Week Six

IDEA: What is the difference between a public charity and a private foundation?

There are many different types of organizations that are there to help others. There are two that are easily confused: public charities and private foundations. I am going to inform you of the differences in between these two types of establishments, and how each one works. The IRS states that private foundations and public charities are primarily distinguished by the level of public involvement in their activities (2010). Public charities tend to have more public involvement, as they receive donations from a magnitude of sources. The Lawyers Alliance for New York says the most common type of a public charity has an active program of fundraising and receiving contributions from many sources, including the general public, governmental agencies, corporations, private foundations or other public charities. In contrast, private foundations typically have a single major source of funding, as in one family or corporation (n.d.). This illustrates that private foundations have less public involvement than public charities due to only having one or a few contributors.

References: 

Internal Revenue Service (2010). EO operational requirements: Private foundations and private charities
            Retrieved from: http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=139019,00.html

Lawyers Alliance for New York (n.d.). Life cycle moment: The end of advanced ruling period.

Retrieved from: http://www.lawyersalliance.org/pdfs/news_legal/The%20End%20of%20the%20Advance%20Ruling%20Period.pdf

Ethos: I plan on using ethos by using reputable sources, such as the IRS and the Lawyers Alliance for NY. These are sources that people trust, and they will also trust me if I am using such sources.

Logos: This podcast will rely on facts that are hopefully logical and reasonable.

Pathos: I am unsure on how this podcast will appeal to emotion, but perhaps it can through my tone of voice 

Week Five

Analyze the sources you used for your Webtext. 

Carman, J.G. (2001). Community foundations: A growing resource for community development. Nonprofit Management and Leadership. 12, 1. 7-24.

• Authority:  Joanne G. Carman has her Ph.D. and is an assistant professor in the Political Science department at the University of South Carolina in Charlotte. She would know how the politics of this works, and therefore would have authority on the subject.
• Accuracy: This is information that I relates to what I have previously read, so it seems to be accurate. In addition to that, all of her sources seem like reputable sources.
• Currency: Since this article was written in 2001, things could have changed since then. However, I do not think the fact that Community foundations are helping communities grow has changed that much.
• Objectivity:  This article doesn’t seem to hold any biases and will be a good tool in helping me with my semester topic.

Grady, E., Wang, L.  (2007). Community Foundation Development and Social Capital. Nonprofit and Volunteer Sector Quarterly. 38, 3. 392-412.

• Authority: The authors of this article are from the University of Southern California. Grady is a professor and director of the Public Policy program, and Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in Public Administration. It seems as if they would have authority on this topic.
• Accuracy: All of the information is very detailed, even giving statistics. All of the resources listed seem like they are reputable sources to get information as well.
• Currency: Since this was written in 2007, it would seem as if this is all current information. All the sources are from the last 20 years, so all of this information could be considered current.
• Objectivity: This seems to be stating fact. However, since they are proving that community foundations are growing some of the information could be biased towards that aspect instead of showing information that could be against it. 

Huber, P. (2008, August 20). For good, forever! Northwest Indiana Times.

                Retrieved from http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/article_e2195433-f51f-5d89-b3a9-12b854cc1b09.html

• Authority: This is a believable source because it is written in the local newspaper. It is also written by the president and executive director of the organization.
• Accuracy: The description of the organization is the same as every other description that I have read. The information about the foundation is likely to be accurate since it is written by the president and executive director.  The address given in the article is not accurate anymore because of moving recently.
• Currency: It is a 3 year old article, so some of the information is not as current as it could be.
• Objectivity: There could be some biases because this article was written by the president and executive director of the Crown Point Community Foundation. However, it seems as if the article is just stating facts.

Purdue Extension: The Benefit Bank 

Retrieved from http://www.tbbin.org/partners.aspx

• Authority: This is a believable source because it is from a Purdue Extension. One would think that this is a reliable source.
• Accuracy: This is an accurate depiction of how the Crown Point Community Foundation and it backs up what can be found on their website.
• Currency: It seems like a current representation of the organization. Although there is no date as to when the website was last updated.
• Objectivity: I feel like this is an objective statement of what the Crown Point Community Foundation does.

Week Three

These two sources answer my main research question, “How does the Crown Point Community Foundation affect Northwest Indiana residents,” and another question, “Does the Crown Point Community Foundation work with any other organizations?”

Purdue Extension: The Benefit Bank 

Retrieved from http://www.tbbin.org/partners.aspx

The Benefit Bank explains how the Crown Point Community Foundation affects the community, as well as showing that it partners with them. While it does not give a lot of information about foundation, it does share the interests of the organization.

Authority- This is a believable source because it is from a Purdue Extension. One would think that this is a reliable source.

Accuracy- This is an accurate depiction of how the Crown Point Community Foundation and it backs up what can be found on their website.

Currency- It seems like a current representation of the organization. Although there is no date as to when the website was last updated.

Objectivity- I feel like this is an objective statement of what the Crown Point Community Foundation does.

Huber, P. (2008, August 20). For good, forever! Northwest Indiana Times.

                Retrieved from http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/article_e2195433-f51f-5d89-b3a9-12b854cc1b09.html

                This source explains what the 3 main goals of the Crown Point Community Foundation are. This article also mentions what kind of grants and scholarships they give. As well as how to contact them about receiving more information and where they are located.

Authority- This is a believable source because it is written in the local newspaper. It is also written by the president and executive director of the organization.

Accuracy- The description of the organization is the same as every other description that I have read. The information about the foundation is likely to be accurate since it is written by the president and executive director.  The address given in the article is not accurate anymore because of moving recently.

Currency- It is a 3 year old article, so some of the information is not as current as it could be.

Objectivity- There could be some biases because this article was written by the president and executive director of the Crown Point Community Foundation. However, it seems as if the article is just stating facts.

Week Two

My semester topic will be about discussing how the Crown Point Community Foundation and White’s Residential and Family Services make a difference. I chose this topic because organizations like these are very close to my heart. As a psychology major, someday I hope to make a difference in the community like they are. I have also known families who have provided foster care through White’s and have been very happy with how they have handled foster care situations.

           

One big question that people may ask is:

How are Crown Point Community Foundation and White’s Residential and Family Services going to make a difference in my life?

Perhaps we should broaden that to say, how are these organizations going to make a changes in Crown Point? Or even perhaps, how are these groups going to alter Northwest Indiana?  Are they going to have such an expanse, so they will make a difference in the general population of the country?

Then we can narrow it down to, how are the people that work with these places going to help the community legally? Is there a certain population that these groups help more than others? How are they working with the legal and political system to achieve their overall goals?