Senator Steps Up Pressure on College Endowments
Senator steps up pressure on college endowments
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Grass-Roots Chinese Groups Prove Crucial to Relief Effort
Grass-roots Chinese groups prove crucial to relief effort
Longtime Microsoft Executive Is Chosen to Lead Gates Foundation
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has tapped Jeffrey S. Raikes, a Microsoft executive, to lead the world’s ALSO SEE: BIO: About Jeffrey S. Raikes, chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation largest foundation as it embarks on a period of rapid growth and grapples with criticism of its…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
To the Editor: In an article on the changing of the guard at Ford Foundation (“Building on Tradition,” April 17), critics urge the new president, Luis Ubiñas, to make big changes, painting Ford as a kind of dowager institution. “Staid,” “cautious,” and “unresponsive to change” were among the labels…
Why the New CEO of Gates Is Likely to Succeed
The announcement by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that it had chosen a Microsoft millionaire to succeed Patty Stonesifer as its chief executive was simultaneously “rounding up the usual suspects” and a radical departure from the way in which big foundations have traditionally chosen leaders.…
By Joel J. Orosz
Contributor
A Better Way to Deal With the Leadership Crisis
The nonprofit world has grown increasingly concerned in recent years about the potential leadership crisis. Baby boomers are expected to retire in large numbers, and competition for young people will be intense as government and businesses also seek to replace the huge wave of people retiring. As a…
By FRANCIE OSTROWER
Contributor
Foundations and ‘Structural Racism’: Take Another Look
To the Editor: Many Chronicle readers may have been alarmed to learn that our nation’s largest foundations are supporting a radical left-wing agenda, one informed by the discourse of structural racism. In his gratuitously politicized piece (“Philanthropy’s Jeremiah Wright Problem,” My View, May…
Should alumni make their alma mater a top priority in giving?
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Why Should Alumni Give to Institutions With Large Endowments?
Why should alumni give to institutions with large endowments?
By Kathryn Masterson
Contributor