promoU gMng, volunleering tutti a strong, effectille nonprofit sector in Michigan. A~ANCECONARMATIONFORM APR . 6 1992 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum The Kello~~ Center. Room 102. East Lansin~ Wednesday, Aprill5, 1992 9:30a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before April 9, so we can make the necessary arrangements . .>{.__ YES, I WILL A~ THE 4/15 MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. 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TO 12:00 P .M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend CO~: ____________________________ SIGNED:._---+,~ ~II:;.Iol:l<L~1~ ·(~ . 2L~-·~tVt~-~ - 1.Liodoi: LAz: .c. . . ;: a,.-: . .r d re!:cxc20327 .frm,committe\e~\Ol OO,mjt a,· I ~··~ ::JH ~ ..... . . ... .; --:.,= -·:'·. �MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An allillnct to promott giving, voluntttrillg tutd a strong, t/ftctivt Mnpro.fil stctor in Michigan. AITENDANCE CONFIRMATION FORM APR 11992 Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum The Kello~~ Center. Vista Room. Lansin~ Wedsnesday, April 15, 1992 9:30a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before April 9, so we can make the necessary arrangements. ~YES, I WILL AITEND THE 4/15 MEETING AT THE KELLOGG CENTER FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend COMMENTS: · ~,b .c ,e SIGNED: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ ref:exe20327.frm,committe\exec\0100,mjt �SENT BY:Pr esi dents counci l ; 4- 3-9 2 ; 4!28PM ; 4 821 24 1 ~ AST PRV LIFE EDUCi # 1 MICWGAN NONPROFIT FORUM ... 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, :MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 5171353-5038 Far. 5171336-13l7 ATrENDANCB CONFIRMATION FORM Mcctiq of the Executiv~ APR 6 1992 Committee of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1bc Kcltoal Center. Vista Room, Iamsin1 Wedsneaday, AprillS, 1992 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Coffee available from 9:00a.m. Please FAX or mail this form back before Aprtl 2, so we can make the necessary aiiBillemellts• ..X KBI..LOOG YES, I wn.L ATI'BND THB 4/15 MEBTING AT THE CBNTBR FROM 9:30A.M. TO 12:00 P.M. _ _ No, I will be unable to attend COMMENTS: ~ SIGNBD: ref:aul0327.frm,oommltte\I!Qo\0100,11\Jt 'V~· ---...--,+--.---. ----- �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Meeting-Confirmations Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee meeting confirmations Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee meeting confirmations. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49647 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/0a1bcf42097cfc7165da9eb715f81aa0.pdf 69c85058d6e8e2a30cac2fefb79be4a3 PDF Text Text MEETING PLANNER (Please fill out entire form) WGISTICS 4/J Date: 5 /q2Time & Duration: q 2>0 - /;).. 00 Group/Appointment: _..::. Co::::..L..,; t:"""' e ;...:c.. =· c.....;'' - - - - Description/Purpose: _ _ _ _ _ _ __ I< C . 12-&o-YY\ Location: L0 2 Approx. Size: _---1...,; 10 = --------- Contact: ~~o/92-9 £~.J, Confirmed: (Date & name) (Attach Directions/Map) Other: ANNOUNCEMENTS Notice should be sent out immediately after location & time confir:med ~Notice (always includes response form & map): ~ Press Release: ~Follow-up Calls (2 weeks prior to event): Other: MATERIALS Packets to participants should be mailed out no later than one week in advance of meeting TO INCLUDE: _ _ Agenda: _ _ Minutes from previous meeting: Handouts: -- Other: SPEAKERS Name: Title: ----------- Confirmed: Arrival: Org: Handouts: A drs: Other: Phone: ---- - - -- -- - �MEETING ROOM SET-UP Set-up Time: Style: Head Table: MNF Sign MNF By-laws: Podium/lectum: Nametags: ~\f ¢> Pads/Pens: Markers/Chalk: ::1-v tJ\"J I_ o \o.n Easel/Flipchart: Tentcards: I a-._ Coat rack: Wastebasket: Other: CATERING/BREAK ITEMS Set-up Time: 9·. CJ 0 Coffee/Decaff/Tea: Muffins: Juice/Special Item: (A.M.) Set-up Time: 'Red Ce.citu-'Room''A ,, 12 . CD Soft Drinks: Lunch: Special: UP S 's: n )o.- (P.M.) '4+ c>J+ me-nu.__ hJe,•( tJb (veggie or kosher, etc.) AUDIO/VISUAL EQUIPMENT _ _ Overhead Projector _ _ VCR Recorder/Playback Unit _ _ 16mm Movie Projector _ _ 35mrn Carousel Slide Projector _ _ Microphones - - Video Monitor - - Sound System Other: ----------------- MISCELLANEOUS Overnight Accommodations: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Other: -------------------------------------- (H/C) � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Meeting-Planner Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee meeting planner Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee meeting planner. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49648 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/7274930578b65f7faf0c33908cc72dcb.pdf 396405c10b4b8c88320e7fb245054c6b PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICIDGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 All allilutet to promott giving, volunlttring tuUJ a strong, tfftclirt MltpTOjiJ SUMMARY OF MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN (4/9/92) TOTALS: Membership Level: Honorary Sustaining Sponsoring Associate Subscriber INCOI\1E 1 1 3 40 6 $3170.00 stclor in MkhigiUl. �Name Or~anization Type Date Helen C. Philpott(p) Comm Fdn Gtr Flint DOVIA Berrien Co Asn/Churches Kalamazoo Foundation Founders Society PIA MI Humanities Council Reformed Bible College Plante & Moran Good Neighbors Mission First Step Grand Valley State Univ. Metro Health Foundation BC/BS of Michigan MI Asn of Broadcasters Calhoun Co Economic Dev Baker College System Flint Consultant Metro Affairs Corp Big Bros/Big Sisters Flint Cadillac Chmbr Commerce St. Vincent & S. Fisher Ctr YMCA of Metro Detroit Jr Achievement of SE MI Detroit Inst for Children Baker College Flint Ann Arbor Area Co Fdn Hope Network MNF N. Oak Co Girl Scout Cncl Newaygo Co Comm Serv W. Midland Family Ctr MI League for Nursing Arts Cncl Gtr Grand Rapids Jordan College American Youth Fdn Wheatland Music Org. Consultant Midland Co Cncl on Aging MI Asn Local Pub Hlth The Recuperation Ctr Heat and Warmth Fund VFW Nat'l Home Coalition on Temp Shelter The Public Image Coopers & Lybrand Sponsoring Associate Associate Honorary Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Subscriber Associate Associate Associate Sponsoring Sponsoring Associate Subscriber Associate Associate Subscriber Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Sustaining Subscriber Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Assocaite Associate Subscriber Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate 11126 2/26 3/16 3/16 3/20 3120 3/23 3/23 3/23 3123 3/24 3/24 3/25 3/26 3127 3/27 3/27 3/30 3/30 3/30 3/30 3/30 3/30 3/31 3/31 3/31 4/1 4/1 4/2 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/3 4/6 4/6 4/6 4/7 4/7 4/7 4/7 417 Rev. James Atterberry(p) Elizabeth Upjohn(p) Joseph P. Bianco(o) Ron Means(o) Ronald L. Zoet(o) Forrest Lewis(o) Carolyn Butler(o) Judith Ellis(o) Eleanor French(p) Glenn F. Kossick(o) Donna Nestovich(o) Karole L. White(o) William Stoffer(p) Kenneth Rice(o) Louise Motoligin B. David Sanders(o) Gary Haggart(o) Ron Andrews(o) Betty Speyer(o) Kenneth Isherwood(o) Thomas Dewar(o) Janet Lusk(o) Eileen Hayes(o) Terry Foster(o) Philip D. Tietz(o) Maryellen J. Lewis(p) Celeste Rabaut(o) Bev Cassidy(o) Greg Dorrien(o) Nancy Caputo(o) Jacqueline R. Udell(o) Jack Kooyman(o) Mark Pawlowski(o) Lola Tyler(o) Patricia Duch(p) Sally York(o) Mark Bertler(o) Sandie Withrow Kathleen Walgren(o) Wayne Komejan(o) Suzanne Health(o) Gary Dembs(o) Jay G. Rudolph(o) Amount 100.00 50.00 50.00 500.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 250.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 �Sandy Smith(o) Eve E. Gohlke(o) Karen Loth(o) Roger Meyers(o) Ronald Lantz(o) Douglas Alberts(o) ref:mnfmbrs.lst,fndlmbr,OlOO Kent County CBS VAC of Saginaw Co Aquinas College Comm Mntl ffith-Lenawee Guardian Inc. Listening Ear Associate Associate Associate Associate Associate Subscriber 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/8 4/9 4/9 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 50.00 20.00 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49649 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/2e0de6424f6a3e9ba03ff515b0bae7d7.pdf 0bbbab403bfb573dc30aba84d0ad85c8 PDF Text Text MNF Convenes First Summit COMPLIMENTAAY COPY Leaders from Government, Business and the Nonprofit Sector Gather for Landmark Dialog in Lansing In a precedent-setting even~ Michigan leaders met recently to engage in discussion which has implications for every community in the state. On February 28, the Michigan Nonprofit Forum convened its first Policy Sunvnit, bringing together key stakeholders to address the dramatic changes underway in the historic partnership linking the nonprofit sector with government and business. The videotaped Summit addressed the theme: "Partnerships for People and Progress -The Nonprofit Sectors Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community." This is a time when the nonprofit community has been rocked by cutbacks and escalating need, and when government has turned