Even With Court Ruling, Vouchers Face Legal Hurdles
Last month’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of an Ohio school-voucher program may strengthen President Bush’s efforts to help religious groups get government money, but the idea of expanding vouchers beyond schools to other social-service programs still faces many legal hurdles, observers say. In…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Foundation Staffs Do Not Reflect Diversity of U.S. Population, Report Says
Despite an increase over the past two decades in the number of women and members of minority ALSO SEE:Charities Pay Women Less Than Men, Study FindsSurvey of College Fund Raisers Says That Gender Has Biggest Impact on SalaryFoundation Programs Aim to Increase Diversity Among Grant-Making Staffs…
By Michael Anft
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Hard Times Force Some Organizations to Scale Back on Technology Plans
Just when nonprofit groups are finally having an easier time competing with for-profit companies for ALSO SEE:The Tide Turns highly skilled technology employees -- thanks to the collapse of the dot-com boom -- economic uncertainty is leading some charities to scale back or postpone their planned…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Rediscovering the Fun in Fund Raising
The seared tuna melted in my mouth at the Four Seasons Hotel. At the table were three philanthropic leaders of the UJA–Federation of New York. I was looking pretty good in my blue suit and black leather shoes. The conversation was interesting, and I was relaxed. “This is an introductory meeting,”…
By Yosef I. Abramowitz
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Turnover among fund raisers presents challenges for charitiesWhen Thomas J. Moore agreed to run the development office at the Kinkaid School, in Houston, he knew that taking over for Phyllis H. Selber -- a 22-year veteran -- would prove no small challenge. So at his first staff meeting, Mr. Moore…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Nurturing Food — and Character
On a farm in suburban Massachusetts and in a Boston neighborhood known more for its problems than ALSO SEE:Photo Essay its potatoes, the Food Project is growing organic produce for people with little access to such bounty -- and giving youngsters an agrarian experience in the process. Half of the…
By Elizabeth Greene
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$100-Million to the Cleveland Clinic; Other Gifts
Two colleges have received large contributions: Alfred Lerner, a banker and owner of the Cleveland Browns football team, and his wife, Norma, have donated $100-million to help establish the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University, in Cleveland. The medical…
Spurred by Baltimore’s unemployment rate of nearly 9 percent and a lack of investment in small businesses there, several grant makers have committed $15-million to an investment fund designed to create new jobs for poor and moderate-income people in the area. Created mainly by pledges of $5-million…
Poll Finds Slip in Giving by Wealthy
A declining proportion of wealthy people believe that philanthropy is important, according to a new survey of those with a net worth of $1-million or more, excluding their primary residences. The proportion of respondents who said they felt obligated to contribute to their communities declined to…
3 Pittsburgh Foundations Halt Grants to Schools
A decision by three Pittsburgh foundations to suspend grant making to the city’s embattled public-school district has drawn mixed reactions from foundation officials and education advocates. The Grable Foundation, Heinz Endowments, and Pittsburgh Foundation, which together have given the school…
By Debra E. Blum
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