Israel’s Bid to Join International Red Cross Blocked
Israel’s bid to join international Red Cross blocked
Nonprofit Medical Providers Offer Better Care Than For-Profit Peers, Study Finds
Nonprofit nursing homes and hospitals on average provide a better quality of care compared with for-profit medical facilities, according to a study in the journal Health Affairs, reports Reuters. The study looked at 162 cases of nonprofit versus commercial medical providers. One specific type of…
Ruth Lilly Relatives Petition for Guardianship
Relatives of Ruth Lilly have sued to establish legal guardianship of the 90-year-old billionaire heiress, a move that might allow millions of dollars designated for donation to be paid to charities, reports The Indianapolis Star. The family members said Ms. Lilly’s deteriorating health has…
Cincinnati Effort Reduces Infant-Mortality Rate
Every Child Succeeds, a Cincinnati effort to help impoverished mothers, has helped to reduce the infant-mortality rate for its participants by adopting business-like goals and corporate management approaches, reports The Wall Street Journal. The program, which was started by the local United Way…
Refugees Need More Aid, Says United Nations
While the total number of refugees in the world is at its lowest in more than 25 years—8.4 million people—wealthy nations and international aid groups need to do more to help displaced people rebuild and to prevent conflicts, the head of the United Nations refugee group said Tuesday, reports…
Bill Would Cut, Not Eliminate, Estate Tax
Compromise bill would eliminate estate tax for all but wealthiest
Red Cross Plans New Emblem for Middle East Groups
Red Cross plans to adopt a new symbol for Middle East affiliates
Charity Tries to Foster Female Millionaires
The nonprofit “Make Mine a $Million Business” program awards 20 woman-owned businesses each year with financial support, educational programs, and advice, reports BusinessWeek. The program’s goal is to create one million woman-owned businesses earning $1 million in revenue by 2010. The effort is…
Tech Entrepreneurs Could Follow Gates’s Lead
Bill Gates’s recent decision to leave Microsoft and take up philanthropy full-time may influence other technology executives to increase their charitable giving, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. “He’s setting the standard for what wealthy entrepreneurs in this generation ought to be doing,”…
Conservationists Seek Protections for Whales
Shaken by a recent International Whaling Commission meeting in which pro-whaling nations won a majority, conservationists are asking governments to strengthen their efforts to protect those endangered animals, reports The Washington Post. Japan led the whaling bloc in the fight against a moratorium…