A children’s hospital’s efforts to build a grass-roots advocacy network pay off in legislative victories
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Need Is Great, but Charities Say Raising Funds for Darfur Proves Challenging
By Caroline PrestonAs secretary general of the United Nations, Kofi Annan’s relationship to the U.N. World Food Programme is not ALSO SEE:Article: Care in the CrossfireArticle: Grandson of Holocaust Survivors Rallies Support for Darfur typically that of benefactor. But in May, Mr. Annan gave the…
By Caroline Preston
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Grandson of Holocaust Survivors Rallies Support for Darfur
Swarthmore College’s idyllic Pennsylvania campus is thousands of miles away from the violence that erupted three ALSO SEE:Article: Care in the CrossfireArticle: Need Is Great, but Charities Say Raising Funds for Darfur Proves Challenging years ago in Sudan’s Darfur region. But Mark Hanis says that,…
By Caroline Preston
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Charity workers in Sudan face obstacles on many frontsIn early April, the Norwegian Refugee Council received an unusual eviction notice. Sudanese officials gave the Oslo ALSO SEE:Article: Grandson of Holocaust Survivors Rallies Support for DarfurArticle: Need Is Great, but Charities Say Raising…
By Caroline Preston
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The Year in Giving, Told Through Photographs
Charity officials have long relied on Giving USA to provide tallies of how much Americans give to charity. ALSO SEE:Photo essay: Portraits show how charitable dollars are used Its annual report presents pages and pages of statistical data on the state of philanthropy. This year, however, the report…
Donations to Social-Service and Environmental Groups Rose in 2005
By Debra E. Blum and Holly Hall Following is a summary of how different types of groups fared in their fund raising last year, according to Giving USA, the ALSO SEE: Chart: Where the Money Came From Chart: How Donations Fared Over Past Two Years, by Charitable Cause Article: Coming on Strong…
By Debra E. Blum and Holly Hall
Gifts in 2005 nearly matched all-time high of 2000American charities are achieving their strongest fund-raising results in years — in many cases coming ALSO SEE: Chart: Giving to Charities, by Source of Donations Chart: How Much Americans Gave for Disaster Relief Table:Where Disaster-Relief…
By Holly Hall
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Presbyterian Church Gets $150-Million
By Maria Di MentoStanley W. Anderson, a Denver businessman who says he is frustrated with the steady decline in membership in the Presbyterian church, has given $150-million to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the religious denomination’s headquarters in Louisville, Ky. He said the money was to be…
By Maria Di Mento
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Harvard Puts Plans for Health Unit on Hold
By Maria Di MentoHarvard University has halted a plan to hire 155 staff members and scholars after it failed to receive any of the $115-million Lawrence J. Ellison, chief executive of the Oracle software company, promised to give the university. The proposed Ellison Institute for World Health,…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Mich. Lawmakers Offer Bill to Force Ford and Other Funds to Give More Within the State
By Ian WilhelmIn a move highly criticized by foundation leaders, two Michigan state lawmakers introduced legislation this month that would essentially force the Ford Foundation to direct at least half of its giving to the state. While the proposal is unlikely to become law, it reflects the growing…
By Ian Wilhelm
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