By HARVY LIPMANGrant making by the nation’s foundations grew by an estimated 17.2 percent in 1999, ALSO SEE:Foundation TrendsState and Regional Data, 1998New Report on Grant-Making Trends slowing from a record 21.7 percent increase the year before, according to a new report by the Foundation…
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Public Health Is Key Issue for Recent ‘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…
How The Chronicle Determined Each State’s Generosity Rating
By HARVY LIPMANComparing the relative generosity of residents of different parts of the country is a complicated ALSO SEE:Rise in Giving Tracks Growth in Americans’ Income, IRS Data ShowTax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by StateState Rankings of Charitable Deductions task because…
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Rise in Giving Tracks Growth in Americans’ Income, IRS Data Show
By HARVY LIPMANThe $10-billion rise in charitable giving from 1997 to 1998 reflects the growing incomes of Americans who itemized their tax returns rather than any increase in their generosity, ALSO SEE:Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by StateState Rankings of Charitable DeductionsHow…
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Giving Among Wealthy Detailed in 2 Studies
By THOMAS J. BILLITTERIWealthy technology executives gave 6 percent of their after-tax income to charity last year, ALSO SEE:Percentage of Wealthy Technology Executives Who Support Various Charitable Causes
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Center for Brain Study Gets $25-Million; Other Gifts
Several organizations have received big gifts. Bruce McCaw, a founder of McCaw Cellular Communications, and his wife, Jolene, have given $25-million to help establish a center in Seattle to study infant and early-childhood brain development. Scientists at the Talaris Research Institute will seek a…
A Sampling of Election-Related Foundation Grants
COMPILED BY JENNIFER MOORE AND GRANT WILLIAMSArca Foundation Campaign finance. To support a legal challenge to North Carolina’s campaign-finance ALSO SEE:Philanthropy and the Ballot BoxGOP Platform Endorses Charitable Efforts system: $30,000 to Democracy South (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Carnegie…
GOP Platform Endorses Charitable Efforts
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe Republican Party and its presidential nominee, Governor George W. Bush, are pledging to commit themselves to “aiding and encouraging the work of charitable and ALSO SEE:Philanthropy and the Ballot BoxA Sampling of Election-Related Foundation Grants faith-based organizations,”…
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Photograph by Jennifer L. PavlovicHorseback riding in the Colorado Rockies. Dogsledding alongside the Great Lakes. Kayaking through Alaska’s fjords. These adventures are not just for fit, young travelers, according to Wilderness Inquiry, a non-profit group that gives people of all ages and physical…
Philanthropy and the Ballot Box
Grant makers try new ways to stir voter interest, ensure fair electionsFoundations have spent the past decade -- and millions of dollars -- trying to solve a nagging national problem: Americans’ growing apathy about the political process. But enthusiasm for projects to encourage people to cast…
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