Good-Faith Questions Deserve a Hearing
To the Editor: Alfred G. Gilman, provost of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (“A Misleading View of a Texas Medical Complex,” Letters, May 1), and the letter from Ruth Sharp Altshuler, a prominent Dallas philanthropist and supporter of the center, have accused me of irresponsible…
What’s Next? The Soros Lincoln Memorial?
In the 1960s, I lived in New York City. One of the pleasures many of us experienced in those days was a visit to the New York Public Library. The library was our home away from home, and it made us proud of the city. It was more than a library, encompassing many of the ingredients that had made New…
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
Texas Medical Center Deserves Praise
To the Editor: I have been a fund raiser and donor for 57 years. I have served on the board of the United Way of America and the national advisory board of the Salvation Army, was chairman of the Board of Trustees at Southern Methodist University, and am one of the 10 trustees of the Laura Bush…
Americans Want Charities to Change Their Ways
To the Editor: Jonathan Small asks: “Why are contributions growing if confidence in the [nonprofit] sector is so low?” (“The Growth in Giving Shows Confidence in Charities is High, Letters, April 17). In support of a high level of confidence (various studies to the contrary), he states: “Virtually…
Philanthropy’s Jeremiah Wright Problem
Many Americans were startled to learn that the Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, whose campaign is built on an uplifting message of national unity and racial reconciliation, belongs to a church in Chicago where a very different view of America is preached by its longtime pastor, the…
By WILLIAM SCHAMBRA
Contributor
Charities in Iraq Face Shortage of Money and Many Other Hurdles
The International Rescue Committee was one of at least six large American relief charities that pulled out of Iraq in 2005, as security in the country worsened and more and more aid workers found themselves victims of kidnappings and bombings. But last fall, the New York nonprofit group decided to…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Foundations lead effort to change juvenile-justice systemsWhen Emily Tow Jackson first started talking to leaders of local youth organizations in the late 1990s ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Legal Clinic Is National Leader in Juvenile-Justice MattersARTICLE: Charity Works to Transform Lives by Transforming…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Opinion: Teenagers Have Become Impressive Fund Raisers
Opinion: Teenagers have become impressive fund raisers
Opinion: Government Scrutiny of College Endowments
Opinion: Government scrutiny of college endowments