Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park (Mass.) May 2003 Dec. 2005 $10,000,000 $4,800,000 For a storage facility, landscaping, and the endowment…
Managers of Volunteers Seek Training, Respect from Education Programs
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Eman Quotah Like a lot of people who manage charities’ volunteer activities, Joni Todd fell into her job. The former teacher had volunteered for a year in the thrift shop run by the Freeport Area Church Cooperative, in Freeport, Ill., and that experience helped her snag a…
By EMAN QUOTAH
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Philanthropy in Washington, D.C.
A Region of Givers provides an overview of giving by individuals, companies, and foundations in Washington, D.C., and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia. In 2002, 52 percent of private foundations reduced the amount they distributed in grants compared with what they gave away in 2001,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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The Best of Board Cafe: Hands-On Solutions for Nonprofit Boards, by Jan Masaoka, presents articles about nonprofit boards that originally appeared in a newsletter published by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a San Francisco consulting and training company for nonprofit organizations. Ms. Masaoka,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Ramban’s Ladder: a Meditation on Generosity and Why It Is Necessary to Give
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Tips for Designing Disaster-Recovery Plans
Disaster Recovery Planning for Nonprofits
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Career Activist Brings Civil-Rights Passion to Community Fund
For more than 20 years, Antonia Hernández has been fighting to protect the rights of Mexican- Americans. Now she is about to leave behind the day-to-day legal and advocacy battles she waged as head of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and become head of the California…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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Senate Committee Asks IRS for Muslim-Charity Records
Washington As part of an expanding Congressional investigation into alleged ties between charities and terrorist groups, the Senate Finance Committee has asked the Internal Revenue Service to turn over confidential records, including donor names, of 24 Muslim charities and foundations. Some Muslim…
By Brad Wolverton
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‘San Francisco’: a Look at the Moore Foundation
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, a $5-billion philanthropy in San Francisco, has frustrated environmental groups with its smattering of grants and its leaders from the corporate world, says San Francisco magazine (January). Started in November 2000 by the founder of Intel, a company that…
By Nicole Lewis
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Many Charities Report Success in Coping With Fiscal Challenges
Many nonprofit organizations managed to increase revenues last year, despite daunting fiscal challenges caused by a lackluster economy and cutbacks in government support, according to a new report. But the groups’ costs rose even more, prompting many of them to scale back some programs and take…
By Stephen G. Greene
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