Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Anderson U. (Ind.) Oct. 2006 May 2010 $110,000,000 $61,317,178 For endowment, facilities, and operational support Art Museum of South Texas 1998…
American Heart Association, Great Rivers Affiliate (Columbus, Ohio): Appointed John Meiners, executive vice president at the association’s Ohio Valley Affiliate (Columbus), to be executive vice president. American Society of Clinical Oncology Foundation (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Susan G. Braun,…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private group reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The alliance does not approve or disapprove of charities, and urges potential donors…
Children being treated for cancer at Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital, in Spokane, Wash., are often scared, tired, in pain, and lonely. The medical center is the only children’s hospital between Seattle and Minneapolis, and patients can be separated from family members and friends for long periods…
By Nicole Lewis
Contributor
Editor’s note: David Rockefeller, a scion of one of America’s wealthiest and most famous families and a towering figure in philanthropy, business, and foreign affairs since the 1940s, died March 20 at age 101 at his home in Pocantico Hills, N.Y. Mr. Rockefeller’s seven decades in public life…
By Maria Di Mento and Ian Wilhelm
Wal-Mart Avoids Boycott by Changing Giving Policy
Wal-Mart changes giving policy after boycott threat
Couple Gives $50-Million to Cancer Center
Indianapolis couple pledges $50-million for cancer center
Getty Will Send Objects Back to Italy
The Getty Museum, in Los Angeles, has agreed to return 26 disputed art objects to Italy, while its former antiquities curator may face criminal charges in Greece for procuring allegedly looted artifacts, reports the Los Angeles Times. The museum refused to return 20 additional objects that Italian…
Baltimore to Seize Foundation’s Properties
The City of Baltimore is moving to condemn several properties owned by the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, after negotiations to purchase the mostly vacant properties fell through, reports The Sun, in Baltimore. Since 1999, the city has planned to redevelop a 3.6-acre “superblock” of…