After Canceling a Donation, a Big Donor Decides to Give
Herbert A. Wertheim, who in 2006 rescinded a $20-million pledge he had made two years earlier to Florida International University, in Miami, has decided to give the money to the university after all, Florida International officials have announced. Dr. Wertheim, an optometrist and chairman of Brain…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Staff and Budget Cuts at Nonprofit Organizations: a Sampling
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Texas Hospital Fund Gets $100-Million Pledge
William P. Clements Jr., a former Texas governor, has pledged $100-million to Southwestern Medical Foundation, in Dallas. The gift will benefit the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The donation came just weeks after another $100-million was pledged to a nonprofit…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Former Texas Governor Pledges $100-Million to Medical Center
$100-million pledged to Texas medical center
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Real-Estate Mogul Pledges $100-Million to Habitat for Humanity International
Habitat for Humanity International has announced a $100-million pledge from J. Ronald Terwilliger, chairman of Trammell Crow Residential, a Dallas real-estate company. Mr. Terwilliger serves as chairman of Habitat’s Board of Directors. Mr. Terwilliger’s pledge is significant in part because it is…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Town & Country’: Help for Cambodia’s Kids
On a trip to Cambodia in the early 1990s to shoot the famous Angkor temples, the photographer Kenro Izu watched an impoverished child die in her father’s arms because the government-run medical facilities in the little girl’s village, Siem Reap, were inadequate to save her. Mr. Izu vowed to do…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
America’s Top Philanthropists Hold Private Meeting to Discuss Global Problems
America’s top donors meet to discuss global problems
By Maria Di Mento and Ian Wilhelm
America’s Top Philanthropists Hold Secret Meeting To Discuss Global Problems
Editor’s note: Read an update to this article, posted at 7 p.m, May 20. In a quiet meeting closed to the news media and the public, Bill Gates, David Rockefeller Sr., Oprah Winfrey, and other leading philanthropists met in New York this month to discuss ways to promote efforts to solve growing…
By Maria Di Mento and Ian Wilhelm
Habitat for Humanity Receives $100-Million Pledge
Habitat for Humanity International announced today a $100-million pledge from J. Ronald Terwilliger, chairman of Trammell Crow Residential, a Dallas real-estate company. Mr. Terwilliger serves as chairman of Habitat’s Board of Directors. Mr. Terwilliger’s pledge is significant in part because it is…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two Women’s Health Groups Criticize President’s Budget
Women’s health groups express concern about the budget
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor