Grants Reflect Fund’s New Focus on Technology
The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation this week unveiled four new grant-making program areas focusing on technology. ALSO SEE:Taming the New FrontierNew Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass CommunicationsThe John and Mary R. Markle Foundation at a Glance It also announced that it…
New Internet Focus Reaffirms Markle’s Commitment to Mass Communications
In 1969, when Lloyd Morrisett took the helm of the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, he decided it was time to steer it in a new direction: ALSO SEE:Taming the New FrontierGrants Reflect Fund’s New Focus on TechnologyThe John and Mary R. Markle Foundation at a Glance Television and other mass…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Photograph by Hal Garb Parents usually send their children off to camp in the summer. But at the Rowdy Ridge Gang Camp, in a mountainous region north of Los Angeles, mothers go along with their sons and daughters. The purpose of the camp is to repair broken bonds between women who have a drug…
Preserving Open Space for the Ages
As land trusts win broad support, they grapple with new challenges Non-profit organizations dedicated to preserving land have emerged from the placid backwaters ALSO SEE:Land Deals Show Promise, Pitfalls of PreservationSome Recent Transactions Involving Land Trusts of the conservation movement to…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
American Ballet Theatre (New York): Appointed Louis G. Spisto, president of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, to be executive director, effective September 1. American Dietetic Association (Chicago): Appointed Connie L. Rivera, chief operating officer, to be chief executive officer. American Red…
Costs That Charity Leaders Overlook in Planning Big Fund-Raising Drives
Setting the budget for a capital campaign cannot be done in isolation from other considerations. ALSO SEE:Putting It All Together Those factors, on which the success of a campaign often rests, include: Loans. Charities in capital campaigns often have to borrow money to tide them over until pledges…
By Marilyn Dickey
Senior Editor, Copy
Success of a campaign often depends on having the right mix in the budget A campaign budget can make or break a fund-raising drive. Yet for many charities, ALSO SEE:Costs That Charity Leaders Overlook in Planning Big Fund-Raising Drives the budget is a puzzle made up of pieces that rarely fit…
By Marilyn Dickey
Senior Editor, Copy
Top 20 Corporations, Ranked by Percentage Increase in Giving, 1997-1998
Return to overview 1997 giving 1998 giving Percentage
Value of Planned Gifts, 1994-1997
ALSO SEE: Value of Planned Gifts Estimated at $73-Billion Copyright © 1999 The Chronicle of Philanthropy