After Katrina: the Role of Big Donors
LETTERS TO THE EDITORTo the Editor: What’s wrong with America’s largest corporations and wealthiest individuals? The news-media coverage of the Katrina event is immense and many frustrated journalists are openly directing their criticism and anger at a long list of politicians and government…
What Donors Want From Relief Groups
Hurricane Katrina reminds the world just how generous Americans can be in times of crisis. Donors in the United States have contributed more than $1-billion, a far quicker pace of giving than the record-setting donations made in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The generosity…
By PAUL LIGHT
Contributor
Katrina Spending Fuels Concerns About Federal Budget Cuts for Charities
Federal spending in response to Hurricane Katrina is adding to concerns raised in a new report about ALSO SEE:Special Report: Hurricane Relief potentially deep cuts in federal support for charities. The report, by the Aspen Institute, a Washington think tank, says that, if enacted, the Bush…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
The Challenges of the Hurricane: the Red Cross CEO’s View
Even before Hurricane Rita, the American Red Cross was in the midst of what its leader calls “an epic ALSO SEE:Special Report: Hurricane Relief response” in the Gulf Coast. “There’s no other word to describe it,” says Marsha J. Evans, who since 2002 has served as the charity’s president. “It is the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Private Donations: How Much Has Been Raised and How It Will Be Spent
AMERICAN RED CROSS CHAPTER HEADQUARTERS
American College (Bryn Mawr, Pa.): Appointed Russell J. Figueira, senior director of project management and human capital at the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (Philadelphia), to be associate vice president of alumni relations. American Lung Association, Maryland Chapter…
Will the Money for Katrina’s Survivors Be Spent Wisely?
The Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and dozens of other organizations will be required to spend the next year or more helping Americans recover from Hurricane Katrina, putting more strain on resources that were heavily tapped less than nine months ago to help victims of the South Asian tsunamis.…
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Contributor
What Philanthropy Owes Katrina’s Victims
Philanthropy has the opportunity to make a huge difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of people as it responds to the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina. But the risk is great that large sums will be spent unwisely, and that a major opportunity to change the way that society…
By George D. Penick
Contributor