Ranking Generosity in the States
Boston College’s Center on Wealth and Philanthropy and the Boston Foundation have released a new study ALSO SEE: Study Seeks to Dispel Image of Massachusetts as Stingy ranking states according to the generosity of their residents. To determine a state’s standing, researchers calculated its…
Study Seeks to Dispel Image of Massachusetts as Stingy
Fed up with the way Massachusetts residents were portrayed in the news media as Yankee skinflints every year when ALSO SEE:Ranking Generosity in the States the Catalogue for Philanthropy released its Generosity Index ranking the states on charitable giving, the Boston Foundation commissioned a…
By Harvy Lipman
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Corporate CEO’s Cite Benefits of Charity Work
In a survey of 350 chief executives who lead fast-growing businesses, 73 percent said they were involved in corporate philanthropy, even though less than a third of those leaders said that charitable giving was important to their companies’ growth. More than half (55 percent) of the executives said…
By Caroline Preston
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Big New Grant Maker Plans to Make Awards in Africa
Children, young people, and their families in southern Africa could soon benefit from millions of charitable dollars to be spent to improve their health care, education, and standard of living. Their benefactor is ELMA Philanthropies, a new organization with an office in New York City that is set…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Four wealthy and outspoken philanthropists share their thoughts about givingNew York Sheila C. Johnson, a co-founder of Black Entertainment Television, in Washington, recently canceled a $1-million gift to a hospital in Loudon County, Va., because she determined the money would not be spent as she…
By nicole lewis
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Big Ad Campaigns Will Urge Boomers to Volunteer
In January, the baby-boom generation will start getting wooed by television ads urging them to volunteer. The Harvard School of ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers Public Health and the MetLife Foundation, as part of a project on civic engagement, are planning a major print and TV…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Attracting Baby Boomers: a Resource Guide
Following are some reports and other publications on baby boomers as volunteers or nonprofit workers: “The Boomers’ ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers Guide to Good Work,” written by Ellen Freudenheim, a retirement expert, and published by the MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures, a…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Few Employers Recruit Retired Workers to Volunteer With Charities
Few companies actively encourage their retired or soon-to-retire employees to volunteer, a new report says. ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers That is in sharp contrast to the efforts many companies make to get the rest of their work force involved in community activities, the report…
By Leah Kerkman
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A handful of grant makers hope their efforts will spur more support of programs to engage older adults As nonprofit organizations look for ways to finance programs to encourage older Americans to volunteer, ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers they are confronted with a dilemma: How will…
By Michael Anft
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An Expert on Boomers, In His Prime
Author and nonprofit leader has devoted his career to changing the way people think about retirement Marc Freedman estimates he’s traveled two million miles in the last 15 years as part of his quest to change ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers the way people think about aging and…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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