increasingly to nonprofits to provide community services, and when business and other private donors face constraints in giving due to a troubled economy. Tensions and strains between the sectors- govemmen~ for-profiUbusiness, and nonprofit- threaten at times to undermine the partnership which has served Michigan communities for more than a century. How do we proceed? What are principles that can guide policy and practice in these times of dramatic change? The Summit grappled with these hard questions. Dr. Robert Payton, Director of the Center on Phianthropy at Indiana University (and former CEO of the Exxon Foundation) opened the discussion, which was also guided by his theme paper circulated in advance. The discussion was then moderated by Dr. Edward Blews, President of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Michigan and MNF Board Secretary. Future MNF Summits will continue to explore the challenges and diemmas in this evaving ~hip, and the Summit videotapes will be used in Community Roundtables across the state. (For more infonnati00~5e contact Donna M. Clarke at the Michigan Nonprofit Forum.) SEE pages 4-5 for SUMMIT EXCERPTS. Issue 1 Spring 1992 Dr. Robert Payton, Drector, Center for PhianttnJpy at hlana lhvenity. opa15 the Michgan ~It Fanm's P\Jlic Poley Sunrit on Busn!ss. Govenment and the Ncqlroflt Sector �2. ~ co-sponsored a semi1ar at Michigan State U'liversity i1 jaruuy.1992. 'The State of Nonprofit Michigan," present- I u dt/itllted to atrod.:e to yo. tJUs flnl HicJJi6u Ht»prolit Foro Nenletter. It ir tbt IJope of tbt HNF JJoerd ud st.ff tbat t1Jis xnletter bta.es • udrl t«JJ to sttteboldm ill H.icbilu's IH1IIprofit sectrr by proritldl disnssioll at ptrlillt11t .imlt$. illfonutin reports at special d'forts a tbt $ldor. Vld rpdates at policies VHf ptr:WJU$ that are U.pc 111 . .profit HicJJi6u. AJtboqb IIIUY tiMS tbt tfforts ste• isrisib/e. tbt DODprofit stc/rr bas a prolood U.p«t aa .U of ottr Jim. Is Hicbisu. IHJIIprolits «t::t/Dl for MMiy siz percat of OtU stale ~ployat~~L Tbt •Prity ofuy com~uityi laltll ~ bitbtr t:dtiCIItial. crdtval aspects. social st1"ria dtlirtry. ud rirtally .U rtJitiotu IICtiritits are a pert of tbt IH1IIprofit Sltdrr. Tbe q.ality of life tbroqb Hicbitu's com~nitits is Wl.aaxl 6Teatly by tbt .au. AMI MJSt iMJirid..J.s d OIU state i1lfllltllt% tbt 11011prolit $1/da. dirtdly or iMJirr:ctly. as ca~tribrton. 'f'Oiul«r$. pa~ud'Fden Tbt Hic1Ji6u Naaprolit Foro's role is ottr state 11011profit sectrr is to proaote oon.Jxntiaa bd'fta 1H111profit oquiatit»s VHf to ect as u illfonutx. b1b lt7 s/Uebolders ill tbt stclor. ilg the i1itial research frrlllgs of the Nonprofit ~an Project conducted by Dr. ~ Wison, assistant pro(essor at M9J. t-is project's pub&cation. The State of Nonpoflt Michigan, 1991 was dissemilated to the entie Scholars Network. (for ilforrnafun contact hin at 517/ 353-2967. 3. ~ wi cosponsor a research conference: ~ Hllllan Dinensions of the Vok.Jntary Sector i1 MK:h~an: COOYl'llllity. Culture and Diversity" i1 December, 1992 with Wayne State U1'rversity. the Nonprofit Mich~an Project. and the MK:h~an Ethnic Heritage Society. (For more ilforrnation contact David R. Stevenson, Wayne State Uliversity. 313/577-6728.) Dr. Mark Wison's "" t report from the Nonprofit MK:higan Project tels us mo than we have ever known about the sector i1 ~an As Dr. Wison poilts out, nonprofit organizations are conmonty defr.ed by what they are not rather than by what they are: the ·residual'' category coverilg what is not govenment and not busiless - a category that has remaned relatively lllCharted To remedy this lack of so&d ilforrnation, Dr. Wison used data from the RS, the Michigan Employment Secuity Conmission and the Department of Labor to compie a prelmi1ary snapshot of the sector, selections of which folow: • Michigan has over 40,000 nonprofltS, widely defr.ed, yet fewer than 3,000 employ one or more persons. This is only a partial pict\.le, however, snce thousands of voU.tary organizafuns with smal or even nonexistent budgets make a tremendous difference i1 the aves of those they serve. I hope yo. fad tJUs a.pli.MDtary issflt of Tbt Fon• belpfrl a rlMterer role yo. play i6 HicbiKu 's IHJIIpro/it stclor. • ~ 1987, tv1ich~an's nonprofit sector employed 260,615 workers, with a payrol of amost $5 l*>n al'd revenues approachilg $11 baon Rrsse11 0. H.rby • Nonprofit EfT1lloyment represents 5.8% of the state's wot'k force. a sightly higher percentage than that of the nation as a whole (5.7%). ~an has the eighth largest nonprofit work force i1 the collltry. Cbainlu H.icbiKu Naapro/it Foro & Cbairau ud CBa Tbt W.L XtlJqfx Foud.liaa • ~ Michigan, health services comprise the largest part of nonprofit employment (72.7%). prinariy i1 nonprofit hospitals. ==============;;;;;-- ---------'Nonprofit social servces make up only 16.57% of the total nonprofit employment (These data do not yet shed &ght on i the sector's capacity to absorb the servce obigaoons shiftilg from the govenmental sector.) RESEARCH UPDATE Organizing to Look at Michigan's Nonprofit Sector • Growth i1 Michigan's nonprofit sector is slower than the Part of ~s rrissDn is to i1crease pubic l.lldefstandllg and awareness of the role and inpact of Mich~an's nonprofit sector. The problem is, very lttJe ilforrnafun has been avaiable about the sector, and existilg ilforrnafun has been fragmented and not easiy accessble. That picture is changilg now. There is growilg ilterest i1 mappilg the scope and i'npact of the nonprofit sector. ~ the past year. ~ has wot'ked with scholars and practitioners across the state to encolr.lge research focused on Mich~an's nonprofrt sector: national average which paralels the growth i1 the *servee sector" as a whole. Between 1977 and 1987 the naoonaJ nonprofit woricfOJCe i1creased by arnost 74%. whie the sector i1 tv1ich~an ilcreased by less than 58%. The d'rfference i1 these growth rates reflects tv1ich~an's mature stage of urban nonprofit development where growth· is slowest Growth has slowed where the nonprofit ilfrastructure has been largely completed and i1 parts of the state experiencilg slower rates of populafun and economc growth than the nation as a whole. • The buk of nonprofit employment is, naturaly, i1 the most populated parts of the state. Total nonprofit employment i1 share research. to support colaborative stud'es, and to dissernilate .Y.ichigan COlllties is concentrated i1 the southern lower research frdilgs as tools for practitioners. More than 300 scholars penilsula, with Wayne County accountilg for amost one t• (77,810 jobs) of al nonprofrt employment i1 the state. ilterested il the nonprofit sector have been Kientifed, and two meetilgs have been heki A thi'd meetilg is scheduled for Apri 24 Nonprofit employment i1 the fiVe l.rilan counties of Wayne (77,810), Oakland (28,903), Kent (20,746), Washtenaw at 4:00 p.m at the Hyatt Regency Hotel i1 Dearbom For more ilforrnation. contact Doma. Clarke at M-F (517/353-5038.) (10,777) and N\acomb (10,351) accounts for 62% of the total 1. A scholars network now rnks researchers across the state to 2 �SfATE Utflill FOR MICHIGAN'S '"YEAR OF TI-E VOLUNTEER" The Mdligan Nonprofit Fon.m has joned with leatiersh~ from busness. goverrment and the nonprofit sector to mount the "Michigan Year of the Vok.Jnteer/ Campaign for Vok.Jntarism", which will lOCk off on Apri 24, 1992 at the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Semnar n Dearbom The mission of the Campaign wi1 be to promote voluntarism across the state of Michigan and to create a clmate of convnitment to volunteemg. Former Governor George W. Romney nitiated the plannng process for this statewide Campaign He enlsted the jont leadersh" of Campaign Chaiman Frank Popoff. President and ao of Dow Chemical, and Co-chai's Frst Lady Michele Engler and former Frst Lady janet Blanchard. As a Trustee of the Michigan Nonprofit Fon.m. Governor Romney enisted ~to be the ~taff agency dumg the CamJaign's startup. Governor Romney has panted out that. "Today the State of Michigan is more threatened by its ntemal human and social problems than it is by any external enemy. Fortunately. citizens are jonng with thei" coworkers. fel>w church members. and neighbors to make a difference n the 5ves of those n need. But thousands more Michigan citizens must be caled nto servee to extend the &f~ of hope and opportunity to those beng swept up n the tide of social diStress." n his view. leaders n the pub&c. private and nonprofit sectors are n key positions to mobize conmunities throughout the state! Governor Romney. Mr. Popoff. Mrs. Engler and Mrs. Blanchard wi1 be joned by a coait:ion of statewide networks. ilck.Jdng the Vok.lnteer Centers of Michigan. State Clamber of Coomerce. Councl of Michigan Foundations. Michigan Association of Broadcasters. Rotary ntemational, Michigan Corporate Vok.Jnteer Councl. Retied Senior Vok.Jnteer Corps. Uban Leagues of Michigan. and the Ulited Way of Michigan Together. these or- ganizations will colaborate with local corrmunities to mount a campaign with these goals: Goal #1 : HELP TO NCREAV IN\PROVE THE STRLCTlRES .YJHICH SLPPORT VOLLNTEERNGN