Technology Investor Pledges $32-Million to Rice U.; Other Recent Big Gifts
Three institutions have received big gifts: Burt McMurtry, a private investor and a founding partner of Technology Venture Investors, in Menlo Park, Calif., and his wife, Deedee, have pledged $32-million to Rice University, in Houston. The money will come through a charitable remainder trust and…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Philanthopy Advice for Bill Gates
Andrew Natsios, professor of international development at Georgetown University, in Washington, and former ALSO SEE:Article: Gates Plans to Make Philanthropy His Top Focus Starting in 2008 administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development: “Choose a few countries that have competent,…
Gates Plans to Make Philanthropy His Top Focus Starting in 2008
By Ian WilhelmThis month’s announcement that Bill Gates would devote more time to the foundation that bears his name drew ALSO SEE:Article: Philanthopy Advice for Bill Gates applause from the nonprofit world, with some observers saying the move reflects his ambition to become one of history’s…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Charities Recommend Keeping Tabs on Entries in Online Encyclopedia
Wikipedia, the collaboratively written online encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute, contains entries ranging ALSO SEE:Article: Access for All from Bratislava to Madonna to the laws of thermodynamics. And among the more than one million articles in the English-language Wikipedia are numerous…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Founder of Wikipedia has an encyclopedic missionWhat Jim Wales seeks is as simple as it is sweeping: He says he wants everyone in the world to have free ALSO SEE:Article: Charities Recommend Keeping Tabs on Entries in Online Encyclopedia and ready access to the sum of all human knowledge. Mr. Wales…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
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By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. July 2006 6.0% June 6.0% May 5.8% April 5.6% March 5.4% February 5.2% January 5.4%…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose California Institute of Technology Oct. 2001 Dec. 2007 $1,400,000,000 $1,120,982,618 For buildings, endowments, research, and technology Graywolf…
American Cancer Society (Atlanta): Appointed Aurelia Stanley, national vice president of human resources, to be chief diversity officer, a newly created position. American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar (Richmond, Va.): Appointed Anedra Wiseman Bourne, public-relations manager at the…
PRESS CLIPPINGS The actress Angelina Jolie has donated more than $4-million since 2001 to Pakistani earthquake victims and other charitable causes, reports Forbes magazine (July 3). The article about Ms. Jolie, part of the magazine’s coverage of 100 ascendant celebrities, says that her charitable…
By Nicole Lewis
Contributor