‘Mother Jones’: The Gospel of Giving
Terry Parker didn’t invent donor-advised funds, but he was among the first to realize their potential for Christian fund raising when he founded the National Christian Foundation in 1982, writes Michael Reynolds in Mother Jones magazine (December). The fund appeals to Christian donors by promising…
‘BusinessWeek’: America’s Top Donors
Gordon and Betty Moore have “achieved the unthinkable,” says BusinessWeek: They have supplanted Bill and Melinda Gates in the No. 1 position on the magazine’s annual ranking of the 50 most-generous Americans (November 28). In its fourth special report on philanthropy, BusinessWeek estimates that…