N.Y. Medical Center to Receive $150-Million; Other Big Gifts
Three institutions have received big gifts: Cornell University’s medical school, in New York, will receive $150-million from two finance executives toward its $750-million capital campaign. Sanford I. Weill, chairman of Citigroup, and his wife, Joan, committed $100-million to the campaign. In…
By Laura Hruby
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Appeals by Charities Rebuilding Afghanistan Draw Strong Response From Donors
Much of the philanthropic flood following last September’s attacks focused on ALSO SEE:Delivering Relief in Afghanistan caring for the American victims. But dozens of humanitarian organizations working in Afghanistan and neighboring areas have also benefited from the attention focused on that…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Delivering Relief in Afghanistan
Charities face many hurdles in rebuilding war-torn countryThe World Food Program’s successful delivery of a record 128,000 tons of food to Afghanistan ALSO SEE:Appeals by Charities Rebuilding Afghanistan Draw Strong Response From Donors last month -- at an impressive rate of some 250 truckloads a…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Photograph by Michael McDermott, for The ChronicleNothing shows caring like a handmade gift. That’s the idea behind Quilts from Caring Hands, a charity in Corvallis, Ore. The charity’s 40 volunteers design and make quilts, stuffed toys, and quilted activity books for blind children, which they…
Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Kelly Apostolidis, manager ALSO SEE:Former Wall Street Executive Brings Finance Skills to Rockefeller for national media outreach, to be director of national media outreach, and Debra D’Angelo, director of print production, to be senior director of print…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose Cleveland Orchestra (Ohio) May 2000 March 2003 $14,000,000 $8,076,000 To renovate the Blossom Music Center Elmhurst College (Ill.) Dec. 2001 June…
Survey Reveals Income Gap Between Male and Female Fund Raisers
Female fund raisers at U.S. nonprofit organizations earn a median salary of $25,000 ALSO SEE: Salaries and Benefits Paid to Fund Raisers less per year than their male counterparts, according to the first comprehensive compensation and benefits survey of fund raisers in North America conducted by…
By Heather Joslyn
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Linking a Network to Connect and Nurture Young Charity Workers
BRAINSTORMS By Sandy Asirvatham In 1997, at the height of the dot-com economy in the San Francisco area, young Bay Area nonprofit workers felt culturally and professionally isolated. Even for those people stalwart enough to stay committed to nonprofit work in the face of tempting tech-industry…
By Sandy Asirvatham
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The best proposals are written by staff members who have been involved in planning the program that seeks funds.
By Heather Joslyn
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