Community Foundations See Sharp Growth in Assets
Community foundations nationwide, buoyed by a strong stock market that has boosted endowments and encouraged more donors to give big gifts, together held more than $25-billion in assets last year, according to an annual survey by the Columbus Foundation, in Ohio. ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’…
By Debra E. Blum
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To Live Forever, Foundations Should Give Away the Minimum, Reports Say
Two new reports on foundation spending policies recommend that those that want to exist in perpetuity should give away only the minimum amount that is legally required. ALSO SEE:How Different Payout Rates Affect a Foundation’s Assets and Spending Under federal law, foundations must distribute at…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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The Foundations of Andrea and Charles Bronfman
History: Charles R. Bronfman, co-chairman of Seagram’s, established the CRB Foundation in 1986 to support Jewish causes and to promote Canadian heritage and culture. ALSO SEE:A New Era for Jewish PhilanthropyFor Billionaire Couple, Equal Partnership Fuels Passion for Philanthropy He started the…
For Billionaire Couple, Equal Partnership Fuels Passion for Philanthropy
In their art collecting, their philanthropy, and in just about everything else they do, ALSO SEE:A New Era for Jewish PhilanthropyThe Foundations of Andrea and Charles Bronfman Charles and Andrea Bronfman prefer to work as a team. Part of their success together is that they share certain passions…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Photograph by John Sherman On a trip organized by the non-profit group Wilderness Volunteers, vacationers might take a lazy dip in a cool river. But before they do, they probably will have helped to restore a spawning ground for the river’s salmon population or to re-plant vegetation that had been…
A New Era for Jewish Philanthropy
‘Super Bowl’ of conferences to mark first meeting of newly merged group Charles R. Bronfman, the 68-year-old Canadian billionaire and philanthropist, is midway through a tour of North America, ALSO SEE:For Billionaire Couple, Equal Partnership Fuels Passion for PhilanthropyThe Foundations of Andrea…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Canisius College (Buffalo, N.Y.): Appointed Francine R. Mergl, assistant director of the annual fund, to be director of the annual fund. Capital Research Center (Washington): Appointed Philip F. Kelly, Jr., a freelance writer on politics, religion, and culture based in Hartford, Conn., to be editor…
Foundation Employees Saw Salaries Rise by 5 Per Cent, New Survey Finds
Median salaries at U.S. foundations rose by 5 per cent this year, ALSO SEE:Salaries and Benefits at Foundations
By Marina Dundjerski
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Foundation Employees Saw Salaries Rise by 5 Per Cent, New Survey Finds
Median salaries at U.S. foundations rose by 5 per cent this year, ALSO SEE:Salaries and Benefits at Foundations
By Marina Dundjerski
Contributor