Abraham Fund Initiatives (New York): Appointed Ami Nahshon, chief executive officer of the Jewish Community Federation and Foundation (Oakland, Calif.), to be president and chief executive officer. All Kinds of Minds (Chapel Hill, N.C.): Appointed Donald H. Grace, president of Chapel Hill-Chauncy…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
From the issue dated August 21, 2003 Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. August 2003 3.2% July 3.0% June 3.6% May 3.8%…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Chicago Botanic Garden* June 2000 Dec. 2004 $100,000,000 $76,000,000 For a new laboratory center, education and research programs, and to revitalize…
CHANGES FROM 2000 TO 2001 2000 2001 2000 2001 All foundations Corporate foundations Foundations 56,582 61,810 Foundations 2,018 2,170 Total grants $27,563,200,000 $30,502,400,000 Total grants $2,984,600,000 $3,284,200,000 Total assets $495,600,000,000 $476,800,000,000 Total assets $15,900,000,000…
IN THE TRENCHES By Alison Stein Wellner For more than 15 years, the Transplant Foundation, in Miami, has provided information and comfort to people who are on the verge of experiencing one of modern medicine’s most sophisticated and dangerous operations: organ transplantation. Because of its close…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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How a Nonprofit Human-Resources Manager Learned the Value of Caring for Employees
ENTRY LEVEL Dana Winfield Age: 41 First nonprofit job: Telephone case screener, Judge Baker Guidance Center, Child-at-Risk Hotline, Boston Current job: Manager of human resources, Frick Collection, New York The first time it occurred to me that I wanted to go into the so-called “helping…
Getting Started on a Capital Campaign
A Nonprofit Space Odyssey: a Capital Projects Primer offers advice for nonprofit organizations considering a building or expansion project. CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a consulting firm in San Jose, Calif., and San Francisco, and the Silicon Valley Council on Nonprofits, in San Jose, suggest…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Key Steps in Outcome Management, by Harry Hatry and Linda Lampkin, offers advice on how organizations can use program assessments to improve their services. Harry Hatry, principal research associate and director of the public-management program of the Urban Institute’s Metropolitan Housing and…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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The Grants Register 2004: the Complete Guide to Postgraduate Funding Worldwide, 22nd Edition lists more than 3,500 grants that are available for postgraduate education and professional and advanced vocational training. Most entries include application procedures, contact information, deadlines,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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