* The Gilbert Center, a Seattle organization that provides technology help to charities, has created an e-mail discussion list on topics related to non-profit “intranets” -- private, internal computer networks that can be used only by people associated with a particular organization. “Extranets,”…
By Debra E. Blum, Marilyn Dickey and Holly Hall
Report Says Charities’ E-Mail Is Unlikely to Sway Congress
Charities increasingly have been using e-mail as a way to try to get their messages into the hands of members of Congress. But a new report says electronic messages may not pay off as much as charities had hoped. The report, “Speaking Up in the Internet Age,” was published by OMB Watch, a…
By Debra E. Blum, Marilyn Dickey and Holly Hall
Biggest Gifts and Pledges Announced by Individuals in 1998
Amount Purpose Martha R. Ingram, chairman of Ingram Industries and a director of Ingram Micro $300-million in Ingram Micro stock To support athletics, health care, public service, research, and teaching at Vanderbilt University. David A. Duffield, chairman of PeopleSoft, and his wife, Cheryl…
The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Arts. President Clinton has announced 12 recipients of the 1998 National Medal of Arts, including Jacques d’Amboise, a dancer and choreographer and founder of the National Dance…
‘The Nation’: Dimming of Civil-Rights Groups
The vitality that once animated America’s civil-rights movement has largely dissipated -- but has not disappeared entirely, writes the novelist George Packer in The Nation (December 14). The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Congress of Racial Equality, and the Student Nonviolent…
By Debra E. Blum and Stephen G. Greene
‘Moment’: A Revolution in Jewish Philanthropy
Some of America’s richest and best-known Jews are at the “vanguard of a revolution in Jewish philanthropy,” according to an article in Moment magazine (December). The giving habits and plans of such figures as the moviemaker Steven Spielberg and the Wall Street wizard Michael Steinhardt demonstrate…
By Debra E. Blum and Stephen G. Greene
Agreement Between Warhol Foundation and New York Ends Probe
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has agreed to adopt new fiscal controls, thereby ending a long-running investigation by the New York Attorney General’s office into alleged wrongdoing. An agreement announced last week provides that the New York foundation take steps to tighten its…
By Stephen G. Greene
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National Diabetes Charity Settles Legal Dispute With Affiliate
The American Diabetes Association and its former Rhode Island affiliate have settled a legal dispute that erupted when the affiliate decided to break off from the national association rather than give up its autonomy. The two sides subsequently filed legal actions against each other. Under the…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
New Survey Says Most Americans Endorse Foundations but Know Little About Them
Americans generally think well of foundations, according to a survey commissioned by the Council on Foundations. But the public’s knowledge of institutional grant making is apparently superficial: Many Americans have only a hazy idea of how foundations differ from other non-profit organizations,…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Paging Volunteers From All Corners of the Charitable World
For 22 years, Katherine Pener has counseled patients recovering from breast cancer. The 84-year-old resident of Miami Beach credits volunteering with lifting her into a ninth decade of life. “The great feeling I have when I help cancer patients keeps me physically and mentally well,” says Ms.…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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