Weddings and Charity Are a Match Made in Heaven
More and more couples are encouraging wedding guests to donate to charity in lieu of gifts as brides and grooms register with nonprofit groups, reports the Associated Press. “It felt like people gave more than they would have had it been a regular wedding gift,” says one newlywed, Georgia…
Obituary: Philip Merrill, Publisher and Philanthropist
Philip Merrill, a philanthropist and chairman of Capital-Gazette Communications, which publishes two magazines and five community newspapers in Maryland, is presumed drowned after his sailboat was discovered drifting unmanned in the Chesapeake Bay last weekend, reports The New York Times. He was…
Book Deal Stirs New Trouble for Getty Trust
Details of book deal stir up new questions for Getty Trust
Gates Foundation Prepares for New Phase
As the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, prepares to build a new headquarters and double its staff, it is also preparing to respond to widely circulating criticisms about its grant-making programs in global health, reports the Financial Times. Some critics have charged that grant…
Advocacy Group Questions Federal Earmarks
Americans for Prosperity, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, is running a nationwide campaign to protest federal earmarks that it says go to programs that hold little relevance for the U.S. public, reports the St. Petersburg Times. The group points to the Salvador Dali Museum, in St.…
Small Towns Get Short Shrift in Hurricane Aid
Gulf Coast small towns see little in Katrina donations
U.S. ‘Eco-Philanthropists’ Stir Debate in Chile
Douglas and Kristine Tompkins, former heads of the clothing labels Esprit and Patagonia, respectively, are putting a controversial face on “eco-philanthropy” in South America as they buy up large tracts of land in Chile and Argentina for a nature preserve, reports the Los Angeles Times. The…
D.C. Charities Lose Out in Housing Boom
As the real-estate market continues to flourish in Washington and surrounding areas, charities have been struggling to secure land donations for housing projects and other nonprofit activities, reports The Washington Post. Housing prices in the region have skyrocketed in the last five years,…