Giving by Small Foundations Decreased in 2003, New Survey Finds
Members of the Association of Small Foundations increased the size of their assets by 13 percent last ALSO SEE: Small Foundations: The Causes They Support year, but donated a smaller percentage in grants than in 2002, a new survey reported. In 2003, 1,031 foundations reported giving away an average…
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Gates Fund Gets 300 Requests a Day
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation receives about 300 unsolicited requests for money a day, but it strongly ALSO SEE:A View Inside the GatesGates Program in Botswana Offers Lessons on Fighting AIDS prefers to do its own research and then invite proposals from charities it believes fit its…
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Gates Program in Botswana Offers Lessons on Fighting AIDS
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World’s wealthiest foundation steps up advocacy effortsSeattle Tucked away on a quiet side street next door to the Lake Union Autobody repair shop here, the unassuming ALSO SEE: Gates Program in Botswana Offers Lessons on Fighting AIDS Gates Fund Gets 300 Requests a Day Gates Grants: Where the…
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Big Businesses Expect to Increase Giving
Despite a slowly recovering economy, a new report says corporate giving is expected to increase this year, but only among larger companies. After examining information from 204 respondents that reported their 2004 giving, the report says corporations with philanthropy budgets of $50-million or more…
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Company Giving Habits Influence Workers, Consumers, Two Studies Find
Two new surveys suggest that a corporation’s philanthropic efforts influence a majority of Americans’ business-related ALSO SEE: Corporate Good Work: How They Are Viewed by the Public decisions, including whether to accept a job offer. According to one survey, 72 percent of 2,169 respondents…
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September 11 Fund in N.Y. Plans to Close at Year’s End
Three years after its creation, the $540-million September 11 Fund has announced it will close its doors at the end of this year, after helping thousands of victims of the terrorist attacks. The fund, created by the New York Community Trust and the United Way of New York City just hours after the…
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Religious Groups Gained Under Bush, Report Says
Churches and other sectarian groups are receiving a growing number of federal social-service grants thanks to President Bush, even without the passage of legislation his administration has sought in order to steer additional government money to such organizations, says a new report. Through changes…
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Rockefeller Foundation Appoints New President
The Rockefeller Foundation, one of the largest grant makers in the world, has named a former president of the University of Pennsylvania as its new president. Judith Rodin, 59, said she accepted the job because of the New York foundation’s long history of working to alleviate poverty, reduce…
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Report Analyzes Relief Groups’ Future
As natural and man-made disasters grow more complicated due to terrorism, climate change, and other factors, charities that provide relief overseas will need to rely heavily on employees and offices around the world, according to a new report. The report, commissioned by several of the world’s…
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