Entrepreneur wants to help those ignored by for-profit world Palo Alto, Calif. The smart bomb was what gave Jim Fruchterman his start in the nonprofit world. In an applied physics class at the California Institute of Technology, he ALSO SEE:Charity’s First Project Puts Digital Books in Hands of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Two Fund Raisers in the House: What Couples Say Makes It Work –Â or Not
Bree E. Horwitz, 27, and Ann L. Rudy, 28 Many fund raisers can’t imagine being involved with someone with the same headaches, but ALSO SEE:Fund Raising From the Heart Bree E. Horwitz, director of development for a National Public Radio program called Living on Earth, says an easygoing attitude can…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
Boston couple show each other how to help good causes Boston When Anne-Marie Fitzgerald had to plan a kickoff event with the first lady, Laura Bush, ALSO SEE:Two Fund Raisers in the House: What Couples Say Makes It Work -- or Not for her charity’s national conference, she found the help she needed…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
Connecting With Kids Through Art
A brush with breast cancer prompted Lisa Fitzhugh, 34, to leave a career in politics and start Arts Corps, a two-year-old organization that operates after-school arts programs in Seattle. While Ms. Fitzhugh was undergoing chemotherapy and radiation in 1999, she knew those treatments might mean she…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Points of Light Honors 11-Year-Old Author
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…
$25-Million Committed to Duke U.; Other Gifts
Duke University, in Durham, N.C., has received a pledge of $25-million from Peter and Ginny Nicholas, of Boston, and their family, for professorships and other faculty support. The Nicholases both graduated from Duke in 1964, and their three children also earned degrees from the university. Mr.…
Education Is Top Cause for Grants
Education organizations received the largest share of foundation dollars in 2000, ALSO SEE:Foundation Giving Trends, 2000 capturing a quarter of grant dollars, according to a new report by the Foundation Center. That marked the 12th year in a row that education groups received more grant money than…
By Laura Hruby
Contributor
Foundation Giving Trends, 2000
ALSO SEE: Education Is Top Cause for Grants PERCENTAGE GROWTH IN GIVING CAUSES SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATIONS Subject Dollar amount Percent Number of grants Percent Arts and culture $1,798,615,000 12.0% 17,835 14.9% Education $3,779,009,000 25.2% 24,615 20.6% Environment and animals $987,425,000 6.6%…
Half of $2-Billion Raised for September 11 Given Away; Other Recovery Updates
Charities collecting money for September 11 recovery efforts have distributed half of the more than ALSO SEE:September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and DistributedIRS Handling of September 11 Charities Shows Weaknesses of Approval System, Critics SaySeptember 11 Charities Face…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
September 11 Charities Face Challenges Beyond the Ordinary
Six months after the devastating terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, ALSO SEE:IRS Handling of September 11 Charities Shows Weaknesses of Approval System, Critics SayHalf of $2-Billion Raised for September 11 Given Away; Other Recovery UpdatesA Sampling of Charities Given…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor