‘The Economist’: Fund Raising in Europe
While performing-arts groups in the United States have long raised substantial portions of their budgets from individuals, in Europe such organizations are just beginning to tap into private wealth, according to The Economist magazine (August 18-24). With government funds for music, dance, and…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
‘Fortune’: Ellison and Philanthropy
Larry Ellison, the founder and chief executive of Oracle, is widely known as the party animal of the software set, but he has a serious side, too, reports Fortune magazine (September 3). Believing that “life is the only miracle, and understanding how it works is the best intellectual mission one…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
‘Brill’s Content’: American Legacy Fund
When the American Legacy Foundation was created with a $1.5-billion pledge as part of a 1998 settlement of a lawsuit against the largest tobacco companies, antismoking activists had reason to be hopeful. But a much-heralded advertising campaign aimed at young people, as well as the foundation’s…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
New wealth, high demand lead to a boom in donor educationIn cities and towns across America, donors are learning how to make their charitable ALSO SEE:Project Aims to Make Giving by Blacks More Effective and EnduringA Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots UpPhilanthropy…
By Elizabeth Greene and Meg Sommerfeld