Guide Profiles Grants Programs for Individuals
Foundation Grants to Individuals, 11th Edition Edited by Phyllis Edelson Individuals received funds totaling $440-million last year from the more than 3,800 grant makers profiled in this guide published by the Foundation Center. The entry for each grant maker contains contact information, financial…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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London’s ‘Sunday Times’: the Gates Scoop That Wasn’t
The Sunday Times of London touched off a wave of press coverage with its August 1 story on the philanthropic intentions of Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda. Under the headline “Gates to give away 65-billion-pound fortune,” the article stated that Mr. Gates’s father,…
By Jennifer Moore
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‘Time’: the Future of Kennedy’s Charity to Help the Mentally Disabled
While many in the world of publishing and beyond ponder the fate of George magazine following the death of its founder, John F. Kennedy, Jr., Time magazine (August 2) wonders about the future of another Kennedy brainchild -- a charity called Reaching Up, which helps people who work with the…
By Domenica Marchetti
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Bits: Practac Promotes Discussion Between Non-Profit Professionals and Scholars
* Board Café, the free monthly electronic newsletter for non-profit board members, has a new co-publisher. The National Center for Nonprofit Boards, in Washington, will be joining the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, in San Francisco, in producing the publication. To subscribe: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Education Advocacy Groups Get a New Web Resource
A new Web site guides activists and educators to information on the Internet about public-school reform. The Public Education Network’s site discusses hot topics in public education -- such as equity in school financing, parent involvement, school governance, and student testing -- and provides…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Internet Calendar Service Offers Aid to Charities
Charities can use a new Internet calendar service to remind members about next month’s fund-raising gala or the volunteer-appreciation picnic -- and raise money at the same time. The Daily Drill (http://www.dailydrill.com), a free Web site that allows individuals to set up calendars to keep track…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Panhandling Project Explores Attitudes Toward the Poor
Are you more likely to give money to a panhandler holding a sign or to someone who asks you for money? Would it make a difference if one were a man and the other were a woman? A member of a minority group? NeedCom, a new Web site that describes itself as “market research for panhandlers,” uses…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Youth Group Starts Technology Centers
Fifteen new technology centers are opening in Boys & Girls Clubs across the country. The new centers are the first phase of the Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s plan to bring club members access to technology and to teach them computer skills. The clubs primarily serve children in poor neighborhoods…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Standards Under Review
The Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Philanthropic Advisory Service has appointed a committee to recommend ways to revise the 23 standards it uses to evaluate the financial-management, fund-raising, governance, and public-disclosure practices of charities. The watchdog group first issued its…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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For Charities, a New Twist in Raising Money: Corporate Investors in Life-Insurance Policies
The Christian Medical & Dental Society, in Bristol, Tenn., expects to earn $1-million a year for the next 30 years by participating in an unusual and intricate new life-insurance program. In the program -- which its promoters say is risk-free for charities and easy for them to participate in -- the…
By Debra E. Blum
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