Foundation leaders spin tales from their families’ lives as a way to share values and traditionsAs a boy, William C. Graustein heard plenty of family stories -- up-by-your-bootstrap, ALSO SEE:A Tale With Many Meanings American success tales about his father, aunts, and uncles. Children of a German…
By Darlene M. Siska
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Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Ability Beyond Disability (Conn.) Sept. 2003 July 2005 $7,000,000 $8,466,000 For endowment, programs, and renovations of homes for disabled people…
Grant Maker’s Guide to Supporting Advocacy
Advocacy Funding: The Philanthropy of Changing Minds, discusses why foundations support efforts to influence public policy and provides advice for determining whether financing advocacy work is right for an organization. Drawing from interviews with a wide range of institutions, the guide describes…
By Caroline Preston
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Americans Reward Companies That Do Good, Study Finds
2004 Cone Corporate Citizenship Study: Building Brand Trust, says that a growing number of Americans take into account a company’s support of social issues in deciding whether to invest in it or buy its products. Produced by Cone, a Boston marketing firm, the report suggests that 8 in 10 Americans…
By Caroline Preston
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A Charity Leader’s Road Map to Generating Publicity
The Public Relations Handbook for Nonprofits: A Comprehensive and Practical Guide
By Caroline Preston
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Why People Give and How to Promote the Charitable Spirit
Gifts of Time and Money: The Role of Charity in America’s Communities
By Caroline Preston
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Using Evaluation to Strengthen Nonprofit Performance
A Funder’s Guide to Evaluation: Leveraging Evaluation to Improve Nonprofit Effectiveness
By Caroline Preston
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Learning Not to Fear the Audit
Bookkeeping for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide to Nonprofit Accounting
By Caroline Preston
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Dad Has New Role: President of Mothers Against Drunk Driving
The music of an ice-cream truck lured Courtney Birch out of his grandmother’s house, as he rushed to keep up with his cousins on May 3, 1988. Meanwhile, a car was tearing down the street at 70 miles per hour. The driver of the speeding car had a blood-alcohol level of 0.26 -- the equivalent of a…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Getty Trust Promises to Aid State Inquiry on Spending
After a series of newspaper articles criticized financial practices at the J. Paul Getty Trust, officials there say they have met with investigators from the California attorney general’s office who were seeking information about Getty’s financial activities. The meeting comes after the Los Angeles…
By Harvy Lipman
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