CORPORATIONS

CONTENTS:

• Law Partnerships
• Developing a Corporate Giving Program
• Insurance Companies

LAW PARTNERSHIPS

As researchers, we often have questions about the roles, responsibilities and compensation of partners in law firms. An article by Geri S. Krauss for the New York Law Journal gives some of the answers. A partner, in large measure, is defined by his or her contribution to the firm's bottom line, to the governance of the firm and by a combination of factors including areas of expertise, business and interpersonal skills and the ability to bring honor and prestige to the firm.

http://www.nylawyer.com/news/03/01/012703e.html

DEVELOPING A CORPORATE GIVING PROGRAM, FOUNDATION OR FUND

How does one go about creating a corporate giving program, foundation or fund? Help comes in the form of The Minnesota Tool Kit for Giving. Borrow and adapt ideas for your own situation.

Follow links at the top of the page to learn about direct and planned giving, donor funds, community foundations, private foundations, giving circles and other forms of giving.

http://www.minnesotagiving.org/options/corporate.htm

Add this site to your "how to" file from other excellent sources:

The Foundation Center:
http://fdncenter.org/learn/classroom/establish/index.html

Council on Foundations:
http://www.cof.org/index.cfm?containerID=62&menuContainerID=0&crumb=2&navID=0

INSURANCE COMPANIES

We begin with The Big List of Insurance Companies, an alphabetical list of links to each company's homepage. You're likely to find the company's giving guidelines under links called Corporate Information, About Us or something similar. (This page comes to you through About.com, a great site, but turn on your pop-up blocker.)

http://insurance.about.com/blbiglist.htm

The following links take you directly to the corporate giving pages of a few of the large insurance companies.

Aetna
http://www.aetna.com/foundation/

AIG American General
http://www.aigag.com/life/life.nsf/contents/about_community_guidelines

Amica
http://www.amica.com/aboutUs/community/inYourComm.html

AXA Financial - AXA Foundation
May is National Scholarship Month, sponsored in part by AXA.
http://www.axafinancial.com/axa_foundation/33a_National_Initiatives.html

MetLife
http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,1674,P255,00.html

Beverly Goodwin

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