Foundation Leader Calls for Service After Election
Foundation leader calls for service after election
By Ian Wilhelm
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Nonprofit Leaders Debate Foundation Disclosure
Nonprofit leaders debate foundation disclosure
By Ian Wilhelm
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Education Efforts Need Philanthropic Money to Expand Nationwide
During the Philanthropy Roundtable’s annual meeting, Thomas W. Luce, a former assistant secretary of education under President Bush, said that philanthropy too often starts new programs to benefit schools, but needs to instead focus on growing education efforts that have already been proven to…
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Donors Urged to Support Families
Philanthropists should do more to support American families, which are threatened by social problems like absentee fathers and out-of-wedlock births, Robert P. George, a law professor at Princeton University, told the participants at the Philanthropy Roundtable’s annual meeting. Mr. George, who is…
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Philanthropy Roundtable Starts Annual Conference
The leader of the Philanthropy Roundtable, an organization that represents conservative donors, kicked off the association’s annual meeting in Naples, Fla., today by describing the election of Barack Obama to the White House as a “momentous” occasion for the United States. The fact that a black…
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Can Charities Learn from Barack Obama’s Fund-Raising Success?
Can charities learn from Barack Obama’s fund-raising success?
By Ian Wilhelm
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Speaking His Mind: Gingrich on Nonprofit Issues
As a member of Congress, Newt Gingrich was known for his outspoken conservative views. Now as the head of a political think tank, American Solutions for Winning the Future, the former Republican lawmaker from Georgia continues to speak his mind, including on nonprofit issues. For instance, he…
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A conservative leader seeks out people of all views to devise innovations to solve America’s problemsNewt Gingrich has not held elected office for a decade, but the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives continues to play a major role in conservative politics — and he is starting to…
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Religious groups say election could alter federal-grants effortPresident Bush will soon leave the White House, but his efforts to steer government aid to religious charities — one of his signature policies affecting nonprofit groups — will stay in place in some form. John McCain and Barack Obama…
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