MO-UC:;AN'S I\ISlll1JrONS AND COMMLNITES. especialy vok.lnteer centers. but also nclJdng: workplace vok.Jnteer counds. school vok.Jnteer programs. retied senior vok.Jnteer programs. and many others. • These visits wil be folowed by technical assistance from expert networks, such as the Vok.Jnteer Centers of Mdligan. the Michigan Corporate Vok.Jnteer Councl. Mdligan Association of Vok.lnteer Admnistrators, Michigan School Vok.Jnteer Program. Mdligan Conmunity Servce Corrmission. and others. Assistance wil be focused on estab&shng or strengthenng the nfrastructure that supports vok.Jnteemg. • Srnultaneously. a statewide Fom.r Governor George Romney (center) with (from left) MNF Executive Director, U.ryetlen lewis, Fonner Rrat lady Janet Blanchard, and Rrat lady Mlcbelle Engler. Goal #2: HELP TO ~ VOLLNTEER.NG. E9'EOAUY N ll-!E 35% OF CTTlZENS WHO EXPRESS VVUNGNESS TO VOLLNTIER BUT DO NOT. Dumg this Year of the Vo~ unteer. several statewide efforts will seek to augment local activities: • Governor Romney. Mrs. Blanchard. Mrs. Engler and other high-visbity leaders n the Campaign. wiD visit targeted conmunities. to meet with local leadersh" n government. business and the nonprofit sector, to urge colaborative plannng for effectively tappng vok.Jnteer energies. Gov. Romney. for example. wil visit up to 30 corrmunities n the next six months to tal< with local leaders and supply resolJ'Ce materials. compied for this Campaign by the National VoU\teer Center/Pants of Light Folniation ., medra campaign wil showcase vok.Jnteer efforts and pubk:ize a new (800) number operated through the Vok.Jnteer Centers of Michigan The Michigan Year of the Vok.lnteer/Campaign for Vok.Jntarism is unique i1 the nation n fact, Chaiman Frank Popoff recently received a letter of congratulations from President George Bush. who wrote: "By ag~g to ~ promote vok.Jntarism i1 your state, you have donated your tine and energy to a very worthwhie cause. Vok.Jnteers represent one of our Nation's greatest resources and one of our most effective answers to the social problems that plague our commi.J'lities - problems that. if left unsolved. wil l.lldennile American education and competitiveness." For more detais. cal Donna 0artce. M ~ft Fonm (5, 7/353-5038). "Voblteers represent one of Oil /Qtions sr-test te5C1II'CeS MWl one of 011 most e/ff!Ctive MaSWetS" to the socW ~oblems tlYt flbsue 011 com- trr~Rties-poblems tlYt, if left rnsolved. d uw:lemJine Amc!rlan edlation MWl conpetitiveness.. --Presidellt Bush �1think the nonprofit sector is defined by what the olt'm are not You're the residue of everything else. The nonprofit sector is driven not by ~ets but by goodwiU and philanthropy, and the desires of the individuals organizilg it. M~ion is central to the whole debate. ------:-:::;;;";Cl\~S~EC~I;OR~?~ 1HE NoNPR~~· ~ . Qis~tiOn IS \he \he VM-'1~ \0 \he unenr~\ ,uuc~ 1tol1\ ~~r\rM)Nes =bl~ \he ,ing\ea":\\er of~\ oi ·no ~a\8 f ~one The r in a 111a~ onable \o ~~Of an1 Se"· a: ~:':S~' ad'l~~~ ~ ~~~fl\s a~ t1~\bi~un- \ha\ nonprofl\S, p~Na\~ oene~;"lEN··~\ i~\ oi ~~~\~\ic. no\~ 9 Government is adrift. Private businesses are also having mission dif. ficulties because of the changing economy and global economic se\et\ed gtoUP uiced b~ \alii' IS The ~\ Ol a iz.a\ion "' . forces. And the mission of nonprofit organizations is very, very tricky \ha~s usUal\'#~ oi.Oitetd:munit't \o i~~~"~ume \o ~~ beca ....vhMu look" to you g•nn:: to catch f!Nerythirvl thafs left in b" volun\~ •1\1\1\\hef 1n. a_.....rt a-1 \hell ":""'1 n\ charac\en,& ..-n use f!N.... , ........., • com1,09 is an 1111 A""' ionn oi publiC -rbetween. response 0 \ha\ Of9an 'provide Swov Dr. Wiliim A Sedelburg, I'd just ~ke to say that it appears as though the polic~ ~ida~jf~, \he~ do 8~is\ \o ri per \defl~ing non- ___.___. . \~ -~-.------'ll ~:X';;:':;::::::Ditector. ;~munl\'1 ~lla\:0 When W haare t ~ a~~ '6:"~\ics~~ oi ~~~~,~~~hs\i~=~~~~~\Of nonprofits have been gNen the mandate to take care of crucial problems that are growing and that are not getting smaller, and that it is truly a mandate without money. back! fOf tne p~;rtt'om a naw~ \~evolve~~ and\ nope U\3, Fr. WMiia ft!~;c;ommin\\~. \hiS iS ~':~n ~area. . Executive embOdieS a~ . ~Ofl1\ oUf ruc\hef .. ...ft!1c:.iles \he baSIC 1 diScussion 1111\\"' . \hiS va\ue et111":_-.,., \\iS the value . and serJ8 ou-w ~ re iOf mu"i~. I Qbl\g3\l00 V""Y'\a} sense oi com 'ty ~~~e·re a\so Ms. Lois Wcri: V.t:e President, New Detroit ~c;rea\es arundam8" \ime \ha\ 1118'~\ibU~~"~~~~~\s ~· f>..\ ~~Ne<Si~! the ~00~~\s 4~and \helf 0'411\ alflft11i~vo\hef poin\S~~ac\ 00 \helf ()'411\ ~ s~~roup& \o come \oge a1111 Qfl be\ieis. '-ANidual~ ' . • a ~~~a~ iOf ""' ~-"""'".ta\IC nroflt ~\Of IS 'lli\hln oUf.l)l::l.;;;ss. _. ~- o ..rticioa~ \he OOC'r,;;; soc;&a\ c.t\aM8 .~-~UC 1"~- "' 1d ~0 iOf poilu~~ and~ \he l)l::l''i~S -.... ~\~~iS ~~~a~' 'lje ~\iOnS. \he aemocra ac\ • .__...__.__-A We view the nonprofit sector as a way that the tremendous social energy in this country can be channeled into doing virtuous, good things. If the public has access to the information about what the nonprofit sector is doing with its income- making 101 pennies out of 100 pennies- then people can make wise decisions on where ~ VQ~un\a~ . way Of \ , nonprofi\S axiS\ 1~" \hiS ~~~~\hef. t . . Mos aood as the~ ca~ \o \'\ 1M !'0'41 - \o be as t\\ence il\ e®ca~~\ oi \o helP~ 9 '\JT181\\ \o e~ce .._,8 \he deVel'll""ii·; · 1e ano\hef \he com"'' · We a\SO 1""' t an ov~ value 111e nav:rus\iC ~pressiOI'Iheal\h~ envi!OOmel' ' __ _... \0 ..A ._A..I\h, res~""'mi\ieS. S0U1"' ,_. aiWiS"'· · \ionS ~ ~\ef iOf ~· : ~ 10f . \ 'lile com~ ~\hQU\ sOCI8'Y · to spend their money or, as money gets tight, to spend their time by volunteering. Mr. Fred Hoffecter, Assistant Attomey General, Slate ofMI/Chatilable Trust 'J::U% are"'thes~tnas,_te:~~. and the nN'I u,., ""' ~·co --\Of and 19~"\'~ 1\()1'\pi'(?l" ,..,.. 1 h \he VUI .,. • L.!:_D~'ivl·s~IOfl~ · ~---...f~=~~~~:::::=~==~~=:r~ r-·• . 'ble \o \a\~ aboU\ \he llli\hil\ i\. Th~ai\h, \neir 1think that deep in the living rooms where people are making i\tl \\iS 1111!>0Ss1 \' \OUS t these decisions about giving, there seems to be a tendency ~~nee ~!eU: ~1\S iOf . oi \he Ul\i\ed S\ates that, if they don, know anything about yOU( agency, if ~Y don, know anything about what you do - then they desiQnate somebody else. I've been an elected official for 10 years in the City of Lansing, and I think we have a tendency to leave the human services, to leave our drugs and crime and health .---------....,services to the United Way, to the foundations, to "let George If government makes the conscious do it" type of attitude. 1have always advocated that the city decision to broaden the deductibility government, county government, and state government need of certain contributions, cleatty that to be responsible and we need to set aside, just like we set 11a that go WI'II cos t the state government· That aside for evef)'thing else, we need to set aside .. uut rs will reduce the state dollars that can to this community. go to social secvices. So we will be Mr. Anthon a- ..:.~~ . 'Y IX1Mr,.,_, making the conscious decision that n.:..J w-..J Councilmember 11uru rrmu somebody else, the nonprofit sector, City ofLansing will deiNer these services better A than the centralized state or federal . - . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . , government. I'm not ceftain that our I think ifs unfortunate sometimes that we appear to be irr society has made that decision. I visible, because I think the nonprofits have been making think they're pushing us in that wine out of water for a long time. We know how to take direction. 100 pennies and tum~ into 101 pennies. We are the Hon. Jlmes A Koslen organizations that get maximum results out of minimum State Representative dollars. Ml House ofRepres8fllafives ltk. N. Cllllrles Anderson, President Detroit Urban League sec\Of! we \ ;'"'J:: ·G. Ga~e/:!: caunsel. \he e~~ \ime and re\~ voluntal\ .'o.\1'1 :S volun\an\~ ~~ c;ommul\i~.OUI\dll\~ e~en\ \o 111hich 00 uevil\e flcs\ Qbse<V• e~ , as de i ocq \ia\ \o ouc e~is\efl comfi\8(CC a ac\iOI\ are es~meo\ ~ il\ the ~~~\ are essel\\ial \o ~ rund ta1Sil'l9 uadi\iOI\ iS a \f3dl \he volul\\al'1 \eYiaros are ''"OS8 s-A To '" ....... " 1111 are \he u~ 1 r.rP r·su!ViVal_~=~~~\·. \o ·uodefS\c mus\ unu<>•~ . n nd po·s 1\ O · \each i\ a " o;rector Roberl payton. ;, Or. Ph'tanthrOPY· lnd· center for 1 Government regulation is now so extreme that our flexibi'' meelt local community needs is increasingly removed. I'd like .ible h the suggestion that this is exactly the time at which we should be m ventive. But 1don't think that is going to happen in health care: !hE squeeze is corning from both aides, and the ability to respond mmVJ and new ways is shrinking as well. . . Dr. .mne Dune Clart, Senior Director. MicNgan Hospital Assocll �Voices frorn t~ Surnrnit ., Excerpts from ti-e r rofit organization is to reach for the stars - to reach for the 1nMr time and then to integrate that with the society's habits, :n by inch, and making the business community a little better too, ~ood. When are we going to tell folks, you've got to give back? ng to start telling them, you've had a nice life, time to give back? .ndously developing population in this country of people who've olock a few times who are our treasure. Come and MNF Policy Summit We should never lose sight of what Father Cunningham and Sister Monica have said, never ·or. Focus: HOPE lose sight of the caring mission and the soaring to the stars. But as we soar to the stars, we should have our audit in our pocket and we should have a good, tight organization. Mr. Joseph P. Bianco, Jr. Executive V.P., Founders Society Delroff /nslilute ofMs . .- - - - - ~.._ _........r,. _ _ _ _ _.:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~ Businesses have the same compassion and the same social concerns that all of us have. But sometimes its a choice of In fact, the governmental and the nonprofit meeting the payroll or donating to nonprofit organizations. And sectcn are fully dependent for their resources the obligation, obviously, is to meet the payroll. There's a conupon the vitality, the success of the other cern about how much of the tax dollar should be dew&ed to that sector: Business. It is only as business is as well. You can't do both. You can, continue to raise taxes successful that government can generate its re- and then continue to expect the business commc.rlity to find the sources. It is only as business is successful means to solve all the problems too. that employees can have the where-wiltHII to ». Ednrd L Cox, President and ChiefFJnaiiCi;M Officer 'ribute- 85% of giving is by individuals. Accident Fund ofMichigan ,ic policy, in effect, decides how these private resources are going to be mobilized to serve the public good - by providing incentives or disincentives for voluntary giving. Dr. Russel G. Chair & CEO W. K. Kellogg Feb. 28, 1992 mingh:lm, As labor leaders, we know 011' membets are good, community-based, ha~Oftting individuals; but their budgets are stressed just like eNf!Jf'f business. Their difficulty with buying bread and supplies and paying tuition and paying for things for their families is just as difficult as corporate Michigan to balance its budgel So if they're beset by too r~W~Y requests for donations, the tendency is to llln the set off and not listen any more and don, contrilute, period! Thafs the complaint we're getting, that there is an increase in the number of solicitations, both through direct contact and through the worlplace. lk. l.Rwrenct~ Roehrig, S«:rBBJJtyffreasurer, t----------------.J AFSCME. Coonci/25AFL-C/O .... The next 20 years, I am told, will see the largest transfer of wealth from one generation to anoh!t, not only in the history of this country but probably in the history of the wortd. Estimated numbers don't sound authentic in the mouth of a humanist like myself, estimates ranging from $3 to $7 trillion dollars. So although we've got lots of economic problems, don' you believe that we are not a wealthy society, that there money to do things. Thafs not our problem. But~ is a very serious question of what those resources will be used for and I think thafs part of what will come out of our participation in this rewriting of the social contract. Dr. Robtltt ,.,_, DittctJr, Center for PhiMIIhtopy, lndiaM Univltsily isn, 1· e ~----. �MARK YOLR CALENDAR! Grantmakers/ Grantseekers Seminar IV c.-. "Hope. .. is not the joy ~t Friday, Api 24, 1992 Hyatt Regeocy 1-t>tei/Dearlxxn Once agai'l. over 1200 grantmakers and ~ers from across Mctigan wl convene fer the Fauth Arrual Grantmakers/ Grantseekers Serrinar. The prowam wl cover income generation. evakJation and acco.ntabity, dernofvapt'ics. meda relations, ~an·s Year of the Vokrlteer. and new poides affecmg aJ norpofltsl The conference bmgs together fu-ders and l'lCJI'lli'Oflt c.-garizations fer a day of learning together. Speakers indJde Marian Wright Edeman. Presidelt. Q-ichn's Dehne Ftnd JaM Marshal Preside! It, The Kresge Foc.rdation. Aorence Green Preside! It, Nonprofit Management Associat.iorl Franc Popoff. Presidelt and ao. Dow Olerrical Corrpany; Mariam c. Noland Pn:sidet lt. Cormuity SMDe ~ tMws Me going we( or the wii1gness to ;,vest ;, enterprises tlut Meob~ he~ded for -ny svccess, but rather, ;m~y to wat for sanethitff ~use it is good - V~dav 1-Gvel Fc:udation of Southeastern Mdigan; a panel of Mctigan Grantmakers; the Alance for jastice; and many The most c~ vision of convnunity sti1 canes from john W~ntt.op's notion o1 a city on a hi i'l Which we de&ght i'l each other. seek to make other'.s condition our own;o repce together, labor and suffer together. always hav~ before our eyes our canvntDt.y as members of the same body. lt is dis Ud of involvement with the needs of others that provides the social cement' that binds peopAe together i'l community•. - )ames A. joseph morel The Grantmakers/Grant.seekers Sermar IV Is spcnored by the Mdigan ~fit Fmm and cosponsored by the Can:i of Mdigan Faniations, the L.nted Way of twctigan. and the fouteen other state-Mde orgarizations aied in the Mdigan Norpofit Fonm the fOU" Mdigan Chapters of the National Sodety of Fuld Raising Exewtives; and the W.K. Kelogg Fc:udation. T1is year's event is cochaired by Jotn Lore. Naticnal Sodety of Fuld Raising ExeaJtives, and Diana Seger. Cnnd Rapids Fcudation. R~tion Fee: sso per person S40 f c.- lvV'E rnerrbers Registration Deadline: Friday, April17, 1992 �Michigan Fundraising Campaigns Seek $710 Million by Unda B. Patterson Adriristrative Director, Card of Nfdigan Fotl"ldiltions Prermnary results of the Col6ld of Michigan Fomdation's fmrth arrual 9JVey of fundraising Cafl1>Cligns n Michigan indicate that. even with 14% fewer ~igns in 1992 than in 1991, flning targets are up nearly 5% ($30 m1r10n). One explanation for fewer cafl1>Cligns may be that the sluggish economy is corrbirlng with state cutbacks to force service providers to rethink strategic and longrange funding plans. aqusmg to the changi1g envi'omlent. Such re-a&grments req\ft tine for streanirT!g operations and establishilg new strategic goals. At the same tine. higher funding goals for ongoing ~igns acknowledge the need for ircreased funds to co~te for cutbacks and reductions from past sources. Nearly $710 m1r.on is being sought in Michigan this year by 74 no~fit orgarizations. Of the early survey results. 68% of the reported campaigns were ntiated i1 prior years. "01..1' data does not aDow us to know conclusively whether the rurber of ~igns has fallen off due to successfU cafl1l<ligns recently completed," corrments Dorothy A. Johnson. CMf's President. "or because plamed cafl1>Cligns have been delayed. or because of some other nfk.Jence. But conversation withil the sector incitcates that a lot of retrencmg and replarmg is gong on right now." Education and tunan service orgarizations. on the other hand. show a 2/3 difference in new versus contiruing caf11J3igns. Of the 108 statewide carrpaigns CI.J'rendy bei1g reported. 64 are capital cafl1l<ligns and 44 are endowment drives. Of the four categories represented, educational nstitutions are the orly g~ c0nducti1g as capital as endowment campaigns; other grot4>5 are conduc:Ulg about twice as many capital as endowment cafl1l<ligns. many The- sUwy is p.bished arnJilly :~-~~~~ ~~ Chaptas in ~ d-e McHgan Assodatioo .o l ~al Deveqrnenq¥AJ-D). and t:he-·Ccud for the Acfvancemert a.(~ for fd.ratial (cA.crjt~·:,=::":= , , ::: .,. ·., , • , . The 1992 statistical SIW!'fo Clitural and health orgarizations show the least reductions in new ~igns; but they also have the smalest representation i1 the 9JVey. repcwti'll ~--~ involved wl be late Apt· ~:iJii: : : o: : : : :o:.~in . ·.·· .·.···. Fer a:CiVf ol the ~. · pease Oxuc:t.the Caurl of Mdigan ~- at 61fi/8-42-7080. CouNCIL oF MICHIGAN FouNDATIONS Fourth Annual Funding Campaigns in Michigan Survey Preliminary Results Type of Organization Arts & Culture Educational Health Human Service Capital Campaigns 14 23 10 17 Number of Number of Endowment Continuing Campaigns Campaigns 12 36 6 20 8 25 2 9 7 New Campaigns 10 12 6 6 ':..a lot of retrenching and replarDng is gomg on right now." �NEW JOBBANK FOR NONPROFITS N MICHIGAN It has always been diffiCUlt for norp-ofit organzations to reach a large audience for qu;Ufted job-seekers. including both students and experienced professionals. To address this problem. the W .K. Kellogg Fou'ldation has fl.rded a statewide and nationwide job bark for yOtr job-operings. "MH= meniJers receive a conplinent;lry lifetine subscription to this tDque publiationr The sponsoring orgarization - ACCESS: Networking in the Nllic nterest -is a national nonprofit organzation which pubtiShes both COMMUNlY PBS: The Efll>loyment Newspaper and a College Edition of Comnuity Jobs. These papers have become the largest circ:Uation periocfJCal in the non~frt worid, with mo~ ismgs of several tudred jobs. expert advice. resolJ'Ce ists. and organzationaJ profies reachilg over 40,000 Slbscri>ers. In order to help more nonprofits attract a greater rurber of quaGfted job seekers. ACCESS offers the job&smg service FREE to J"''IO'1X''fit organzations. In addition. when an orgarization ~ts a job. it receives a co"limentary subscription to COMMUI'lTY PBS! [Note: ~rs of the Michigan No'¥0flt Fon.rn will receive a co~tary nfetime subscription to this lrique pWbtion!] ACCESS also provides no'¥0fit sector career cotnser'"8 workshops. pd*: nterest Ia w job tiStilgs. a mnority resume bark and no'llf'Ofit organzational sea~s fora ~o{ In 1M 1 w !C CDIIepa IIOii Univen:itiea oC MidlipD Mkhipa CllbDiic c.aac.ra- Michipa <:.ommaaity Adiaa A&e«:Y ~ smaU fee. To list an iltemship. entrylevel job. or an advanced professionaJ position i1 COMMUI'lTY PBS. or for more ilforrnation. contact the Michigan Outreach Team. ACass. so Beacon Street. Boston MA 02108, Phone: 617/720-5627. MIO-ICAN NQNJRORT RESOLRCI DRECTORY The Mctigan Navoflt Fonm is anendy l.