School Gift Makes a Difference
To the Editor Your article on the Annenberg Challenge (“What Did the Money Buy?,” May 4) overlooks the impact of the Challenge in Chicago, a city where the most successful experiment in school reform in the nation continues to achieve results. Critics like school-reform naysayer Chester Finn will…
To the Editor: Your coverage of the Council on Foundations 2000 convention (“A Royal Call to Action for Foundations,” May 18) reveals the fault lines in the payout debate more clearly than ever: investment banking versus grant making. You report that the Council of Michigan Foundations commissioned…
The Danger of Comparing Different Types of Giving
By VINCE STEHLEA growing chorus of complaint about foundation giving has emerged in recent years -- especially over the issue of whether foundations give away enough each year to justify their privileged tax-exempt position. For months, a new twist on that critique has been rippling throughout…
Study Will Examine Fund-Raising Costs at Charities
To the Editor: The Chronicle’s article, “Charities’ Zero-Sum Filing Game” (May 18), highlights a serious problem for the non-profit sector and the fund-raising profession: Some non-profits are reporting their fund-raising costs inaccurately, or, in many cases, not at all. Inconsistent, spotty…
How Foundations Are Hurting the Poor
By JANET SHENKWhen the Council on Foundations met last month in Los Angeles, many grant makers had the opportunity to learn firsthand about a city that some refer to as “the new Ellis Island.” They found themselves in a city still amazed by its own reaction to street demonstrations, marches, and…
New York Group Offers Online Advocacy Tool
Residents of New York City now have a quick and easy way to find out who their representatives are at all levels of government and how to contact them. When visitors to the Who Represents Me? Web site enter their street addresses and zip codes, the site returns a list of the public officials who…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
William Simon’s Legacy to Philanthropy
By LESLIE LENKOWSKYWith the death of former U.S. Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, philanthropy lost one of the most influential figures of the past 25 years. His contributions were rarely acknowledged in many corners of the non-profit world, even though his observations about the relationship…
William Simon’s Legacy to Philanthropy
By LESLIE LENKOWSKY With the death of former U.S. Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, philanthropy lost one of the most influential figures of the past 25 years. His contributions were rarely acknowledged in many corners of the non-profit world, even though his observations about the relationship…
To the Editor I found your article on the Second Harvest-Foodchain merger (“Two Food Charities Join Forces in One of Biggest Non-Profit Mergers,” May 4) very useful. However, I think your title and overall slant were a bit misleading. To suggest that this union is “one of the biggest non-profit…
What Role Should the Government Play in Regulating Charities?
To the Editor: Pablo Eisenberg’s characterization of the recent Independent Sector statement on public disclosure (“Why Charities Think They Can Regulate Themselves,” May 4) wrongly interprets the Independent Sector position and ignores a 20-year track record of Independent Sector action. As…