Kimmel Center Reports Year-End Surplus for the First Time
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, home of the Philadelphia Orchestra, has ended its 2006 fiscal year with an operating surplus of $1.2-million, following last year’s deficit of $2.4-million, reports the Associated Press. The center, which opened in 2001, had suffered in past years from…
Chicago Bosnia Center Expected to Close
The Bosnian and Herzegovinian American Community Center, the only social-service group that serves Bosnian refugees and immigrants in the Chicago area, is expected to close this week from lack of funding after a decade of helping their clientele gain access to education, employment, and housing,…
Donor of $150-Million Pledge Faces Money Woes
Payment of $150-million pledge is in question amid donor’s financial troubles
Charity Auction Offers Up Lunch With Warren Buffett
Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, in Omaha, is raising money for charity again this year by auctioning on eBay the chance to have lunch with him, The San Francisco Chronicle reports. Proceeds from the auction will go to the Glide Foundation, which…
Alaskan Environmentalists Pose Nude
Volunteers for the Tongass Conservation Society, an environmental group in Ketchikan, Alaska, are posing nude for a calendar that the nonprofit organization is producing to showcase the Alaskan Panhandle’s coastal rain forest and raise money for the group’s conservation efforts, The Anchorage Daily…
Philanthropy Today’s Holiday Break
Philanthropy Today is taking a break for the Independence Day holiday. We’ll next send you this newsletter on July 5.
Video Games Play Budding Role in Touting Charity Work
DISPATCHES By Ian Wilhelm Stacey Peña leads a truck convoy filled with rice and beans through a white desert, hoping the rough terrain doesn’t puncture a tire. She scouts ahead for broken bridges and land mines as she tries to reach a refugee camp filled with starving people who have fled their…
New Head Embraces Challenges at Arab-American Charity
NEW ON THE JOB By Peter Panepento A billboard in the heartland state of Missouri carries a message that cuts directly to the issue that confronts Nidal Ibrahim as he begins work as executive director of the Arab American Institute. “Who would you rather buy your gas from?” the advertisement asks in…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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‘Town & Country’: Examining Philanthropy
PRESS CLIPPINGS A narrow focus, trusted managers, and transparency are key ingredients to running a successful foundation, says the actor Michael J. Fox in the second annual issue of Town & Country (June) dedicated to the “power of philanthropy.” Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at age 30, Mr.…
By Nicole Lewis
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