¢aq the Mctigan Norpof1t Rescuce Diectay. plbished n 1989 by the Acx:nrtmg Aid Sodety. The drectay is~ to make it easier fer nc:ll"p''flts to fnd pt>fes!iionals v.tth the special elCpE!rtise needed by norpoflt managers. The drectory &sts service providers by category-such as law and ~-and geowapr;c kx:ation. ~ woUd Ike ycu ilU- If you are a service provider cr know of~ pro(essionak you woUd teCUitled to be lsted n the drectay, please contact ~. Tetry ~on at ~. 34 Kelogg c.er.er, East ~ tvt 48824. Michigan Nonprofit Forum Midlipa t.e.c- c.. a-- Saviceo rrc.idaiD Cauacil, .... ~ ol MidlipD AT· l.All0811Will!i!S Ridln B.~ MicbipD ~.,Stile Jala S.l.-, N.ac-1 Socidy .t ..,._. ...... Euc:uliW8 a-110........,, W. K. K.cJiall Pol I f l!lizabdll s. UpjatD, Keleme...,~-.b'icn IUc Rate us.Postage Paid 34 Kellogg Center East Lansing. Michigan 48824-1022 517/ 353-5038 ~M Penrit #926 Address Correction Requested 8 �GRANTMAKERS/GRANTSEEKERS SEMINAR IV April 24, 1992 MLIVING OUR MISSION: MEETING OUR PUBLICS' NEEDSIF 8:00- 9:00 9:00- 9:45 9:45-10:00 10:00-11 :45 11 :45-12:00 12:00- 1:30 1:30- 1 :45 1 :45- 4:00 4 :00- 5:00 SCHEDULE Registration and Opening of Display Area Opening General Session: "Living Our Mission: Meeting Our Publics' Needs' Break Concurrent Sessions I. "Collaboration and Appropriate Mergers' II. "Michigan's Year of the Volunteer• Ill. "Evaluation and Accountability of Nonprofits' IV. "Meet the Grantmakers: Michigan's Community Foundations' V. "The Capitol Challenge: Survival Struggles in Washington and Lansing• Break luncheon and Networking Break Concurrent Sessions I. "Shaking the Money Tree: What Motivates the Large Gift?' II. "Innovative Income Generation• lila. "Combatants or Colleagues? The Media and the Nonprofit Sector' lllb. ·Government Retreat, Demographics Change: Michigan's Nonprofit Sector in the 90's• IV. "Becoming a Player: Advocating Your Cause and Getting Results' V. "The Van Dusen Endowment Challenge: A Funding Partnership for the Detroit Area" Networking Reception RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM THE l\fiCIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM Michigan Nonprofit Resource Directory , in collaboration with Accounting Aid Society (forthcoming) .. i' MNF Nonorofit Issues Papers 1$5.00 for members. $8.00 for nonmembers) #1 "Collaboration for a Shared Future, • James A. Joseph, President, Council on Foundations. #2 Report from Policy Summit I, "Partnership for People and Progress: the Nonprofit Sector's Evolving Relationship with Michigan's Government and Business Community". #3 "Living Our Mission: Meeting Our Publics' Needs, • Defense Fund (forthcoming). #4 •The Changing Face of Michigan's Nonprofit Sector: Lessons from New Research, • Mark I. Wilson, Director, Nonprofit Michigan Project (forthcoming). #5 •Toward a Michigan White Paper on the Nonprofit Sector, • Janne G. Gallagher, Consultant, Independent Sector (forthcoming). Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Audio Tapes 1$9.00 for members. $12.00 for nonmembers) • Collaboration for a Shared Future," James A. Joseph, President, Council on Foundations. "Demographics: Tools to Prepare for Michigan's Future Today, • Harold (Bud) Hodgkinson, Director, Center for Demographic Policy, Institute for Educational leadership. •Planning That Works: Long Range Strategic Planning for Nonprofits, • Aorence L. Green, President, Nonprofit Management Association and Board Member, California Association of Nonprofits. "Collaboration: Process and Pitfalls, • Florence L. Green, President, Nonprofit Management Association and Board Member, California Association of Nonprofits. �COMBINED REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSIDP FORM FOURTH ANNUAL GRANTMAKERS/GRANTSEEKERS SEMINAR REGISTRATION MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM MEMBERSHIP wLiving Our Mission: Meeting Our Publics ' Needs • "An alliance to promote philanthropy, voluntarism, and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in the state. • FRIDAY, APRil.. 24, 1992 MNF is a statewide alliance which serves as a clearinghouse for addressing issues of importance to the nonprofit sector. It convenes groups of leaders to plan and act together. It works with policymakers, the public, and news media to promote a better understanding of how the nonprofit sector works and why it is so important. 8:00a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (lunch included) Hyatt Regency Hotel Dearborn, Michigan This powerful seminar brings together Michigan's grantmakers and grantseekers to discuss important issues and opportunities affecting the nonprofit sector. Keynote address will be presented by Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund. Sessions will focus on volunteerism, grantseeking, nonprofits and public policy, evaluation and accountability, collaboration, community foundations, working with the media, the demographics of nonprofits, increasing endowments. DEADLINE FOR REGISI'RATION:APRIL 17 It issues periodic "public policy alerts" and position papers, convenes the annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar, holds biannual nonprofit public policy summits, promotes voluntarism throughout the state, stimulates and disseminates research on the nonprofit sector, and publishes a timely newsletter focusing on nonprofit sector issues. Join now and receive a free copy or The SIQie of NonproftJ Michigan. 1991 and a free lifetime subscription to Commun.iJy Jobs, a national listing of nonprofit jobs. Please enroll me/my organiDtion as a member of the Michigan Nonprofit Forum in the membership category circled below. (Membership includes discounts and reduced conference fees as well as the newsletter and Updates.) Please register the persons whose names are entered below for the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar on April24, 1992 My organization is a network of people/agencies, and we want to become active in MNF' s work. Please contact me witl. information about how we can join NE1WORK ASSOCIATES! as ~ Namc(s) (~ iaili&l. ' - ) Title/Poaition .... o....-..- ,.._loonlol, lbauy ~ ._.,. UlO S2SI SICIO ~ $j() c-r..... ..,..._ ,_, N___._ $«) $j() TOTAL AMOUNT DUE: Organization Address City State Zip Telephone FAX Enclosed is our _ MNF membership and/or _ conference fee for _ _ persons in the amount of $ Please make checks payable to: Michigan Nonprofit Fonm and mail to MNF 34 Kellogg Center East Lansing, MI 48224-1022 Amcullll)& � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49652 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/19ae85ab855e9f85039f02ab0525d4c5.pdf 6d8284ec591dcc8b1a00a98d7ed74c54 PDF Text Text MICIDGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICillGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An allilur.ce to promote gi'l'ing, PolunJeering and a strong, effectire Mnprojit sector In Michigan. MNF Priorities Drafted by the Trustees (10/91) and Ref"med by the Executive Committee (12/91) 1. Annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar: MNF will conduct an annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in planning and implementation of the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar, as well as for registering and attending the event. ii. The Executive Committee will appoint a Task Group (including the Chair of the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Program Committee) to propose an overall GOALS STATEMENT to guide the planning of future GG Seminars. iii. Trustees will actively promote the GG Seminar as a pivotal event in the life of Michigan's nonprofit community, and will actively solicit input from their networks to guide its future design. 2. Proactive Stances on Public Policy Issues: MNF will track public policy issues that have sector-wide implications in Michigan and keep trustees and other leaders informed; where appropriate after due process by the board, MNF will take proactive stances on those issues. i. The Public Policy Committee will continue to consider current public policy issues and make recommendations to the board for action. ii. Trustees will recognize themselves as the antennae for the Forum and will bring to the attention of staff or the committee any issues of concern generally. iii. Upon adoption of a position on a public policy position by the board, trustees will, when appropriate, encourage their organizations to take a consistent position, and will actively and substantially communicate those positions to their leadership networks, their members, and to public policy makers. 