Maine College Forges Community Ties Through Students’ Service Work
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNHispanic farm workers in the small city of Lewiston, Me., needed health care but were ALSO SEE:Offering More Than a Degree not using the local clinic, its doctor discovered. She assumed the language barrier was one problem, but she didn’t speak Spanish, and she couldn’t afford…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Panel Issues Proposed Postal-Discount Rates for Charities
By JENNIFER MOOREThe Postal Rate Commission has issued proposed mailing rates for nonprofit organizations based on a new change in federal law. The proposed rates are significantly lower than those sought by the U.S. Postal Service at the beginning of the year, ALSO SEE: Proposed Rates for Standard…
By Jennifer Moore
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Some Tips on Raising Money via E-Mail
By NICOLE LEWISAs more and more charities begin to explore the use of e-mail to raise money, they are ALSO SEE:You’ve Got a Charity Solicitation discovering that the rules of online communication sometimes differ markedly from those governing direct mail and other traditional fund-raising methods.…
By nicole lewis
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You’ve Got a Charity Solicitation
E-mail gains favor with groups, but some fund raisers are waryTwo years ago, Stanford University began sending a monthly newsletter by e-mail to ALSO SEE:Some Tips on Raising Money via E-Mail thousands of alumni and others, informing them of campus accomplishments and promoting forthcoming events.…
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Corporate Donors Offered New Tool
The Council on Foundations, an association of most of the nation’s largest grant makers, has introduced a new way for companies to measure the business value of corporate philanthropy. The Corporate Philanthropic Index -- created by the council, along with Walker Information, a research company in…
Study Shows Gifts by Entrepreneurs
Business owners are more likely than other Americans to support charities, according to a new survey. And, the survey found, three out of four entrepreneurs contribute through their businesses as well as through personal gifts. The survey of 226 female and 235 male business owners was conducted by…
Care Givers to the Elderly Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
New York Arts Center Receives $25-Million From Bookstore-Chain CEO; Other Big Gifts
Several nonprofit organizations have received large gifts: * The Dia Center for the Arts, in New York, has received $25-million from Leonard and Louise Riggio, of New York. Mr. Riggio is chairman of Dia’s board and chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble. The gift will finance acquisitions,…
Intel Co-Founder to Put $5-Billion Into His New Family Foundation
By LAURA HRUBYGordon E. Moore, chairman emeritus of the Intel Corporation, and his wife, Betty, ALSO SEE: Assets of The Wealthiest Foundations: A Sampling have created a family foundation that over the next two years will receive $5-billion in Intel stock. In making the announcement, Mr. Moore said…
By Laura Hruby
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Writing Her Own Story on Giving
Stylish tabloid heiress champions arts, medicine, disabled veterans
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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