$15-Million Promised to Dance Group; Other Gifts
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Foundation has received a $15-million pledge from Joan and Sanford I. Weill for its capital campaign, which will support the construction of a new dance center and add to the group’s endowment. The new building, in Manhattan, will be named for Mrs. Weill, who…
Charities in the state of Washington that hired commercial fund raisers received about 55 percent of the money donated thus far in 2001, according to a joint report by the state’s attorney general and secretary of state. That is a better return than the charities received last year, when slightly…
Giving and Assets of Calif. Foundations Grow Faster Than Those of Other U.S Grant Makers
In the 1990s, California foundations’ giving and assets grew at a greater rate than the total giving and assets of all grant makers in the United States, according to a new study by the Foundation Center and the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. The…
A handful of the largest U.S. foundations have contributed a total of more than $50-million to help prevent AIDS in sub-Subharan Africa and help those who already have the disease. Contributors to the new five-year program include the Bill & Melinda Gates, William and Flora Hewlett, Robert Wood…
Promoting Pluralism in Indonesia
Ford Foundation’s support attracts new scrutinyJakarta, Indonesia As the founder of a feminist periodical in the world’s most-populous Muslim nation, Gadis Arivia is trying to exert a major influence on how people here think about the role of women. The next article in Yayasan Jurnal Perempuan, or…
By DAVID COHEN
Contributor
Surge in Online Giving Lifts Hopes for Some Charities
The extraordinary tragedy of September 11 led to an extraordinary outpouring of ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Food Bank Buys Goods as Gifts Lag
For the first time in almost 20 years, the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, in Columbus, ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Mood at the Denver Art Museum Is a Mile High
With travel and tourism down sharply since the September 11 terrorist ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Coping With Hard Financial Times: Experts Offer Advice to Charities
With the nation officially in a recession, many nonprofit groups are worried about how to grow ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to…
Star Widens Refugee Group’s Appeal
Well-publicized natural disasters and armed conflicts often swell the coffers ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on…
By Stephen G. Greene
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