1 �3. Public Policy Summits. with papers: MNF will conduct one or two Summits per year, bringing together key leaders and other knowledgeable persons in a roundtable to discuss seminal issues facing Michigan's nonprofit sector; each Summit will be guided by a publishable paper, circulated in advance, and will be taped for distribution and broadcast, aiming to widen the circles of discussion and understanding about those issues. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation in the Summits, if invited, and will participate actively in determining topics and securing insightful, engaging participants, particularly to insure that the series is cohesiveness and has cumulative impact. ii. Trustees will actively seek and promote avenues for dissemination of the tapes into local/regional discussions, and will encourage continued attention to the issues raised in the tapes. 4. White Paper: MNF will produce a White Paper in 1992, describing a fundamental rationale for the existence of the nonprofit sector, reflecting its history and accomplishments and its evolving partnership with government and the for-profit sector; the paper will clarify the sector's central role in Michigan's communities, its economy and quality of life, and the framework justifying its historic independence and special tax status. i. Trustees will, as appropriate, seek input from their constituencies for the design and content of the MNF White Paper on the nonprofit sector. ii. Trustees will provide careful scrutiny and thoughtful response to the Draft White Paper, when available, and will circulate it as appropriate among their constituencies for input. iii. Trustees will disseminate and advocate the final White Paper among their leadership networks and members. iv. Trustees will actively communicate the substance of the White Paper to community and sector leaders and to public policy makers. 5. Two- Year Campaign Strategy on Giving and Volunteering A. Campai~n for Voluntarism (1991): MNF will continue to provide leadership and staff support to the Campaign for Voluntarism, until such time as it operates independently throughout the state. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in the work of the Campaign for Voluntarism. 2 �ii. Trustees will seek ways that their organizations and constituencies can use the Campaign to further their own work in voluntarism. Trustees will seek to integrate the Campaign into their own organizations' work and to promote the Campaign through their members and leadership networks. iii. Trustees will actively promote the Campaign to community leaders and policy makers, with the aim of promoting a lasting climate of commitment to volunteering among Michigan's leadership, communities and institutions. B. "Give 5" Cam,pai~n (1993): i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in the work of the "Give 5" Campaign, as is begins later this year for an Apri11993 kickoff. ii. Trustees will, where appropriate, help to identify communities already considering such a campaign (such as Lansing) and others willing to explore it, so they may be included in the statewide Campaign. iii Trustees will seek ways to integrate the Campaign into their own organizations' work and to promote the Campaign through their members and leadership networks. iv. Trustees will actively promote the Campaign to community leaders and policy makers, with the aim of prof!loting a lasting climate of commitment to giving and volunteering among Michigan's leadership, communities and institutions. 6. Collect and Disseminate Research Insights: i. MNF will encourage the development of a scholar's network in 1992. ii. In order to link research as closely as possible to practice, Trustees will solicit practice-based research questions from their constituencies, for communication by staff to the Scholars Network. iii. As MNF's eyes and ears, Trustees will communicate to staff information about new and planned studies that have sector-wide implications, so that the information can be shared widely. 3 � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49653 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/a53c9c9c5f9894f7f76f2ad1fe0fc5ac.pdf 72a80197747de4be7cab0e31e058d8cc PDF Text Text MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting December 17, 1991 - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Kellogg Center, Room 102, East Lansing, MI) Trustees Present: N. Charles Anderson Edward O. Blews, Jr. Robert E. Ivory Beverley L. McDonald Russell G. Mawby Helen C. Philpott Glenn R. Stevens Staff Present: Donna M. Clarke Maryellen J. Lewis 1. Welcome and Call to Order: With the Chair present, the meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m. 2. Review of the Minutes: The committee reviewed and approved the minutes from the October 8, 1991 Executive Committee meeting. 3. Report of the Chairman: In the interest of time, R. Mawby yielded the floor to M. Lewis for the report of the Executive Director. 4. Report of the Executive Director: M. Lewis reported that MNF has received verbal affirmation of the 501(c)(3) application. Written approval should be forthcoming within thirty days. M. Lewis also reported on the first organizational meeting of the Campaign for Voluntarism held on December 16, 1991. At that meeting the coordinating committee adopted its mission statement and developed a framework for the campaign. Statewide efforts will include a yearlong media campaign and information-sharing, to showcase existing volunteer efforts and strengthen the infrastructure that supports volunteering in Michigan communities (such as volunteer centers, corporate volunteer councils and workplace volunteering and student volunteer programs). Major activities will center around National Volunteer Week in the spring and National Philanthropy Day in the fall. Regional efforts will showcase �existing and emerging volunteer programs by focusing on real people and events. MNF will continue to promote cross-sector dialogue and to serve as the convener for the campaign; however, action initiatives related to the campaign will be taken on by individual organizations among the committee. In responses to questions, M. Lewis also clarified MNF's role as the leadership organization for the campaign. MNF has thus far served as the catalyst and convener for the Campaign for Voluntarism, following the unanimous commitment of the MNF Board in October 1990 - reaffirmed in October 1991 - and under the able leadership of Committee Chairman George W. Romney. However, the purpose has always been to facilitate a broad-based collaboration that would "take on a life of its own" and operate independently of MNF, with MNF moving into a partnership role with the other collaborating organizations. That process is underway. 5. Discussion of Priorities: R. Mawby lead a discussion of the MNF Program Goals for 1991-92, based on the recommendations of three Board working groups at the 10/28/91 Annual Meeting. After a lengthy discussion, the committee agreed by consensus to the following goals and objectives for MNF in 1991-92, in priority order. These will be treated as operating goals pending ratification by the board at its 4/23/92 meeting. 1. Annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar: MNF will conduct an annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in planning and implementation of the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar, as well as for registering and attending the event. ii. The Executive Committee will appoint a Task Group (including the Chair of the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Program Committee) to propose an overall GOALS STATEMENT to guide the planning of future GG Seminars. iii. Trustees will actively promote the GG Seminar as a pivotal event in the life of Michigan's nonprofit community, and will actively solicit input from their networks to guide its future design. 2. Proactive Stances on Public Policy Issues: MNF will track public policy issues that have sector-wide implications in Michigan and keep trustees and other leaders informed; where appropriate after due process by the board, MNF will take proactive stances on those issues. �i. The Public Policy Committee will continue to consider current public policy issues and make recommendations to the board for action. ii. Trustees will recognize themselves as the antennae for the Forum and will bring to the attention of staff or the committee any issues of concern generally. iii. Upon adoption of a position on a public policy position by the board, trustees will, when appropriate, encourage their organizations to take a consistent position, and will actively and substantially communicate those positions to their leadership networks, their members, and to public policy makers. 