America’s Tradition of Helping Refugees: How One Charity Made a Difference
Since 1915, the Near East Foundation, in New York, has been providing humanitarian aid in Africa and the Middle East. To document the work of ALSO SEE:Items from the exhibit the organization, the Museum of the City of New York has mounted an exhibit showing more than 300 photographs, fund-raising…
$50-Million to Medical Center; Other Big Gifts
Four organizations recently received large gifts or pledges: The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, in Dallas, has received $50-million for its capital campaign from an anonymous donor. The gift will support the Clinical Services Initiative, which seeks to improve the quality of…
Ford Foundation Cuts Aid to Controversial Charity
The Ford Foundation, in New York, announced last week that it would cut off support to a Palestinian advocacy group. Ford said it made the move because of concerns about the group’s financial management, but the decision also comes after several Jewish organizations and 21 members of Congress…
By Michael Anft
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Health Tops List of Causes Supported by International Grant Makers
Grant makers have been pouring a growing share of their overseas dollars into health projects, replacing ALSO SEE:International Giving by American Foundations economic development as the international cause that gets the most from foundations, according to a new report. The rise in the proportion…
By nicole lewis
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$71-Million Bequeathed by Seattle Executive
By Matt Murray The Nature Conservancy, CARE USA, and the Trust for Public Land have received more than $71-million from a Seattle woman who died in June. Priscilla Bullitt Collins, a former chairwoman of King Broadcasting, provided $28.5-million apiece to the Nature Conservancy and CARE, while the…
Skoll Foundation’s Grants: a Sampling of Awards
Acción International (Boston): $75,000 to develop model technology to streamline microcredit lending to help low-income women around the world run small businesses. Acumen Fund (New York): $400,000 to support investment in enterprises that foster civic participation in the Muslim world. Appropriate…
Former eBay executive uses wealth to encourage activismSan Jose, Calif. Growing up in Montreal in the 1970s, Jeffrey S. Skoll often daydreamed about becoming a writer who could ALSO SEE:The Skoll FoundaionSkoll Foundation’s Grant: a Sampling of Awards inspire people to solve the world’s social…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Photograph by Joseph P. SinnottIn the late 1960s, George Murphy, a New York doctor, led a successful effort to preserve a large, commercially undeveloped space in the city, a former asphalt plant that has since been converted into a 5.5-acre sports and fitness complex on the Upper East Side. The…
Chautauqua Institution (N.Y.): Appointed Thomas M. Becker, chief executive officer of the Chautauqua Foundation and executive vice president of the institution, to be president. He succeeds Scott McVay, who has completed a three-year term as president. The Chautauqua Institution offers arts,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn The Internal Revenue Service has published two new brochures to help charities understand the laws governing tax-exempt status. One is designed to help prospective charities apply for a tax exemption. The other explains the requirements for charities to keep records, file…