United Way Fights to Stay Abreast in Changing Fund-Raising Climate
Over the decades, the United Way system has weathered all sorts of difficulties, ALSO SEE:United Ways Seek a New IdentityCharts on United Way giving and growth from recessions that have squeezed giving to a financial scandal involving the federation’s top leader that caused donations to plunge. But…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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After-School Program for Girls Is Among Those Honored as ‘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…
Gates Foundation Pledges $350-Million to Improve Public-School Education
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $350-million over the next three years to help improve elementary and secondary schools across the nation, with an initial emphasis on schools in the foundation’s home state of Washington. Not surprisingly, the foundation’s first major commitment to…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Minn. University Gets $50-Million; Other Big Gifts
Four non-profit organizations have received big gifts. * Richard M. Schulze, founder of Best Buy Company, and his wife, Sandra, have given $50-million to the University of Saint Thomas, in St. Paul. The couple designated the gift for entrepreneurial-education programs, scholarships, and the School…
Couple Gives $350-Million to MIT for Brain Research
A married couple who made their fortune in publishing and high technology have pledged an estimated $350-million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for brain research. Patrick J. McGovern Jr., the founder and chairman of International Data Group, in Boston, and Lore Harp McGovern, a…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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The New England Grassroots Environment Fund
History: Established in 1996 by four private foundations in New England to support the efforts of grassroots activists working on environmental issues. ALSO SEE:Recognizing That Small Is BeautifulNew England Grassroots Environment Fund: a Sampling of Recent Grants Set up as a special fund at the…
New England Grassroots Environment Fund: a Sampling of Recent Grants
MAINE ALSO SEE:Recognizing That Small Is BeautifulThe New England Grassroots Environment Fund -- To buy equipment that citizen groups can use to monitor phytoplankton and intertidal marine habitats: $2,250 to the Knox-Lincoln County University of Maine Cooperative Extension Service (Waldoboro). --…
Recognizing That Small Is Beautiful
Grant-making consortium nurtures low-budget environmental activism In Brandon, Vt., Michael Shane was concerned that the constant rumble of 18-wheel trucks through that historic village was shattering its serenity and driving guests away from his nine-room country inn. ALSO SEE:New England…
By Stephen G. Greene
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For more than a century, Trail Blazers has given disadvantaged city kids in New York and New Jersey the opportunity to leave behind car fumes and urban stresses for country air and outdoor recreation. On weekends in the winter, and for one- and three-week sessions during the summer, the charity…
United Ways Seek a New Identity
Many shift from just collecting gifts to leading the battle against social ills In January, the United Way in Los Angeles announced a change in the way it operates. The United Way will be concentrating more and more of its resources on a single objective: ALSO SEE:United Way Fights to Stay Abreast…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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