Some Recent Transactions Involving Land Trusts
Several prominent land-protection agreements announced in recent months show the variety of ways ALSO SEE:Preserving Open Space for the AgesLand Deals Show Promise, Pitfalls of Preservation non-profit land trusts can now put together big deals. Among the most noteworthy: * The Trust for Public Land…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Christian Donors Say That Year-2000 Computer Problems Won’t Affect Giving
Some fund raisers worry that year-end gifts might decrease because of donors’ fears about the computer millennium bug, ALSO SEE: Religious Donors and the Millennium Computer Bug but a new survey suggests that giving will remain steady, at least among people who give to religious charities.…
By Holly Hall
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Charities May Claim Refund for Overpaying on Postage
The Postal Service’s Board of Governors has approved a measure to allow charities to claim a refund if they have been charged extra postage to send non-profit periodicals. The refunds can apply to mailings that were sent after January 10. After new postage rates took effect on that date, some…
By Holly Hall
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Swapping of PBS Mailing Lists Raises Issue of Donor Privacy
Members of Congress learned at a hearing last week that at least 28 of the nation’s public-broadcasting stations have exchanged donor lists with political organizations, adding fuel to critics’ efforts to end federal support for the stations. The revelations have also focused Congressional…
By Jennifer Moore
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Keck to Give $25-Million for Research
The $1.5-billion W.M. Keck Foundation, in Los Angeles, has announced a new $25-million program designed to help young medical researchers investigate new ideas. The fund’s five-year Distinguished Young Scholars in Medical Research Program was created to support scientists at the early stages of…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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Bucknell U. Gets $11-Million for New Athletics Center; Other Donations
Three universities have announced big gifts. * Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa., has received $11-million from the broker Kenneth G. Langone, and his wife, Elaine, to help construct a new athletics center. Mr. Langone earned his bachelor’s degree from the university in 1957. The Sands Point,…
New ‘Points of Light’ Honorees Include Photography Teacher
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…
SEC Issues Feasibility Report on Company-Giving Disclosure
The Securities and Exchange Commission has weighed in on a controversial legislative proposal that would require public companies to tell shareholders what charities the corporations support and to name the largest recipients. In a 39-page report sent privately to Rep. Paul Gillmor, who introduced…
By Debra E. Blum
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Packard Pours $1.6-Billion Into Humanities Institute
Last year, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation vaulted into the top tier of the nation’s wealthiest foundations. Now it has provided nearly $1.6-billion to lift another Packard foundation into the ranks of the 25 wealthiest philanthropies in the country. This month, the foundation announced…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation
History: Established in 1927 in New York by John Markle, ALSO SEE:Taming the New FrontierNew Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass CommunicationsGrants Reflect Fund’s New Focus on Technology the head of George B. Markle and Company, a coal-mining company, and his wife, Mary Robinson…