$30-Billion Contributed to Churches
American church members contributed nearly $30-billion to 65 Protestant denominations in 2000, according to a new report by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The 2002 edition of the ALSO SEE:Contributions to U.S. Protestant ChurchesContributions to Canadian Protestant…
By Debra E. Blum
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100 Largest Foundations by Assets, 2002
Rank Assets Total giving1 Fiscal date Previous rank 1. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation $21,149,100,000 $994,900,000 12/31/00 1 2. Lilly Endowment $15,591,737,808 $583,890,521 12/31/00 4 3. Ford Foundation $14,659,683,000 $652,091,000 9/30/00 3 4. J. Paul Getty Trust 2 $10,929,809,811 $17,344,634…
Foundations Gave $29-Billion Last Year, a 5.1% Increase, Report Says
Grant making by the nation’s foundations grew an estimated 5.1 percent in 2001, a much slower ALSO SEE:100 Largest Foundations by Assets rate than in previous years, according to a new report released this month. Foundations distributed an estimated $29-billion to charities last year, a…
By Ian Wilhelm
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$52.6-Million Bequest From Businessman Goes to U.Va.; Other Gifts to Charities
The University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, has received a $52.6-million bequest from Ward Buchanan, a retired Procter & Gamble executive who graduated from the university’s law school in 1914. Mr. Buchanan, who died in 1942, stipulated in his will that a trust be created to provide income to…
Intel co-founder devotes billions to environment and other causesSan Francisco About 30 years ago, Gordon and Betty Moore started taking their two sons on ALSO SEE: Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation: a Sampling of 2001 Grants A $261-Million Grant Shows a Foundation’s Goals annual trips to…
By nicole lewis
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Photograph by Clare Brett SmithA few years ago José Fumo, a talented woodcarver in Mozambique, sold his wares at local markets. Now his items also sit on the shelves at ABC Carpet & Home, an upscale retailer in New York, and were recently featured in Elle Décor, the home-design magazine. The…
How an AIDS Charity Keeps Sight of Its Mission
Photographs by Chris Casaburi, for The Chronicle
Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia): Appointed D. James Baker, undersecretary for oceans ALSO SEE:Fund Raiser Aims to Cultivate Support for Living Laboratory and atmosphere and administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce…
Tax-Exempt Organizations Registered With the IRS
More than 850,000 charities and private foundations were registered with the Internal ALSO SEE:Tax-Exempt Organizations Revenue Service as of September 30, 2001, according to figures just released by the tax agency. The number of groups classified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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How an AIDS Charity Keeps Sight of Its Mission
Employees of the American Foundation for AIDS Research don’t have to worry ALSO SEE:Visual Aids about losing sight of their cause: They are reminded of it every time they pass hallways with this timeline showing the history of the AIDS epidemic and key dates and events at the foundation. The…