Salaries and Benefits at Foundations
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M.I.T. Announces Campaign for $1.5-Billion
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced today that it is seeking $1.5-billion in donations by June 2004. It joins 13 American higher-education institutions conducting campaigns for at least $1-billion. Fund raising for “Calculated Risks, Creative Revolutions” began in July 1997 and has…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Software Program on Educational AidProgram Provides Grant-Maker Profiles
FC Scholar is a CD-ROM available from the Foundation Center that provides a data base of 3,200 grant makers that offer educational support for individuals through scholarships, loans, fellowships, research grants, and awards. The program offers nine search categories: by grant-maker name,…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Author Touts Doing Good While Taking Time Off
Volunteer Vacations: Short-Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others By Bill McMillon This book, now in its seventh edition, provides information on more than 250 organizations that cater to the altruistic tourist. Whether it entails maintaining youth hostels in Malta or watching manatees…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Guide Explores How to Tap the Wealth of Nations
International Fund Raising for Not-for-Profits: A Country-by-Country Profile Edited by Thomas Harris This book assesses the potential for fund raising in 18 countries. It outlines legal and taxation issues in each nation. Authors from their respective nations examine the state of philanthropy in…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Authors Examine Past, Future of Hispanic Giving
Hispanic Philanthropy: Exploring the Factors That Influence Giving and Asking Edited by Lilya Wagner and Allan Figueroa Deck This edition of the quarterly series New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising examines possible courses for the ethnic group that is growing most rapidly in the United…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Two Publications Question Foundation Benefits
As the assets of American foundations have ballooned in recent years to more than $330-billion, the social value that the funds provide has not kept pace, argue the authors of separate articles in two publications. “Does the good that foundations do justify society’s investment in them?” asks…
By Stephen G. Greene
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