Fund Raisers Say Donations Good in 2001
St. Louis More than two-thirds of charity officials surveyed by the Association of Fundraising Professionals said their organizations raised the same or more in 2001 as they did in 2000, despite the economic downturn and last fall’s terrorist attacks, according to results the association released…
By HEATHER JOSLYN and Meg Sommerfeld
Charities with similar names face distinct challengesThe e-mail messages, some 300 sent so far, carry scathing condemnations. “I hope your organization folds and never rises again!” reads one. “If you are supporting the horror that has struck our country I hope you burn in hell,” says another. The…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Walton Family Fund Pledges $300-Million to U. of Arkansas
The University of Arkansas has received a $300-million commitment from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation, which was created by Sam M. Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart stores, and his relatives. The grant is the largest single donation awarded by a private source to a public university…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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$21-Million Committed to Library; Other Big Gifts
Large donations have been made to a research and cultural center and to a university: * Nancy and Charles Munger, Los Angeles philanthropists, have given $21-million to expand a research wing at the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, in San Marino, Calif. The planned…
Health ‘Conversion’ Organizations Saw Assets Top $15-Billion in 2001
Tax-exempt organizations created when nonprofit hospitals and other health-care providers ALSO SEE: Assets of Health Care “Conversion” Foundations converted to businesses have the potential to distribute more than $750-million for health-related programs around the country this year, a new report…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Helping Young People Leave Foster Care: Recent Grants
Andrus Family Fund (New York): For an eight-month residential program on a schooner designed to ALSO SEE:Fostering Smooth Transitions increase the self-esteem of foster youths while teaching them job skills at sea: $120,000 over three years to Community Health and Counseling Services (Bangor, Me.).…
Charities step up efforts to help young adults leaving foster careNew York At age 20, Antoine Platel is less than a year away from a change that will be dramatic even for someone who ALSO SEE:Helping Young People Leave Foster Care: Recent Grants is used to upheavals. On his next birthday, he will…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Wolfgang Gindorfer, a German optician, arrived in Uganda in 1985 and quickly set to work establishing an eye-care program in the city of Tororo. As a project director at Christian Blind Mission International, Mr. Gindorfer began by performing vision tests out of a Benedictine monastery. From 1992…
Alliance for Building Communities (Allentown, Pa.): Appointed Fred Banuelos, vice president ALSO SEE:Policy-Minded Globe-Trotter’s Path Leads to MacArthur of property management and administration, to be acting president and chief executive officer. He succeeds Ed Pawlowski, who has taken a…