Charity Leaders Say Antipoverty Efforts Need to Be Higher Priority for Nonprofit World
Charity leaders say antipoverty efforts should be top priority
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Health Charities Make Big Investment Gains
Nonprofit health-care organizations achieved strong growth in their investment assets last year, with an average gain of 10.6 percent, compared with 6.3 percent in 2005, according to a new report. The improved performance, which came after a three-year downturn, was largely due to stock-market…
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Bill Clinton Announces Plans to Expand Global Charitable Effort
The former president Bill Clinton concluded his third annual Clinton Global Initiative last month by announcing that 245 individuals, governments, foundations, companies, and charities had pledged to spend or raise money toward solving global problems. Mr. Clinton also discussed how his…
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When Gary Johnson searches for people to fill open jobs at the Chicago History Museum, he is often ALSO SEE:ARTICLES: Achieving Diversity at Nonprofit Organizations: a Special Report discouraged by the pool of applicants. It’s not that the job seekers aren’t talented, he says, because they are. Or…
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TOOLS AND TRAINING When Gary Johnson searches for people to fill open jobs at the Chicago History Museum, he is often discouraged by the pool of applicants. It’s not that the job seekers aren’t talented, he says, because they are. Or that they don’t have relevant experience, because many of them…
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Billions of Dollars Pledged at Clinton’s Global Giving Meeting
Donors pledged more than $4.75-billion during the opening day of the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual event led by the former president Bill Clinton to fight global problems. Approximately 1,300 political, corporate, and nonprofit leaders participated in this year’s gathering in New York, which…
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Clinton Meeting Concludes With Billions of Dollars Promised to Aid the World’s Poor
Clinton meeting concludes with billions promised in aid
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Clinton Announces More Charitable Pledges at New York Meeting
The shoulder-rubbing and matchmaking continued for a second day at the Clinton Global Initiative here, a meeting where former President Bill Clinton announced a flurry of pledges to start or expand nonprofit efforts to alleviate global problems. He also discussed how his own philanthropy would be…
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Clinton Announces More than $4.5-Billion in Pledges of Global Aid
Donors pledged more than $4.75-billion during the opening day of the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual event led by former President Bill Clinton to fight global problems. Approximately 1,300 political, corporate, and nonprofit leaders participated in this year’s gathering in New York, which…
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Charity Honors Memory of 9/11 Victim by Aiding Others Who Suffer Traumas
Peter C. Alderman was only 25 when he was killed on September 11, 2001, while attending a technology conference on the 106th floor of the World Trade Center’s north tower. He never had a chance to decide how he wanted to leave a mark on the world, his parents say, so they have chosen to do so on…
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