E-Mail Promotion Powers Bikeathon
Riders who sign up for the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a two-day charity bikeathon, agree to raise at least $1,000 for cancer care and research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, in Boston. This summer participants in the August ride got an electronic boost for their fund-raising efforts.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A New Resource for Disabled Students
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, a nonprofit organization in Princeton, N.J., hopes that its new digitally recorded textbooks will make reading assignments and research a little easier for students who have physical or learning disabilities. This week the organization will introduce its new…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Battle Between Hershey Trust and Pennsylvania Turns Bitter
Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher and the charitable trust that controls the giant Hershey Foods Corporation are fighting over the ramifications of the possible sale of the company. Mr. Fisher has asked the state’s Orphans’ Court, which oversees charitable trusts, for a temporary…
Senator Seeks Financial Information From American Red Cross Leaders
Washington The American Red Cross is facing a new set of questions from a key U.S. senator. In May, Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, sent the Red Cross 39 questions about its fund-raising ALSO SEE:D.C. United Way Faces New Scrutiny practices following the September terrorist attacks. He…
D.C. United Way Faces New Scrutiny
Charity is under review by federal officials; United Way of America leader seeks changesThe United Way of America, the national umbrella organization of local United Ways, is under ALSO SEE:Senator Seeks Financial Information From American Red Cross Leaders Congressional scrutiny because of alleged…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Donations to United Ways at $3.95-Billion in 2001-2
The nation’s 1,813 United Ways raised $3.95-billion in their 2001-2 annual campaigns, a decline of 1.8 percent after adjusting for inflation. The figure excludes all but $30-million of the funds raised in connection with last September’s terrorist attacks. United Ways raised $40-million more than…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Group That Sends Medical Teams Abroad Among Latest ‘Points of Light’ Recipients
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…
A for-profit company that organized bikeathons to benefit people with AIDS and charity walks for breast-cancer research has suspended most of its operations and laid off 250 employees, according to The San Francisco Chronicle and The Washington Post. Pallotta TeamWorks, in Los Angeles, had raised…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
$10-Million to College; Other Gifts
Tom Marsico, founder and chairman of Marsico Capital Management, in Denver, and his wife, Cydney, have donated $10-million for a program to improve the undergraduate arts and sciences programs at the University of Denver. The Marsicos, both alumni of the university, live in Englewood, Colo. Other…
Foundation Giving in 2002 Won’t Rise, Report Predicts
After five years of double-digit growth, the total amount of grants awarded by the nation’s ALSO SEE:Foundation TrendsGrowth in Foundation Assets, by Region, 1999-2000 foundations rose much more slowly last year, increasing by about 5 percent, according to a new report. Giving this year is expected…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor