Survey of Corporate Giving: How It Was Conducted
The Chronicle’s corporate-giving survey is based on financial information ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 91 Major Corporations: View list, additional charts, and related articles provided by many of the nation’s top companies as ranked according to their annual revenue by Fortune magazine. The 150…
By Debra E. Blum and Harvy Lipman
New Studies Provide Insight Into Why Companies Give and Who Benefits
Three new studies on corporate philanthropy shed light on why large companies give -- and what kinds of organizations they support: * A national study of 226 large companies by a University of New Hampshire professor ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 91 Major Corporations: View list, additional charts,…
By Debra E. Blum
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Spate of Corporate Mergers Is Reshaping Philanthropy Nationwide
Corporate mergers are changing the shape of business giving nationwide. In the past year, at least 9 of the 100 companies listed by Fortune magazine in 1998 as America’s largest corporations ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 91 Major Corporations: View list, additional charts, and related articles have…
By Debra E. Blum and Harvy Lipman
Companies’ Charitable Gifts Follow Their Revenue and Go Overseas
Before 1996, less than 1 per cent of the Eastman Kodak Company’s charitable gifts went to organizations overseas. ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 91 Major Corporations: View list, additional charts, and related articles This year, the Rochester, N.Y., company, which sells film worldwide, expects to…
By Debra E. Blum
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Corporate Giving’s Growth Slows
Rise in 1999 donations can’t match double-digit increases of recent years Charitable giving by many of the nation’s largest companies will grow at a much slower rate this year than in the recent past. Among 62 companies that reported their 1999 giving budgets to The Chronicle, total cash…
By Debra E. Blum and Harvy Lipman
Citing Success, America’s Promise Answers Critics and Vows to Continue
Facing lingering criticism that it generates more publicity than charitable work, America’s Promise-the Alliance for Youth, is out to prove its worth. On its second anniversary, the group -- created at the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future, in Philadelphia, to monitor a national campaign to…
By Debra E. Blum
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For Many Charities, Sweepstakes Fall Out of Favor as a Fund-Raising Idea
The number of charities that raise money through sweepstakes has been slipping in recent years, ALSO SEE:Big Stakes for Charities? after the contests’ popularity peaked last decade, experts say. No statistics exist to measure how much money charities earn through sweepstakes each year, or even how…
By Debra E. Blum
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Pending legislation to curb shady for-profit sweepstakes raises concerns among non-profit groups that offer mail-in contests Charities that solicit money through sweepstakes might get stung by a government crackdown on deceptive offers sent by businesses. State and federal government leaders say…
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Numerous Organizations Help Filmmakers Deal With Financial Matters
Filmmakers who want to produce a documentary need more than an idea, ALSO SEE:Filmmaking Finds a Bigger NicheFilmmakers Say the Search for Money May Be Harder Than EverNew Fund at Andy Warhol Foundation to Benefit Struggling Artists a camera, and a good nose for money. In most cases, they also need…
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Filmmakers Say the Search for Money May Be Harder Than Ever
Jon H. Else, who won the Filmmakers’ Trophy at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, ALSO SEE:Filmmaking Finds a Bigger NicheA Screen Test for CharitiesNew Fund at Andy Warhol Foundation to Benefit Struggling ArtistsNumerous Organizations Help Filmmakers Deal With Financial Matters spent nine years…
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