History
The Roundtable was founded in 1987 as a project of the Institute For Educational Affairs. For four years the program, known then as the Philanthropic Roundtable, held occasional meetings where representatives of foundations and charities could converse with scholars and journalists about the way professional philanthropy was conducted in the U.S. It also published a bimonthly newsletter, Philanthropy; offered member organizations a talent bank for hiring young staffers from its list of recent college graduates (almost all of whom had worked at conservative college newspapers partially funded by IEA); and conducted a "project development service" that assisted members "in examining their own programs ... to foster innovative programming." Membership was free "to interested grantmakers," and 140 foundations, charities and nonprofits joined in the Roundtable's first year.
In 1991, The Philanthropy Roundtable became an independent entity, with its own board of directors and staff, headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana .
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