Faith-Based Initiative Gets Mixed Support in Pew Poll
By LAURA HRUBYSeven of 10 Americans support proposals to provide government subsidies ALSO SEE:Government Aid to Religious Groups: What Americans Want to religious groups that run social-service programs, according to results of a nationwide poll released last week. But the majority of Americans…
By Laura Hruby
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Boy Scout Debate Tears at the Heart of a United Way in Florida
By DEBRA E. BLUMWhen the Heart of Florida United Way, in Orlando, decided last fall to ALSO SEE:Divided in Support of Scouts institute an antidiscrimination policy for the charities it supports, it found itself in the center of a tempest. Like many of its counterparts in other cities, the Heart of…
By Debra E. Blum
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It pays to remind donors of companies’ programs, charities findWorld Vision, an international-relief and development group in Federal Way, ALSO SEE: Company Policies on Matching Gifts Wash., has seen its employee matching-gift dollars from companies double since it started to promote such donations…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Tree Planters, Orange-Picking Students Among Latest ‘Points of Light’ Honorees
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…
U. of North Carolina, Santa Clara U. Receive Big Donations; Other Gifts
Two universities have received large gifts: The University of North Carolina has received $25-million from an anonymous donor to study human genetics. The donation to the Michael Hooker Center for Proteomics will support an effort to catalog the proteins in human cells. Lorry I. Lokey, a…
$1-Billion Growth in Assets Reported at ‘Conversion’ Health Funds
By NICOLE LEWISFoundations formed when nonprofit hospitals and other health-care ALSO SEE: Assets of Health-Care “Conversion” Foundations providers converted to businesses saw their assets grow last year to more than $16.3-billion, nearly $1-billion more than the previous year, says a new report.…
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Playwright uses art, philanthropy to fight violence against womenWhen Eve Ensler wrote The Vagina Monologues, a play that focuses ALSO SEE: V-Day: At a Glance Helping Women Avoid Abuse: a Sampling of V-Day’s Grants on female sexuality, she never guessed that five years later it would have helped to…
By nicole lewis
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Twice a month, a conference room at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Md., becomes an oasis for relatives of young people being treated there for life-threatening illnesses. In the conference room, the Vital Signs Poetry Project sets up shop. The charity is the brainchild of Davi…
United Ways struggle to balance donors’ interests in bias debateMany United Ways across the country have found themselves on the spot ALSO SEE:Boy Scout Debate Tears at the Heart of a United Way in Florida following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that upheld the Boy Scouts of America’s right to…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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ALS AssociationGreater Philadelphia Chapter (Fort Washington, Pa.): Appointed James Pinciotti, vice president at the Gleason Insurance Agency (Malvern, Pa.), to be executive director. The ALS Association offers support to individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s…