A Retired Tennis Champion Serves Good Times to Ailing Youngsters
Aspen, Colo. As star tennis players like Venus Williams and Jennifer Capriati were training for this summer’s round of professional tournaments, ALSO SEE:Flexing Their Muscles for CharityThe Philanthropic Causes of Tennis and Golf StarsMatching Sports Celebrities With Causes Can Itself Be an…
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Women’s League Doesn’t Wait for Profit to Get the Jump on Philanthropy
As the Women’s National Basketball Association celebrates its fifth anniversary, ALSO SEE:Flexing Their Muscles for CharityThe Philanthropic Causes of Tennis and Golf StarsMatching Sports Celebrities With Causes Can Itself Be an ExerciseHow to Contact Women’s Sports AssociationsA Retired Tennis…
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How to Contact Women’s Sports Associations
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Matching Sports Celebrities With Causes Can Itself Be an Exercise
As female athletes claim spots as top celebrities and earners, charities are ALSO SEE:Flexing Their Muscles for CharityThe Philanthropic Causes of Tennis and Golf StarsHow to Contact Women’s Sports AssociationWomen’s League Doesn’t Wait for Profit to Get the Jump on PhilanthropyA Retired Tennis…
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The Philanthropic Causes of Tennis and Golf Stars
TOP-EARNING WOMEN IN TENNIS Career earnings Charities they support Steffi Graf $21,895,277 Children for Tomorrow, founder and chairwoman (Hamburg, Germany) Martina Navratilova $20,441,810 Ms. Foundation (New York); People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Norfolk, Va.); Planned Parenthood…
Photograph by Darrow MontgomeryWhen Christine Montuori began treating injured and abandoned wild animals in her home 14 years ago, she didn’t expect it to turn into a full-time occupation. But more and more animals began to arrive, and she couldn’t bear to turn them away. “I just couldn’t tell…
Flexing Their Muscles for Charity
Female athletes and sports leagues use rising star power as a force for philanthropyA year after defeating Bobby Riggs in the highly publicized 1973 “Battle of the Sexes” ALSO SEE:The Philanthropic Causes of Tennis and Golf StarsMatching Sports Celebrities With Causes Can Itself Be an ExerciseHow…
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Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Silver Spring, Md.): Announced the retirement of Ralph S. Watts Jr., who served as president for 16 years. American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Michael Abidor, ALSO SEE:Putting Technology Geeks to Work for the Common…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. September 2001 5.8% August 6.0% July 6.2% June 6.0% May 5.8% April 6.0% March 6.2%…