Donor Withholds $60-Million of Gift
The Internet entrepreneur Jim Clark is withholding the balance of a $150-million pledge to create a biomedical center at Stanford University, citing his objection to the Bush administration’s policy on embryonic stem-cell research. Mr. Clark, founder of Netscape, said he would not donate the…
Programs to Educate Youngsters Among Recipients of ‘Points of Light’ Awards
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
$40-Million to Purdue; Other Large Gifts
Two nonprofit groups have received multimillion-dollar gifts: * Purdue University has raised $40-million from two couples to build a center for nanotechnology, which involves creating tiny equipment by manipulating atoms and molecules. Michael Birck, chairman of Tellabs, a…
Charitable Giving in Britain Is on the Rise
Donors in Britain last year gave $8.4-billion to charity, as much as they gave in 1993, before ALSO SEE: Charitable Giving in Britain contributions slackened off in the mid-1990’s, according to a new report. But the percentage of Britons giving to charity is still just 67.5 percent, compared with…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Since 1888, Heartland Alliance has been providing housing, health care, and other social services to Chicago’s needy. Its staff of 535 works at 40 locations throughout the city, and it annually mobilizes more than 650 volunteers who contribute 44,500 hours of their time. Heartland provides a range…
Exhibit Honors Nature Conservancy
To celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, the Nature Conservancy asked 12 well-known photographers to create works for an exhibit that will travel around the nation and to Brazil and Japan. The photographers, including Annie Leibovitz, Sally Mann, Lee Friedlander, and William Wegman, were…
Mexican Charity Assists Women on Both Sides of the Border
On a recent sunny warm day near the border between the United States and Mexico, ALSO SEE:Bolstering Border Philanthropy about a dozen Hispanic women gather on the back patio of a house in a neighborhood of low-income residents. The women, whose husbands are away at work, are attending a gathering…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Celebrating Creative Leadership
Photograph by Olivier LaudeTo recognize the work that charity leaders nationwide are doing to deal with ALSO SEE:Leadership Awards the social, health, housing, and other problems facing the United States, the Ford Foundation, in New York, has announced the inaugural winners of its Leadership for a…
Bolstering Border Philanthropy
U.S. and Mexico join forces to combat array of problemsOver the past decade, the U.S.-Mexico border has been home to unprecedented economic ALSO SEE:Mexican Charity Assists Women on Both Sides of the Border good times. For the next decade, it may be poised for a philanthropic bonanza. Since the…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association (Chicago): ALSO SEE:Directors Share Passion for Promoting the Art of Papermaking Appointed Ronald O. Champagne, vice president of development at Roosevelt U. (Chicago), to be vice president of the development division. Asheville-Buncombe…