Foundation Creates Prize for Social-Service ‘Superstars’
A former charity employee turned software entrepreneur has started a foundation to recognize talented social-service workers and to goad nonprofit groups into more effectively measuring the performance of the workers on their staff. The Superstar Foundation, started by Steve Butz, plans to give…
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Debating What Graduate Degree to Seek
What graduate training is most useful to nonprofit executives?
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New Effort Seeks to Educate Americans About Tax Policies
New effort seeks to educate Americans about tax policies
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Baby Boomers Express Strong Interest in Charity-Related Second Careers
Baby boomers seek out second careers with charities
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Charity Auctions Hurt by Economy
Charity auctions hurt by economy, study finds
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‘The New Yorker’: Nourishing Creativity
The Church of the Holy Apostles, in New York, “is a church only two-sevenths of the time,” writes Ian Frazier in The New Yorker (May 26). The rest of the time, it’s the largest soup kitchen in New York City, serving roughly 1,200 meals each day. Mr. Frazier, who’s long taught a writer’s workshop at…
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‘Town & Country’: Women and Charitable Giving
Forty-two percent of women consult their spouse when deciding where to give, and the same percentage consult no one, according to a new online poll of women conducted by Town & Country magazine for its annual philanthropy issue (June). Among the other findings: Ten percent never open fund-raising…
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Private Giving Overseas Outpaced Aid From the U.S. Government, Study Finds
Giving by foundations, corporations, and individuals in the United States to poorer countries far outpaces aid provided by the U.S. government, according to a new study by the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity, in Washington. In 2006, the United States gave $34.8-billion in private…
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Ten Years Later, Turner’s U.N. Fund Continues to Evolve
When Ted Turner pledged $1-billion in 1997 to benefit the United Nations, not even he had much of a clue as ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: The Long View to how the gift might be used. He initially wanted to buy the United States’ debt to the world organization and then sue the American government for the money…
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Ted Turner’s plans include goading other donors to join his campaign to save the worldTed Turner has never wanted for ambition. As a yachtsman, he captured the America’s Cup, sailing’s highest honor. ALSO SEE: ARTICLE: Ten Years Later, Turner’s U.N. Fund Continues to Evolve ARTICLE: Charities…
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