3. Public Policy Summits, with papers: MNF will conduct one or two Summits per year, bringing together key leaders and other knowledgeable persons in a roundtable to discuss seminal issues facing Michigan's nonprofit sector; each Summit will be guided by a publishable paper, circulated in advance, and will be taped for distribution and broadcast, aiming to widen the circles of discussion and understanding about those issues. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation in the Summits, if invited, and will participate actively in determining topics and securing insightful, engaging participants, particularly to insure that the series is cohesiveness and has cumulative impact. ii. Trustees will actively seek and promote avenues for dissemination of the tapes into local/regional discussions, and will encourage continued attention to the issues raised in the tapes. 4. White Paper: MNF will produce a White Paper in 1992, describing a fundamental rationale for the existence of the nonprofit sector, reflecting its history and accomplishments and its evolving partnership with government and the for-profit sector; the paper will clarify the sector's central role in Michigan's communities, its economy and quality of life, and the framework justifying its historic independence and special tax status. i. Trustees will, as appropriate, seek input from their constituencies for the design and content of the MNF White Paper on the nonprofit sector. �ii. Trustees will provide careful scrutiny and thoughtful response to the Draft White Paper, when available, and will circulate it as appropriate among their constituencies for input. iii. Trustees will disseminate and advocate the final White Paper among their leadership networks and members. iv. Trustees will actively communicate the substance of the White Paper to community and sector leaders and to public policy makers. 5. Two-Year Campaign Strategy on Giving and Volunteering A. Campaign for Voluntarism (1991): MNF will continue to provide leadership and staff support to the Campaign for Voluntarism, until such time as it operates independently throughout the state. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in the work of the Campaign for Voluntarism. ii. Trustees will seek ways that their organizations and constituencies can use the Campaign to further their own work in voluntarism. Trustees will seek to integrate the Campaign into their own organizations' work and to promote the Campaign through their members and leadership networks. iii. Trustees will actively promote the Campaign to community leaders and policy makers, with the aim of promoting a lasting climate of commitment to volunteering among Michigan's leadership, communities and institutions. B. "Give 5" Campaign (1993): i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in the work of the "Give 5" Campaign, as is begins later this year for an April 1993 kickoff. ii. Trustees will, where appropriate, help to identify communities already considering such a campaign (such as Lansing) and others willing to explore it, so they may be included in the statewide Campaign. �iii Trustees will seek ways to integrate the Campaign into their own organizations' work and to promote the Campaign through their members and leadership networks. iv. Trustees will actively promote the Campaign to community leaders and policy makers, with the aim of promoting a lasting climate of commitment to giving and volunteering among Michigan's leadership, communities and institutions. 6. Collect and Disseminate Research Insights: i. MNF will encourage the development of a scholar's network in 1992. ii. In order to link research as closely as possible to practice, Trustees will solicit practice-based research questions from their constituencies, for communication by staff to the Scholars Network. iii. As MNF's eyes and ears, Trustees will communicate to staff information about new and planned studies that have sector-wide implications, so that the information can be shared widely. The committee also identified the need to develop a preamble to the Goals and Objectives which would articulate the implied relationship between trustees, their own organization's members, and MNF. Further, the committee agreed to review MNF's mission statement to determine if further clarification is necessary in light of the newly adopted Goals and Objectives. Due to time constraints, the committee postponed the discussion of the Board Administrative Goals. 6. Review of the Membership Campaign: M. Lewis reported Kellogg will be printing the membership brochure in early January. The campaign will begin with a solicitation for subscribers, to be followed by solicitation of Network Associates in the spring. This will enable MNF to use the success of GGIV and the public policy summit as effective marketing tools. 7. Schedule 1992 Executive Committee Meetings: The committee set dates for a spring meeting on April 15 from 9:30 to 12:00, and for a fall meeting on September 23 from 9:30 to 12:00. 8. Executive Session: The committee went into executive session, to prepare the officers for the executive performance review following the meeting. �9. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Edward O. Blews, Jr., Secretary � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. 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Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49654 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15 https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/original/eaac38b74f435891f66a5707c04d28c5.pdf 443401d28a4ccddf674b531314fccb94 PDF Text Text MICHIGAN NONPROFIT FORUM 34 KELLOGG CENTER EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN 48824-1022 Phone: 517/353-5038 Fax: 517/336-1327 An alliance to promote giving, volunteering and a strong, effective nonprofit sector in Michigan. [NOT YET ADOPTED] Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting December 17, 1991 -- 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. (Kellogg Center, Room 102, East Lansing, MI) Trustees Present: N. Charles Anderson Edward O. Blews, Jr. Robert E. Ivory Beverley L. McDonald Russell G. Mawby Helen C. Philpott Glenn R. Stevens Staff Present: Donna M. Clarke Maryellen J. Lewis 1. Welcome and Call to Order: With the Chair present, the meeting was called to order at 3:15 p.m. 2. Review of the Minutes: The committee reviewed and approved the minutes from the October 8, 1991 Executive Committee meeting. 3. Report of the Chairman: In the interest of time, R. Mawby yielded the floor to M. Lewis for the report of the Executive Director. 4. Report of the Executive Director: M. Lewis reported that MNF has received verbal affirmation of the 501(c)(3) application. Written approval should be forthcoming within thirty days. M. Lewis also reported on the first organizational meeting of the Campaign for Voluntarism held on December 16, 1991. At that meeting the coordinating committee adopted its mission statement and developed a framework for the campaign. Statewide efforts will include a yearlong media campaign and information-sharing, to showcase existing volunteer efforts and strengthen the infrastructure that supports volunteering in Michigan communities (such as volunteer centers, corporate volunteer councils and workplace volunteering and student volunteer programs). Major activities will center around National Volunteer Week in the spring and National Philanthropy Day in the fall. Regional efforts will showcase �existing and emerging volunteer programs by focusing on real people and events. MNF will continue to promote cross-sector dialogue and to serve as the convener for the campaign; however, action initiatives related to the campaign will be taken on by individual organizations among the committee. In responses to questions, M. Lewis also clarified MNF's role as the leadership organization for the campaign. MNF has thus far served as the catalyst and convener for the Campaign for Voluntarism, following the unanimous commitment of the MNF Board in October 1990 ~ reaffirmed in October 1991 — and under the able leadership of Committee Chairman George W. Romney. However, the purpose has always been to facilitate a broad-based collaboration that would "take on a life of its own" and operate independently of MNF, with MNF moving into a partnership role with the other collaborating organizations. That process is underway. 5. Discussion of Priorities: R. Mawby lead a discussion of the MNF Program Goals for 1991-92, based on the recommendations of three Board working groups at the 10/28/91 Annual Meeting. After a lengthy discussion, the committee agreed by consensus to the following goals and objectives for MNF in 1991-92, in priority order. These will be treated as operating goals pending ratification by the board at its 4/23/92 meeting. 1. Annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar: MNF will conduct an annual Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in planning and implementation of the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Seminar, as well as for registering and attending the event. ii. The Executive Committee will appoint a Task Group (including the Chair of the Grantmakers/Grantseekers Program Committee) to propose an overall GOALS STATEMENT to guide the planning of future GG Seminars. iii. Trustees will actively promote the GG Seminar as a pivotal event in the life of Michigan's nonprofit community, and will actively solicit input from their networks to guide its future design. 