Post Office Seeks Nominations for Special Fund-Raising Stamps
The United States Postal Service is asking the public to suggest two national causes affecting a large segment of the population that can be depicted on special fund-raising stamps. The first such stamp -- called a semipostal -- was issued in 1998 and so far has raised $20.2-million for…
Tips for Hiring Fund Raisers From Outside the Nonprofit World
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNJames R. Wood knows firsthand how difficult it can be to find experienced fund raisers. As a trustee of Hanover College, a liberal-arts college in Indiana, he was on the search committee for a new development official. ALSO SEE:Banking on Corporate Experience But after a search…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Banking on Corporate Experience
Charities look to the for-profit world to fill senior fund-raising slotsWhen Uri D. Herscher was hiring a top development officer for the center on Jewish history and culture he founded, he gave the recruiter conducting the search an unusual instruction: Find candidates who aren’t professional fund…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Celebrating the Rites of Summer: YMCA Camp Marks Its Centennial
For 110 years, youngsters have spent their summers at camps run by local Y.M.C.A.'s. Today, more than 80 percent of the nation’s 2,400 Y’s offer some type of camping program. In Connecticut, the Greater Hartford Y.M.C.A.'s Camp Jewell this week will start its 100th summer session for youngsters.…
Teenage Girls Who Produce TV Show Among Latest ‘Points of Light’
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…
Tech Mogul Mulling Which University Will Receive $150-Million Donation
By MEG SOMMERFELDLarry Ellison, the billionaire chairman of the Oracle corporation, says he wants to give $150-million to create a university center focused on politics, economics, and technology. Now he just needs to figure out which institution will make the best use of his money. At least two…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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U. of Va. Gets Pledge of $20-Million to Help Build Basketball Arena; Other Gifts
An anonymous donor has pledged $20-million to the athletics department at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, to help design and construct a basketball arena. The arena, which will also be used for concerts and other special events, is expected to cost $125-million. Other nonprofit…
Founders Give Gates Foundation $2-Billion, Raising Philanthropy’s Assets to $23.5-Billion
By LAURA HRUBYMicrosoft’s co-founder, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, have donated an additional ALSO SEE: Assets of the Nation’s Wealthiest Foundations $2-billion in Microsoft stock to their private foundation, raising its endowment to $23.5-billion. The Gateses made the gift to the Bill &…
By Laura Hruby
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Charities Hope British Tax-Law Changes Will Inspire Greater Giving
By STEPHEN G. GREENEBritish charities are hoping that major changes in the nation’s tax laws that have improved the incentives for charitable giving will lead to a big jump in donations. ALSO SEE:Britain’s Philanthropy Empire The Charities Aid Foundation, a leading British charity that promotes and…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Photograph by Lisa PooleEvery Saturday, a small band of volunteers spends part of the day scrubbing, painting, and repairing the Adventure, a 1926 fishing schooner docked in Gloucester, Mass. The volunteers belong to the Gloucester Adventure, a nonprofit organization that is trying to raise…