Federal Program Awards $12.4-Million
The Technology Opportunities Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce has awarded grants totaling $12.4-million to 25 nonprofit organizations and state and local governments. Since 1994, the program has awarded grants for innovative projects that demonstrate how information technology can be put…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) has presented its Frederick R. Weisman Award for Philanthropy to David Rockefeller, former chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank…
Report Shows Hiring Slows at Foundations
The percentage of foundations that employ paid staff members has decreased over the past decade, ALSO SEE:Staffing at U.S. FoundationsDriven by MissionCharities and Foundations Must Confront Shrinking Labor Pool, Researcher SaysWhat Drives Nonprofit Employees even as the number of foundations that…
By Lara L. McDavit
Contributor
Charities and Foundations Must Confront Shrinking Labor Pool, Researcher Says
Nonprofit organizations -- and the grant makers that support them -- need to become more aware of a ALSO SEE:Driven by MissionWhat Drives Nonprofit EmployeesReport Shows Hiring Slows at Foundations coming decrease in the available labor pool, and start providing more support to employees and…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Nonprofit employees trade high pay for job satisfactionGina L. Brooks is proud of the work done by Second Helpings, the Indianapolis anti-hunger charity she heads. But her employees, she says, may be even prouder. Take, for example, her food-production manager. Second Helpings trains individuals in…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
U.Va. to Receive $114-Million; Other BigGifts
Two universities have received large donations: The University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, has received a bequest of $64-million and a $50-million trust, which will come to the university in 25 years, from David A. Harrison III, who died in June, and his late wife, Mary. The $64-million was…
Belt-Tightening at Two Foundations Puts the Squeeze on Charities
Plummeting stock values not only have left many foundations with less money to give away, but in some cases have prompted them to trim their staffs and narrow their grant making as well. As a result, many of their longtime grantees are scrambling to find new sources of support. The precipitous…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Annenberg’s Bequest Tops $1-Billion
Walter H. Annenberg, who was estimated to be worth $4-billion when he died this month at age 94, left at least $1-billion to his foundation, and possibly much more. The infusion of money from his estate could make the foundation one of the wealthiest dozen philanthropies in the United States. Mr.…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
Library and Harlem Programs Are Priorities for Clinton
Maputo, Mozambique Bill Clinton’s latest philanthropic efforts are taking place in Africa and other places outside the United States, but the former president’s work at home remains critical to his current plans. Two of his major goals domestically are raising money to build his presidential…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Clinton and Philanthropy: What He Wants to Do
Excerpts from The Chronicle’s interview with former President Bill Clinton.