Intel Executive Pledges $600-Million to Caltech
Gordon E. Moore, chairman emeritus of the Intel Corporation, and his wife, Betty, have pledged $600-million to the California Institute of Technology through a personal gift and through grants from their family foundation, the institute announced. The couple’s contribution is the largest ever to a…
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Running an Annual Giving Campaign
Conducting a Successful Annual Giving Program: A Comprehensive Guide and Resource
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Factors in Successful Collaboration Efforts
Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition
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Model for Teacher-Recruitment Programs
Ahead of the Class: A Handbook for Preparing New Teachers from New Sources, by Beatriz Chu Clewell and Ana Maria Villegas, provides a model for programs working to solve the teacher shortage in rural and urban public schools. The model is based on the work of the Pathways to Teaching Careers…
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Guide to Establishing, Running Family Foundations
Family Foundation Handbook
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14 Charity Solicitations Win Honors
Fourteen fund-raising appeals by charities won honors at the 72nd International Echo Awards Competition, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Appeals That Won Direct-Marketing AwardsA Closer Look at Seven Award Winners sponsored by the Direct Marketing Association, in New York. The winners were chosen for…
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Negative Effects of Welfare Privatization
Prospecting Among the Poor: Welfare Privatization, by Bill Berkowitz, examines the privatization of welfare services that occurred after the passage in 1996 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act. When responsibility for welfare devolved to the states, writes Bill Berkowitz, a…
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Charities large and small struggle to cope with aftermath of terrorismStunned and grief-stricken following last month’s terrorist attacks, ALSO SEE:Charities Brace for Lean Fund-Raising Season in Tragedy’s WakeHow Charitable Giving Fared During Crises in U.S. HistoryHundreds of Displaced N.Y.…
Seven Foundations Band Together to Fight Poverty in Rural America
Seven U.S. foundations have joined forces to combat rural poverty through a new organization called the National Rural Funders Collaborative. The funds plan to increase the investment capital available to residents of rural areas, support the creation of so-called living-wage jobs, and improve…
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