Focused Giving Made a Difference
To the Editor: I am a fund raiser for a reproductive-health services organization. Regarding Thomas A. Kelley’s “There’s No Such Thing as ‘Bad’ Charity” (August 9), while I agree that “bad versus good” characterizations are overly simplistic, Mr. Kelley’s retelling of his poignant reunion actually…
Foundations Must Finance Programs to Help Drug Addicts
To the Editor: Thanks to Steven A. Schroeder for his opinion piece regarding alcoholism and drug addiction (“Grant Makers Must Attack Substance Abuse,” July 26.). This disease has been considered a moral issue for too long, and Dr. Schroeder’s article succeeds in putting the issue into perspective.…
College Programs Fail to Meet Their Goals
Each year, foundations pour millions of dollars into programs designed to help minority and low-income students graduate from high school and make it through college. But many of those programs produce mediocre results, at best, and few grant makers are aware that college-preparatory programs are…
By Bob Shireman
Contributor
Animal Group Wins Case Against Parody Site
A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that a former Internet entrepreneur must surrender the Web address peta.org to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals because his use of the address violated the organization’s trademark. In 1995, Michael T. Doughney reserved the Internet…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Senate Should Start Fresh on Crafting Faith Measure
By Pablo Eisenberg Nonprofit groups that care about the poor should be spending the next few weeks telling members of Congress that the Bush administration’s so-called faith-based initiative is a bad idea and ought to be killed if the Senate takes it up in the near future. The bill that the House…
To the Editor: Pablo Eisenberg’s open letter to the new president of Harvard University disappoints me (“A Low Blow for Low-Wage Workers,” July 26). Mr. Eisenberg embraces the protesters’ side in a complex labor dispute. He especially would know that all labor and wage disputes are complicated,…
Bush Plan Raises Key Questions for Faith-Based Groups
To the Editor: I was struck that your July 26 article, “A Right to Discriminate?” focuses on organizations that have mastered the art of faithfully receiving and administering federal funds. The larger questions at stake lie in the creation of guidelines for religious groups that have not received…
Global Profits and Human Rights Go Together
If globalization is to be rescued from itself, it will be rescued by a stronger dose of human rights. Many big Western companies will soon have more employees in poor countries than in rich ones. Over the past two decades at least 6 percent of U.S. manufacturing jobs have been lost as corporations…
By William F. Schulz
Contributor
United Way Donations Barely Rise
As sluggish economy takes toll groups plan new approachesIn a sign that the slow economy is making it harder for nonprofit groups to raise money, United Way of America has announced that its campaigns in 2000-2001 grew by just 0.4 percent, after adjusting for inflation. The nation’s 1,853 United…
By Janet L. Fix
Contributor
Reinventing Philanthropy on the Right
Changes spur debate over future of conservative foundationsThe conservative philanthropy movement is undergoing a major change in leadership. Two chief executives of wealthy conservative foundations have left their posts, while the foundation that bankrolled many of the nation’s key conservative…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor