Payout

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Additional Resources

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The Cost of Making Grants: Well Worth It
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
by Charles S. Rooks
November 19, 1998

Balancing Present and Future Needs
From the Exectuive Director’s Report at the Meyer Memorial Trust

Board Statment on Minimum Payout & President’s Proposal for a Flat 1.25% Excise Tax
Council on Foundations
A memo from Dot Ridings, President and CEO about the board statment on payout.

The Growing Payout Debate: What’s It All About?
by Greg Chaille, Present, The Oregon Community Foundation
An article addressing the issues surrounding the payout debate.

The Payout Puzzle: Ask ASF
Association of Small Foundations
From the Spring 2007 edition of ASF’s newsletter, Essentials.

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