OPRAH WINFREY’S CHARITABLE GIVING
Oprah Winfrey, 52, plans to leave most of her fortune to African orphans, reports Monsters and Critics.com. The talk-show host and entertainment mogul is the founder of the Angel Network, a charity that raises money for poverty-stricken children. She earned $225-million in 2004.
Eli J. Segal, who designed the AmeriCorps and the Welfare to Work Partnership programs, died on Monday at his home in Boston, reports The Boston Globe. He was 63. Mr. Segal served as campaign chief of staff to Bill Clinton in 1992. He had suffered from mesothelioma, a rare form of cancer caused by…
Ford heiress bequeaths $15-million in artwork to Detroit Institute of Arts
Venture capitalists in California’s Silicon Valley—known for its high-technology enterprises—are increasingly directing their money to nonprofit education projects, reports The New York Times. Leading the trend is the New Schools Venture Fund, in San Francisco, which provides money for teachers in…
The Trust for Public Land has purchased 208 acres of open land in east Los Angeles County for wilderness preservation, reports the Los Angeles Times. With support from the county and the California Wildlife Conservation Board, the $3.3-million purchase is part of the organization’s long-term…
Chicago foundations are joining forces to create a nonprofit organization that will provide agricultural jobs and training to people who have had difficulty finding employment, the Chicago Tribune reports. Windy City Harvest, led by the Steans Family Foundation and the Searle Funds at the Chicago…
The government of Eritrea has asked six Italian organizations to pull out of the country, the latest sign of its escalating reluctance to receive foreign aid, Reuters reports. The east African country, one of the poorest in the world, says that the charities failed to meet regulations enacted last…