The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Corporate responsibility. The Stern School of Business at New York U. has presented its 2007 Stewart Satter Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award to Abraham George,…
What to Do When Holding a Fund-Raising Event at Home
NEW BOOKS Secrets of Successful House Parties: Effectively Raise Money/Awareness or Mobilize for Action, by Lila G. Gracey, aims to ensure that charities and hosts know exactly what home fund-raising parties entail. Centering on seven “secrets,” the book offers tips on many aspects of house…
By Anne W. Howard
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Guide Informs Grant Makers About Shareholder Voting
NEW BOOKS Proxy Season Preview Spring 2007: Helping Foundations Align Mission and Investment, provides a guide to forthcoming shareholder votes on corporate practices and policies. The publication offers some background information on proxy voting and organizations that are involved in shareholder…
By Anne W. Howard
Contributor
A Guide to Lending Capital to People in Developing Countries
NEW BOOKS A Billion Bootstraps: Microcredit, Barefoot Banking, and the Business Solution for Ending Poverty
By Anne W. Howard
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NEW BOOKS Angels in the American Theater: Patrons, Patronage, and Philanthropy
By Anne W. Howard
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‘Time’: Three Major Donors Make ‘Influential’ List
Several philanthropists are among Time magazine’s list of the most influential people in the world (May 14). Among them: Paul Allen, Warren Buffett, and Oprah Winfrey. Also making the list are two leaders of nonprofit institutions: Drew Gilpin Faust, who in July will become the first female…
‘Harvard Business Review’: ‘Genius’ Awards
Very few people are exceptionally creative, Daniel J. Socolow, director of the MacArthur Fellows Program tells Harvard Business Review (June). “The truth seems to be that the kind of creativity that leads to new things and important breakthroughs is incredibly hard to find.” Mr. Socolow, who runs…
Senate Panel May Examine Hedge-Fund Rules
The Senate Finance Committee has started private discussions about whether to change the tax rules for some types of hedge funds — a development that could affect the makeup of endowments at some of the country’s largest foundations and universities. Committee aides have been looking at the…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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House Committee Plans Nonprofit Hearings
The chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means plans to hold hearings on tax-exempt groups. Rep. Charles B. Rangel, a New York Democrat who chairs the committee, wants nonprofit organizations to show why they deserve to be tax-exempt and what they do to help poor and elderly people,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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A Child of Immigrants Helps Workers Stand Up for Their Rights
I was born and raised in Los Angeles. My parents were Chinese immigrants, and my father was a social worker who worked primarily with Southeast Asian refugees. I remember my father