The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Arts. The Herb Alpert Foundation (Los Angeles) has announced the recipients of its 2007 Alpert Award in the Arts, which recognizes achievement by artists in five fields.…
Leaving Katrina Behind for a New Effort to Aid Poor People
Sherece Y. West moved to Lafayette, La., in June 2005 to take over the leadership of the Carrier Foundation, ALSO SEE: TEXTBOX: About Sherece Y. West, President of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation a family fund that seeks to improve the lives of poor families in the southwestern part of the…
By nicole lewis
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A Journey to Protect America’s Coastline
Here’s the question that Stein Kretsinger and Robert Weinman are asking anyone who will listen as they travel by foot and kayak up America’s East Coast: ALSO SEE:SLIDESHOW: See photographs from the Beach Walk Project. What’s the best kind of structure to build on a barrier island? Their answer: A…
By Debra E. Blum
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Charity Ads Are Broadcast During Key Times, Study Finds
By Sam KeanMany charity advertisements play during key viewing and listening hours, a study by West Glen Communications, in New York, found. Only 32 percent of 120,048 television charity ads and 40 percent of 9,478 radio charity ads tracked in the study ran during the dead hours of the night. Even…
By Sam Kean
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Few Groups Monitor Marketing Results
By Peter Panepento Nearly two-thirds of charitable organizations do not keep track of the results of their marketing efforts and therefore have no way to know whether they are reaching the people they hope to influence, according to an online survey of 350 nonprofit communication leaders. The…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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‘Town & Country’: Power of Giving
Iman, the African-born supermodel and businesswoman, has turned her attention to helping African children and families who have AIDS, says the cover article in Town & Country’s June issue, which contains numerous articles and advice columns focused on the “power of giving.” Born in Somalia, Iman,…
By Nicole Lewis
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‘Nature’: Philanthropy Tops Government and Business
With a growing number of philanthropic dollars supporting medical research, some nonprofit officials argue that philanthropists and foundations have more success producing scientific breakthroughs and notable scientists than do corporations and governments, says Nature (May 17). While there is no…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Considering Racial Disparities When Making Grants
NEW BOOKS Grant Making With a Racial Equity Lens, explains what a “racial-equity lens” is, why foundations should use such an approach, how to incorporate it into grant making and operations, and how to overcome possible stumbling blocks. Defined as “disciplined attention to race and ethnicity…
By Anne W. Howard
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Book Aims to Help Foundations Maximize Social-Change Philanthropy
NEW BOOKS Funding Social Change: From the Inside Out,by Ronald W. Clement, offers advice for grant makers who want to initiate big changes through small organizations. In this publication from the Haigh-Scatena Foundation, Mr. Clement suggests that foundations can best encourage social progress by…
By Anne W. Howard
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Jumping From the Corporate World Into a Job at a Charity
NEW BOOKS Transitioning to the Nonprofit Sector: Shifting Your Focus From the Bottom Line to a Better World
By Anne W. Howard
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