Anniversary celebrations can draw attention and dollarsWhen the Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council reached its 20th year of operations in 2002, officials decided to mark the milestone with a special dinner featuring the actor Danny ALSO SEE:Celebrating the Occasion: Making the Most of an…
By nicole lewis
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Real-Estate Mogul Pledges $100-Million to Arizona State U.; Other Gifts
Nine institutions have received big gifts: Ira A. Fulton, founder of Fulton Homes, a residential real-estate development company in Tempe, Ariz., and his wife, Mary Lou, have pledged $100-million to Arizona State University Foundation, in Tempe. The Fultons stipulated that the money is to be split…
Biggest Grants Announced in 2005
Amount Foundation Recipient Purpose $750-million Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (Geneva) To strengthen vaccine services in poor countries, expand the use of vaccines in regions where they are urgently needed, accelerate the development of new…
Biggest Gifts and Pledges Announced by Individuals in 2005
Amount Donor Purpose or beneficiary $400-million (bequest) Cordelia Scaife May, an heiress to the Mellon fortune To the Colcom Foundation (Pittsburgh) $320-million William H. (Bill) Gates III, chairman of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda F. Gates To the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle)…
Nearly 60 percent of Americans believe that a charity should return a donor’s money if the organization intentionally ignores what the donor wanted done with it. Ninety-seven percent of Americans say that charities’ spending donations on unauthorized projects would be a “serious” matter, according…
By Harvy Lipman
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How Much Americans Donate to Charity
By Income Bracket Adjusted gross income Number of filers Salary and non-investment income Average start-of-year investment assets Average total gifts Total gifts as a percentage of salary and non-investment income Total gifts as a percentage of investment assets $10,000,000 or more 6,126 $5,314,955…
Twenty-Nine Percent of Americans Volunteer for Good Causes, New Study Finds
Twenty-nine percent of Americans volunteered in the past year, a percentage that has held steady for the past two years, according to a report released last month by the U.S. government. However, the amount of time people spent volunteering declined slightly, the Bureau of Labor Statistics survey…
By Leah Kerkman
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New Efforts Under Way to Recruit the Next Generation of Charity Leaders
Alarmed by the number of longtime charity leaders who will soon be leaving their organizations, some ALSO SEE:Special Report: Generation NextCharity Leadership and Turnover foundations and other organizations have begun working to increase the number of qualified applicants for departing…
By Holly Hall
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Smooth Transitions: Experts Offer Tips on Hiring New Leaders
Planning a change in leadership is tricky for most nonprofit groups. Following are tips from nonprofit consultants on the best ways to avoid stumbles: Consider the charity’s needs first. Many nonprofit organizations get bogged down trying to ALSO SEE:Special Report: Generation NextCharity…
By Holly Hall
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Charity Leadership and Turnover
Nearly three-fourths of all nonprofit executives will reach retirement age over the next two decades, ALSO SEE: Special Report: Generation Next and charities will be hard pressed to replace them, according to a new survey. The survey of 2,200 executive directors, commissioned by the Annie E. Casey…