Internet Entrepreneur Tries to Bring Employee Giving On Line
To former Microsoft employee Pete Mountanos, it seemed to be simple enough: ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. He wanted to give money to a shelter for battered women through the company’s annual employee charity drive. But because the Santa…
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New Fund to Benefit Individual Artists Announces Grantees
Creative Capital, a new fund to support emerging artists, announced its first round of grant winners today -- ALSO SEE:Awards Made by New Arts Fund 75 people whose work ranges from a hip-hop dance based on Romeo and Juliet to a Web site that uses video-streaming technology to tell the stories of…
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Charities work to turn holiday volunteers into year-round help A few days before Thanksgiving, Chicagoan David Cook decided that he wanted to spend the holiday helping to feed the homeless. ALSO SEE:Red Cross Taps Surplus Holiday Helpers to Generate Revenue But Mr. Cook, a management consultant,…
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For Billionaire Couple, Equal Partnership Fuels Passion for Philanthropy
In their art collecting, their philanthropy, and in just about everything else they do, ALSO SEE:A New Era for Jewish PhilanthropyThe Foundations of Andrea and Charles Bronfman Charles and Andrea Bronfman prefer to work as a team. Part of their success together is that they share certain passions…
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A New Era for Jewish Philanthropy
‘Super Bowl’ of conferences to mark first meeting of newly merged group Charles R. Bronfman, the 68-year-old Canadian billionaire and philanthropist, is midway through a tour of North America, ALSO SEE:For Billionaire Couple, Equal Partnership Fuels Passion for PhilanthropyThe Foundations of Andrea…
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Non-profit groups rally behind museum after Mayor withholds funds and threatens to oust board over controversial art show Numerous non-profit groups and foundations have joined together to help the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which stands to lose all $7-million of its New York City aid in a dispute…
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Education Grant Makers Told How to Learn: Listen to the Public
CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK If foundations want their grant dollars to improve the performance of the public schools, they need to listen more to parents and the public, Andy Plattner, a communications consultant, told an audience of foundation officers assembled here for the annual fall meeting of…
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Observers ask tough questions about the potential for success of the Gates Foundation’s $1-billion scholarship program The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s promise last month to give $1-billion over the next 20 years to help at least 20,000 minority students attend college is a landmark in…
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Gates Pledges $1-Billion in Scholarships
Just weeks after catapulting up the ranks to become the nation’s largest foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $1-billion over 20 years to start a college scholarship program for low-income minority students. The “Gates Millennium Scholars” program will be administered by…
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Gates Fund Pledges $1-Billion in Scholarships for Low-Income Minority Students
Just weeks after catapulting up the ranks to become the nation’s largest foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $1-billion over 20 years to start a college scholarship program for low-income minority students. The “Gates Millennium Scholars” program will be administered by…
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