United Ways Pare Fund-Raising Expectations for 2002-3 Campaigns
As the nation’s United Ways begin their fall fund-raising campaigns, many are setting conservative ALSO SEE:Donations Reported by 327 United Ways for 2001-2 goals. Some expect to raise less money than they did a year ago, and others are hoping to just keep pace with the 2001-2 drives. The grim…
By DAVID WHELAN
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United Way in the Nation’s Capital Tries to Win Back Donors’ Confidence
Washington As its chief executive stepped down and four federal inquiries continued into its operations and finances, the United Way of the National Capital Area took strong steps this month aimed at rebuilding the shaken confidence of individual and corporate donors in the Washington area. The…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Reaping the Rewards of Outreach
Hospital in East Los Angeles finds support in the neighborhoodThe gala benefit dinners and golf tournaments just weren’t working anymore. In truth, the events, which had been staples of White Memorial Medical Center’s fund-raising efforts for years, never did bring in the kind of money the…
By Rebecca Gardyn
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Founder of New York’s Guardian Angels; Oral-History Group Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
$21-Million Pledge Made to Va. College by Anonymous Donor; Other Recent Gifts
The College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, Va., has received a $21-million pledge from an anonymous donor to endow an undergraduate scholarship program. Students chosen to be College Scholars will receive financial assistance to cover approximately half the cost of attending the college, as…
Gifts to Community Foundations Decline, but Grants Are on the Rise
As the economy faltered and stock values plunged last year, gifts to community foundations ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2001 fell 15 percent compared with 2000 and community-foundation assets dipped for the first time in a decade, according to a survey by the…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2001
ALSO SEE: Gifts to Community Foundations Decline, but Grants Are on the Rise MARKET VALUE OF ASSETS TOP 50 1. New York Community Trust $1,785,215,504 2. Cleveland Foundation $1,499,767,419 3. Chicago Community Trust $1,157,517,684 4. Marin Community Foundation (Calif.) $1,035,125,000 5. San…
Encouraging Business to Consider Social Goals: a Sampling of Grants
Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York): To create a group of activists who will work to ALSO SEE:Toward Corporate ChangeGroups That Advise Corporations Are Wary About Taking Their Dollars hold meatpacking and poultry-processing corporations accountable for unethical hiring practices, low wages, poor…
Businesses seek nonprofit help in quest to become better citizensGeneral Motors, like other major car manufacturers, has faced plenty of pressure from environmental activists who want it to do more to reduce pollution. But several years ago, GM ALSO SEE:Groups That Advise Corporations Are Wary…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Photograph by Paul BlieseJewish life in the United States has a rich musical tradition dating from the colonial period, and the Milken Family Foundation, in Santa Monica, Calif., is doing what it can to preserve the compositions for future generations. More than 600 compositions and numerous…