Mixed Giving Picture Faces Groups in High-Tech Region
The economic downturn in California’s Silicon Valley has produced mixed results for charities: The percentage of people who donate to charity slipped from 83 percent in 1997 to 78 percent in 2001, but those who did donate last year gave a greater share of their income -- 3.3 percent, compared with…
By nicole lewis
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How ‘The Chronicle’ Compiled Its Survey of Giving at Nation’s Biggest Companies
The Chronicle’s annual survey on corporate giving offers a glimpse of philanthropy at many of ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 99 Major CorporationsClouds on the HorizonGetting the GoodsBusiness Leaders Plan to Encourage VolunteerismCorporate Giving: Related Charts the nation’s largest businesses. The…
Business Leaders Plan to Encourage Volunteerism
Eighteen leaders of some of America’s largest corporations met with President Bush ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 99 Major CorporationsClouds on the HorizonGetting the GoodsHow The Chronicle Compiled Its Survey of Giving at Nation’s Biggest CompaniesCorporate Giving: Related Charts last month to…
By Debra E. Blum
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Tax incentives spur boom in donations of productsDonations of computers, medical supplies, and other products from companies have become the fastest-growing ALSO SEE: Charitable Giving at 99 Major Corporations Clouds on the Horizon Business Leaders Plan to Encourage Volunteerism How The Chronicle…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Photograph by Alex HarrisA few days each week, a group of retired people file into a trailer behind an elementary school in a low-income North Philadelphia neighborhood and get to work. Their mission: helping struggling students improve reading and writing skills, as well as offering a constant…
Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): Appointed Bradley A. Friedman, executive ALSO SEE:A Rear Admiral Takes Helm of Red Cross director of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (Denver), to be director of endowment and planned giving. American Conservatory Theater (San Francisco): Appointed…
Charities Pay Women Less Than Men, Study Finds
Female executives at nonprofit organizations continue to be paid less than men in similar jobs, ALSO SEE: Differences in Pay for Men and Women in Top Charity Jobs Foundation Staffs Do Not Reflect Diversity of U.S. Population, Report Says Survey of College Fund Raisers Says That Gender Has Biggest…
By Harvy Lipman
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Survey of College Fund Raisers Says That Gender Has Biggest Impact on Salary
Women in fund-raising, alumni-relations, and communications departments at colleges and universities earn far less than their male colleagues, according to a new survey of salaries and benefits commissioned by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education. The survey, whose data was…
Corporate donations are unlikely to repeat last year’s gainsCharitable giving among the nation’s biggest companies rose last year, buoyed by an outpouring of ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 99 Major CorporationsGetting the GoodsBusiness Leaders Plan to Encourage VolunteerismHow The Chronicle Compiled…
By Debra E. Blum and Martha Voelz