Learning to Give, Philanthropy education resources that teach giving and civic engagement

Past executive director of the McGregor Fund, a $200 million private foundation in Michigan, Mr. Patterson has served as head of Michigan Bell's program of corporate giving. He has also taught a credit course on philanthropy and voluntary associations at Wayne State University and is a workshop speaker for the Academy of Planned Giving, specializing in foundation and trust administration and management.

A paper prepared by Cal Patterson for the trustees of the Earl-Beth foundation based upon material taught at Wayne State University in the survey course on philanthropy, voluntarism and the nonprofit sector.

• Introduction
• Charity, the Judeo Christian Tradition
• Almsgiving
• Philanthropy, the Greek-Roman Tradition
• Voluntary Association
• Democratization of Philanthropy
• Corporate Philanthropy
• Philanthropy and the Third Sector
• Advocacy
• Philanthropy and Civil Society
• Bibliography