2. Proactive Stances on Public Policy Issues: MNF will track public policy issues that have sector-wide implications in Michigan and keep trustees and other leaders informed; where appropriate after due process by the board, MNF will take proactive stances on those issues. �i. The Public Policy Committee will continue to consider current public policy issues and make recommendations to the board for action. ii. Trustees will recognize themselves as the antennae for the Forum and will bring to the attention of staff or the committee any issues of concern generally. iii. Upon adoption of a position on a public policy position by the board, trustees will, when appropriate, encourage their organizations to take a consistent position, and will actively and substantially communicate those positions to their leadership networks, their members, and to public policy makers. 3. Public Policy Summits, with papers: MNF will conduct one or two Summits per year, bringing together key leaders and other knowledgeable persons in a roundtable to discuss seminal issues facing Michigan's nonprofit sector; each Summit will be guided by a publishable paper, circulated in advance, and will be taped for distribution and broadcast, aiming to widen the circles of discussion and understanding about those issues. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation in the Summits, if invited, and will participate actively in determining topics and securing insightful, engaging participants, particularly to insure that the series is cohesiveness and has cumulative impact. ii. Trustees will actively seek and promote avenues for dissemination of the tapes into local/regional discussions, and will encourage continued attention to the issues raised in the tapes. 4. White Paper: MNF will produce a White Paper in 1992, describing a fundamental rationale for the existence of the nonprofit sector, reflecting its history and accomplishments and its evolving partnership with government and the for-profit sector; the paper will clarify the sector's central role in Michigan's communities, its economy and quality of life, and the framework justifying its historic independence and special tax status. i. Trustees will, as appropriate, seek input from their constituencies for the design and content of the MNF White Paper on the nonprofit sector. �ii. Trustees will provide careful scrutiny and thoughtful response to the Draft White Paper, when available, and will circulate it as appropriate among their constituencies for input. iii. Trustees will disseminate and advocate the final White Paper among their leadership networks and members. iv. Trustees will actively communicate the substance of the White Paper to community and sector leaders and to public policy makers. 5. Two-Year Campaign Strategy on Giving and Volunteering A. Campaign for Voluntarism (1991): MNF will continue to provide leadership and staff support to the Campaign for Voluntarism, until such time as it operates independently throughout the state. i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in the work of the Campaign for Voluntarism. ii. Trustees will seek ways that their organizations and constituencies can use the Campaign to further their own work in voluntarism. Trustees will seek to integrate the Campaign into their own organizations' work and to promote the Campaign through their members and leadership networks. iii. Trustees will actively promote the Campaign to community leaders and policy makers, with the aim of promoting a lasting climate of commitment to volunteering among Michigan's leadership, communities and institutions. B. "Give 5H Campaign (1993): i. Trustees will make a priority for personal participation or senior organizational representation (staff and/or trustees) in the work of the "Give 5" Campaign, as is begins later this year for an April 1993 kickoff. ii. Trustees will, where appropriate, help to identify communities already considering such a campaign (such as Lansing) and others willing to explore it, so they may be included in the statewide Campaign. �iii Trustees will seek ways to integrate the Campaign into their own organizations' work and to promote the Campaign through their members and leadership networks. iv. Trustees will actively promote the Campaign to community leaders and policy makers, with the aim of promoting a lasting climate of commitment to giving and volunteering among Michigan's leadership, communities and institutions. 6. Collect and Disseminate Research Insights: i. MNF will encourage the development of a scholar's network in 1992. ii. In order to link research as closely as possible to practice, Trustees will solicit practice-based research questions from their constituencies, for communication by staff to the Scholars Network. iii. As MNF*s eyes and ears, Trustees will communicate to staff information about new and planned studies that have sector-wide implications, so that the information can be shared widely. The committee also identified the need to develop a preamble to the Goals and Objectives which would articulate the implied relationship between trustees, their own organization's members, and MNF. Further, the committee agreed to review MNF's mission statement to determine if further clarification is necessary in light of the newly adopted Goals and Objectives. Due to time constraints, the committee postponed the discussion of the Board Administrative Goals. 6. Review of the Membership Campaign: M. Lewis reported Kellogg will be printing the membership brochure in early January. The campaign will begin with a solicitation for subscribers, to be followed by solicitation of Network Associates in the spring. This will enable MNF to use the success of GGIV and the public policy summit as effective marketing tools. 7. Schedule 1992 Executive Committee Meetings: The committee set dates for a spring meeting on April 15 from 9:30 to 12:00, and for a fall meeting on September 23 from 9:30 to 12:00. 8. Executive Session: The committee went into executive session, to prepare the officers for the executive performance review following the meeting. �9. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 5:10 p.m. Respectfully submitted by: Edward O. Blews, Jr., Secretary � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Our State of Generosity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grand Valley State University. Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Description An account of the resource Collection contains the records of four Michigan nonprofit organizations: Council of Michigan Foundations, Michigan Nonprofit Association, Michigan Community Service Commission, and the Johnson Center for Philanthropy at GVSU. The documents are compiled by the Johnson Center for Philanthropy, and records document the history of the organizations from the 1960s to the 2010s. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 1968-2014 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Council of Michigan Foundations Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Community Service Commission Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Council of Michigan Foundations; Michigan Nonprofit Association; Michigan Community Service Commission Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04 Language A language of the resource eng Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context JCPA-04_MNA_MNF_Executive-Committee_1992-04-15_Previous-Meeting-Minutes-Not-yet-Adopted Title A name given to the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee previous meeting minutes not yet adopted Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum. Executive Committee Description An account of the resource Michigan Nonprofit Forum 1992-04-15 executive committee previous meeting minutes not yet adopted. Records are compiled in the Our State of Generosity collection by the Johnson Center, along with the files of the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA), the Michigan Community Service Commission (MSCS) and the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy. Subject The topic of the resource Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy Charities Philanthropy and Society Fundraising Records Michigan Nonprofit Association Michigan Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource application/pdf Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Language A language of the resource eng Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49655 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en">In Copyright</a> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://gvsu.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/515">Our State of Generosity collection, JCPA-04</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1992-04-15