Online marketing deals can reap big benefits, but questions remainAs the holiday giving season reaches its height, the American Red Cross hopes to ring up ALSO SEE:A Hunger for Payment at Charity Site a $50,000 donation from Warner Brothers in exchange for the charity’s help promoting the video and…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Youth Council and Reporter Are Among Latest ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
Packard Fund Doubles Efforts to Protect Open Space in California
By STEPHEN G. GREENEIn a fight against time, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation has doubled its support for efforts to shield California farmland, wildlife habitat, and other open space from developers. Halfway through its five-year, $175-million Conserving California Landscapes Initiative,…
By Stephen G. Greene
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St. Louis Symphony Gets a Pledge of $40-Million; Other Recent Gifts
Numerous nonprofit groups have received large gifts: * The St. Louis Symphony has received a pledge of up to $40-million from Jack Taylor, founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car, in St. Louis, and several of his family members. The Taylor family will match up to $35-million raised within four years to…
Ford Foundation Gives $330-Million to Educate Leaders in Developing Countries
By STEPHEN G. GREENEThe Ford Foundation has announced that it plans to spend $330-million to help educate and train thousands of future leaders from developing countries. The new International Fellows Program will enable people from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Russia to pursue…
By Stephen G. Greene
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President Clinton Urges Adoption of Policies to Spur Philanthropy
By GRANT WILLIAMSPresident Clinton has hailed a resurgence in charitable giving, citing a new ALSO SEE:Giving as a Share of Gross Domestic Product report from his Council of Economic Advisers that identifies a rise in giving in recent years as a proportion of the nation’s total economic activity.…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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From High-Tech Workers to High-Powered Givers
By ELIZABETH GREENEWhen Jim Johnson was ready to start giving away some of the money he had earned at Intel Corporation, the computer-hardware expert attacked philanthropy the way he would any engineering problem. “I said, Okay, I need to get educated about this,” he says. Like many high-tech…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Coalition Helps Southeastern Groups Uncover Their Hidden Assets
By ELIZABETH GREENEEndowments have not caught on in the rural Southeast, and yet few parts of the country have a greater need for a permanent pool of money for local charity. But a new coalition has plans to educate potential donors about philanthropy and local ALSO SEE:Teaching the Art of…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Boston Group Takes the Initiative in Providing Resources to Charitable Donors
By MEG SOMMERFELDH. Peter Karoff believes people need to be “motivated, educated, nudged, and supported” if they ALSO SEE:Teaching the Art of GivingProject Aims to Make Giving by Blacks More Effective and EnduringA Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots UpPhilanthropy…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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