TV Shows About Charity Are Growing More Popular
TV shows about charity are growing more popular
NAACP’s Turnover Not a Problem
To the Editor: Your recent article on the NAACP (“Citing Conflict With the Board, the Head of the NAACP Steps Down,” March 22) may have caused some misperceptions, and I am writing to correct them. We have only had six CEO’s in 90 years — a good record for nonprofit organizations. Through all these…
Consultant Bolsters Charities’ Bottom Line
To the Editor: My charity is a member of one of the Combined Federal Campaign federations that is a client of Maguire/Maguire (“For Charity — and for Profit,” March 8). The Chronicle’s article failed to address one very important issue: Why is it that so many charities have joined the CFC…
ACLU Chief Deserves Praise for Leadership
To the Editor: The New York magazine article excerpted in “Press Clippings” (“‘New York': Incivility at Civil-Liberties Union,” March 8) paints a highly distorted picture of the leadership of Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union. Compounding the many faults of…
The Public Has a Right to Know
Small is beautiful — except at the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington. There, Lawrence M. Small, the former top official of the institution, resigned last week, after he came under fire for inappropriate expenditures, lavish personal spending, and a disregard for established Smithsonian rules.…
By PABLO EISENBERG
Contributor
How to End the Evaluation Tug of War
In the fall of 2005, a program I run called the National College Choreography Initiative announced a grant to ALSO SEE:LIVE DISCUSSION: Read the transcript of an online discussion about how to evaluate nonprofit results with Suzanne Callahan, who has worked for grant makers and charities. Tulane…
By SUZANNE CALLAHAN
Contributor
Big Foundations Spent Median of $18-Million on Administrative Costs in 2005, Survey Shows
By Ian WilhelmAmong the 20 foundations in The Chronicle‘s survey that awarded the most money in grants in 2005, ALSO SEE: TABLE: How Much Foundations Gave for Charitable Purposes -- And the Share That Went to Administrative Costs ARTICLE: Foundation Assets Grow Sharply Shows ARTICLE: How The…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Raising Questions About Compensation
To the Editor: With his opening paragraphs on apparent shenanigans by the board of the New York Public Library in setting the compensation of its president and his cohort (“Skyrocketing CEO Pay Raises Questions for Charities,” Opinion, February 8), Pablo Eisenberg almost had me in his thrall.…
Evaluating the Gates Foundation: a Response From the CEO
In The Chronicle‘s March 8 issue, Pablo Eisenberg, a regular columnist for the newspaper, wrote an article, “Gates: Role Model in Need of Remodeling,” evaluating the performance of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in the months since Warren Buffett announced that he would give the bulk of his…