A Low-Cost Way to Help the Environment
In The World According to Pimm: A Scientist Audits the Earth, the noted conservation biologist Stuart L. Pimm warns that the earth is suffering from the huge and unmistakable impact humans have made, the consequences of which are about to become irreversible. “We are liquidating animals and plants…
By Dale Willman
Contributor
Fund raising tops $100-million, Chronicle survey findsOnline giving to the country’s largest charities surged in 2003, as many groups posted double- and triple-digit ALSO SEE:How Online Fund Raising Has Fared in Past Four Years at a Sampling of CharitiesCharities Divided Over E-Mail Address…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Seasoned Perspective on Giving
Veteran philanthropist outlines ways to spur changeNew York While many men his age would already have left this city and its cold, snowy winters for a sunnier retirement ALSO SEE:Board Service Plays a Key Role for the CullmansMajor Gifts Awarded by New York Donors Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman spot,…
By Rebecca Gardyn
Contributor
Ronald Reagan Helped Philanthropy, Despite How Much Nonprofit World Objected to His Policies
Although he entered office with greater expectations for philanthropy than perhaps any national ALSO SEE:The Reagan Years: Profound Changes for Philanthropy leader since Herbert Hoover, the irony of Ronald Reagan’s presidency is that much of the nonprofit world’s leadership wound up opposing key…
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY
Contributor
Long-Term Strategies for Endowments Can Beat Stock-Market Returns, a Study Finds
Table: College Endowments: Growth in Median Value of Assets, 1993-2003Table: How 10 College Endowments Fared in a Decade Related articles: View all of the advice and commentary from this special supplement on endowments
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Philanthropic Foundations Face Intense Pressures to Increase the Amount They Give to Charities
Related articles: View all of the advice and commentary from this special supplement on endowments
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Role of Credit Unions in Helping the Poor
To the Editor: In the article “A New Way to Curb Poverty” (April 15), you highlight with accuracy many of the issues related to those organizations that seek to improve the financial well-being of America’s consumers. While I appreciate your desire to shed light on activities currently being…
Athletes Win a Lot From Their Charity Ties
To the Editor: The outstanding efforts of Andre Agassi show that the opportunities of life sometimes provide great advantages and a power to do good (“Lobbing Millions to Charity,” April 29). Athletes, endowed with celebrity, access, financial resources, and a competitive spirit are well suited to…
Report on Grantees Ignites Debate
To the Editor: A better title for Debra Blum’s “Grant Seekers Say They Value Foundation Expertise” (April 29) would be “Pointing Out the Obvious.” The same can be said for the article’s primary focus, a new study from the Center for Effective Philanthropy that concluded that nonprofit organizations…
Why Foundation CEO’s Deserve to Be Well Paid
To the Editor: Pablo Eisenberg argues that excessive pay for foundation executives needs to be curbed (“Excessive Executive Compensation Needs to Be Stemmed,” April 29). He notes that the president of the United States makes $400,000 and suggests that should serve as a ceiling for foundation CEO’s.…