How to Get Donors to Talk About Money
When Charles W. Collier, a senior philanthropic adviser at Harvard University, talks with prospective donors, ALSO SEE:Gaining Families’ Trust he often gives them a copy of his book, Wealth in Families, as a way to help them think through plans for allocating their estates. In the book, Mr. Collier…
By Brad Wolverton
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Philanthropy adviser helps donors think deeply about givingCambridge, Mass.
By Brad Wolverton
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Harvard Gets $25-Million; Other New Gifts
Five organizations have received large gifts: Hansjoerg Wyss has donated $25-million to Harvard Business School, in Cambridge, Mass., to support its doctoral programs. Mr. Wyss, who received an M.B.A. from Harvard in 1965, is the chairman and chief executive officer of Synthes Inc., a…
Giving by Small Foundations Decreased in 2003, New Survey Finds
Members of the Association of Small Foundations increased the size of their assets by 13 percent last ALSO SEE: Small Foundations: The Causes They Support year, but donated a smaller percentage in grants than in 2002, a new survey reported. In 2003, 1,031 foundations reported giving away an average…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Gates Fund Gets 300 Requests a Day
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation receives about 300 unsolicited requests for money a day, but it strongly ALSO SEE:A View Inside the GatesGates Program in Botswana Offers Lessons on Fighting AIDS prefers to do its own research and then invite proposals from charities it believes fit its…
By Ian Wilhelm
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As White House and Congress Deal With the Budget, Charities Brace for Cuts
As President Bush was elected to a second term last week, and as Republicans solidified their control ALSO SEE:What Nonprofit Leaders Want over Congress, some nonprofit leaders expressed concern that charities in the next four years could face continued reductions in government funds, increased…
By Brad Wolverton
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Charity and foundation leaders offer advice on the best ways for the president to help philanthropyAs President Bush was re-elected to his second term last week, The Chronicle asked nonprofit leaders to recommend what steps he could take as he begins the new term to help charities ALSO SEE:As White…
Photograph by Duncan Garrett In Healdsburg, Calif., many of the young patients who have been seeking help from the Alliance Medical Center, a nonprofit health-care center that serves mostly low-income Latino families, are overweight. A few of the youngsters neared 200 pounds even before they became…
By Caroline Preston
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ALS Association, Greater New York Chapter: Appointed Lucretia Gilbert, development and marketing associate at Gilda’s Club Worldwide (New York), to be special-events manager, and Pam Yosh, a major-gifts officer at Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston), to be director of development. American…