Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose City U. of New York Nov. 2004 June 2012 $1,200,000,000 $450,000,000 For equipment, facilities, faculty and student support, and research College of…
Protecting Civil Rights and American Values
To the Editor: One of the American Civil Liberties Union’s primary missions is “to defend the rights of all Americans.” One of the Ford Foundation’s primary missions is “to strengthen democratic values.” So when the ACLU declines future funds from the Ford Foundation (“Civil-Liberties Group Rejects…
How a Nonprofit Group Sought to Help the Poor
To the Editor: Your October 14 issue highlighted an article in the September-October issue of Foreign Policy by Sebastian Mallaby (Press Clippings) where he asserts that some nongovernmental organizations purporting to represent the poor actually hurt them. His argument is that social and…
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. American Indians. Ecotrust (Portland, Ore.) has presented its 2004 Buffett Award for Indigenous Leadership to Clarence Alexander, co-founder of the Council of Athabascan…
Rural Red Cross Leader Looks Back on a Productive Tour of Duty
When Mason Hollifield retired for the first time, he was still a young man -- a 42-year-old military veteran who was looking for a new challenge. At the time, he wasn’t sure what that challenge would be, though Mr. Hollifield says he was sure he didn’t want to spend the rest of his working years…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Va. Court Rules That Charities Can Be Sued for Serious Errors
Even though Virginia law says charities can’t be sued over routine mistakes by employees or volunteers, the Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that nonprofit groups can be sued when they are accused of making serious errors resulting from extreme negligence. The court said the legislature intended to…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Charities Aren’t Filling Senior Jobs, Report Says
Many nonprofit groups are not filling senior-manager vacancies, according to a new study conducted by BridgeStar, a nonprofit group in Boston that recruits senior executives and provides other management-consulting services to charities. The survey, which was conducted in September, asked 138…
By Sharnell Bryan
Contributor
‘Town & Country’: Women and Their Philanthropy
As women control a larger and larger share of the nation’s wealth, they are becoming more independent of the fathers, husbands, and male trustees who previously made key decisions about philanthropic giving, says Town & Country magazine (December). To look at the different styles of female donors,…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
‘Fortune’: the Walton Family and Their Giving
The philanthropy of America’s richest family -- the widow and four children of Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart -- “is a giant just beginning to stir,” according to a profile of the heirs in Fortune magazine (November 15). “What the family does with its great wealth -- think Rockefellers for a…
By Grant Williams
Contributor