Winners of First ‘Purpose Prize’ Awards Named
A new prize program that aims to help reshape the way Americans view older people has handed out five $100,000 awards to nonprofit leaders who are working to solve social problems in an innovative way — all of them more than 60 years old. Selected from among 1,200 applicants, the winners of the…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Philanthropist Reneges on Multimillion-Dollar Pledge to University
Philanthropist reneges on $95.7-million pledge to U. of Colorado
Donor Pressure Forces Senator to Decline Charity’s Honor
Va. Senator declines charity award due to donor objections
Intense Diplomatic Effort Led to Israeli Group Joining Red Cross Movement
The June decision to allow Magen David Adom, the Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross, to join the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement was the product of an intense year and a half diplomatic effort by the U.S. State Department working with the American Red Cross, reports The…
Mass. Hospital Executives’ Salaries Criticized
Chief executives at nonprofit hospitals in Massachusetts received substantial pay and benefit increases in fiscal year 2005, with most of the largest medical institutions for the first time paying their top managers more than $1-million, reports The Boston Globe. The Massachusetts Nurses…
U.S. Government Freezes Assets of Lebanese Aid Group
The U.S. Treasury Department has frozen the assets of the Islamic Resistance Support Organization, in Beirut, for allegedly raising money in Detroit to support Hezbollah, reports The Detroit Free Press. However, local Arab and Muslim leaders told the newspaper that they are unaware of the group,…
Ties to Charities Cited as Terrorism Evidence
Documents cite charity ties as evidence against Guantanamo prisoners
Mayor Sentenced for Taking Charity’s Money
A former Virginia mayor, convicted of stealing Social Security checks and transferring $31,500 to himself from a church charity to pay debts, will not be sent to prison, reports The Associated Press. Instead, Carl B. Hutcherson Jr., who resigned his post as Lynchburg mayor and pastor at a United…
Small-Schools Model Loses Some Support
The “small schools” model, which reorganizes large high schools into a cluster of smaller schools, has started to draw some criticism, despite reports of some success and big-name proponents such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, reports The Associated Press. In this model, schools are broken…