Critics Question Family’s Use of Private Fund to Pay Legal Costs
Most of the legal expenses that the heirs to the A&P supermarket fortune are incurring in their bid to ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Terms of EndowmentARTICLE: Princeton Suit May Hinge on Judge’s Interpretation of Founding DocumentARTICLE: Princeton Dispute Has Implications for Many Charities gain control of…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
When Marc Lampkin talks about the campaign he is managing, Ed in ’08, his speech is peppered with words associated with election strategy — “operatives,” “media markets,” “early-primary states,” “soccer/security moms.” But Mr. Lampkin, who was deputy campaign manager for George Bush’s 2000…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Charity trustee suspended for blogging
By STACY PALMER
Contributor
Do high-profile advocacy efforts hurt relief work in Darfur?
Do high-profile advocacy efforts hurt relief work in Darfur?
By STACY PALMER
Contributor
Senate Farm Bill Includes Antihunger Provisions
Charities push for approval of farm legislation
By STACY PALMER
Contributor
A children’s group defends its efforts
To the Editor: In Pablo Eisenberg’s recent review of President Bill Clinton’s new book, Giving (“Bill Clinton’s Book on Giving Misses Key Issues,” Opinion, September 20), the author notes that the former president encourages everyone at the end of the book to give as much as they can. The author…
A Missed Opportunity to Ensure Real Charity Accountability
When the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, a committee of experts appointed by Independent Sector, issued its report suggesting 33 principles of governance, fund raising, and management that charitable groups should follow, it missed a key opportunity to take a step that would truly bolster the…
By Peter V. Berns
Contributor
Most Charities Are Careful About Their Mail Appeals
To the Editor: Is The Chronicle of Philanthropy so desperate for editorial content that the article “Paper Chase” (October 4) is the best you can do to creatively initiate even more debate about charitable solicitations via direct mail? Worse yet, could you be prompting even more states to seek…
Environmental Groups Battle Over Coal’s Future
Coal River Mountain Watch, a grass-roots environmental group in Whitesville, W.Va., has worked since ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fighting an Uphill Battle its founding in 1998 to curb mountaintop removal, a practice used to extract coal by blowing up a mountain peak that contains it. The process, say…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Pa. Investigates Spending of Charity’s Fund
Leo Eloesser was a pioneer in providing health care in developing countries, and when he died in 1976, he directed most of his estate to provide loans to needy medical students. Now the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is suing the American Friends Service Committee, based in Philadelphia,…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor