California Charity Looks Beyond Getting Schools Wired
Netday, which has led a nationwide volunteer effort to wire elementary and secondary schools for the Internet, is refocusing its energies on bridging the digital divide and helping teachers use technology in their classrooms. As part of an assessment of its mission last fall, the Irvine, Calif.,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Campaign Promotes Safe Childbirth in Rwanda
An online campaign developed by the editors of Time magazine is raising money to create safer, more-sanitary conditions for women giving birth in Rwanda. Time started the Mother and Baby Survival Project -- administered by NetAid.org, the International Rescue Committee, and the Rwandan Ministry of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Museum Sites Feature Art Possibly Looted by Nazis
Museums across the country -- and around the world -- are using the Internet to post information about artworks in their collections that have incomplete ownership records for the years 1933 to 1945 and may have been looted by the Nazis. In June 1998, the Association of Art Museum Directors adopted…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Two Food Charities Join Forces in One of Biggest Non-Profit Mergers
When Deborah Leff was interviewing for the job of president of Second Harvest two years ago, she couldn’t resist asking a question: Would the nation’s largest network of food banks consider working with Foodchain, its biggest competitor in hunger relief? “It was so obvious to me, even on the…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
High Court Hears Case of Gay Scout
At issue: can government limit how non-profit leaders are selected? The U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a case that could determine what limits the government can place on the rights of non-profit organizations to choose their leaders. At issue: Whether the Boy Scouts of America…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Dollar Value of Gift Annuities Rose Sharply, Survey Shows
The average dollar value of charitable gift annuities, a popular form of planned giving, ALSO SEE: Where Charities Invest Annuity Donations Gift Annuities: How Average Size Varies by Charity Beneficiary rose 59 percent from 1994 to 1999, to $30,182, according to a survey released last week by the…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
Donations to Colleges Rise 11%, but Rate of Growth Slows, Survey Finds
Donations to colleges and universities increased by nearly 11 percent last year, ALSO SEE:Giving to Colleges and Private Schools to $20.4-billion, according to a survey to be released this week. While that sum was the highest dollar total reported in the 20 years that the Council for Aid to…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Charities distribute life stories of their donors and volunteers in order to motivate others to give Tom Kenny, a managing partner at New York’s Goldman Sachs investment house, had never heard of the Shake-A-Leg Rehabilitation Center in Providence, R.I., when he got a call from the charity two…
By Paul H. Schneiter
Contributor
White House Honors ‘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…
Nike Head Halts Gifts to U. of Oregon Over Sweatshop Issue
The University of Oregon has lost a $30-million pledge from Philip H. Knight, chairman of Nike, because of the university’s decision to join an anti-sweatshop group that will monitor labor conditions in factories. Mr. Knight, a graduate of the university, has already given $50-million to the school…
By Harvy Lipman
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