Defining the Ideal Leader for a Foundation
NEW BOOKS Competencies for Chief Executive Officers of Private Foundations, aims to clarify what the job requirements for a foundation’s chief executive should be. Often, the report finds, the high expectations for a CEO “are more akin to an anthology of hope than to a definition of role.” To that…
By Anne W. Howard
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Supporting Cultural Organizations in Large Cities
NEW BOOKS Arts and Culture in the Metropolis: Strategies for Sustainability, by Kevin F. McCarthy, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje, and Jennifer L. Novak, examines arts organizations in 11 metropolitan areas. This study, commissioned by the William Penn Foundation and the Greater Philadelphia Cultural…
By Anne W. Howard
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Profile of a Philanthropist, the Widow of a Businessman
NEW BOOKS Mrs. Russell Sage: Women’s Activism and Philanthropy in Gilded Age and Progressive Era America
By Anne W. Howard
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How Small Groups Promote Social Change
NEW BOOKS From the Ground Up: Grassroots Organizations Making Social Change
By Anne W. Howard
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How to Bring in Money for Your Organization
NEW BOOKS Capital Campaigns
By Anne W. Howard
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100,000 People May Have Cheated on Charity Tax Breaks
More than 100,000 taxpayers may have cheated the government of as much as $1.8-billion worth of revenue last year by claiming improper deductions on their income-tax returns for donations of goods and property to charity, according to a report released last month by the Treasury Department’s…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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A Health Charity’s Leader Serves Poor People in the Shadow of Wealth
It’s 8:15 on a breezy South Florida morning and Yolette Bonnet-Pierre is circulating among the 40 people attending a breakfast at the opulent City Club of the Palm Beaches, several stories above a glittering marina lined by million-dollar-plus homes. Ethel Isaacs Williams, a lawyer, has gathered…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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Smithsonian Undertakes Review of Its Governance
A committee that includes several nonprofit leaders has begun reviewing the Smithsonian Institution’s governance practices in the wake of the messy departure of the organization’s top executive, Lawrence M. Small. Mr. Small, who had been Smithsonian secretary since 2000, resigned last week after…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Bits: Accenture Foundations Awards $1.5-million to the Aidmatrix Foundation
By Nicole Wallace The second annual NetSquared Conference, scheduled for May 29-30 in San Jose, Calif., will focus on improving and promoting 20 projects that use social-networking sites and other technologies to promote social change. Organizers are accepting project nominations through April 6.…
AT&T Gives $1-Million for Computer Training
By Sam KeanTo help older people become more savvy with Amazon and eBay (or simply learn how to turn on a computer monitor), the AT&T Foundation has donated $1-million to the Oasis Institute. Oasis — which offers arts, health, and technology classes to elderly people — will use the money to update…