Winners: How 7 Charities Made It to the Top
ARTS GROUPS: Gifts to the Milwaukee Art Museum more than tripled as the city’s residents demonstrated their support for the institution’s plans to build a new facility. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES: New York’s Polytechnic University achieved huge gains by reaching out to its trustees for big donations…
Cornell U. Begins Campaign to Meet $50-Million Challenge; Other Gifts
Donors have pledged large gifts to many non-profit organizations. * An anonymous donor has promised $50-million to Cornell University’s campaign to endow scholarships if others contribute triple that amount. The $200-million fund-raising drive was announced October 23 and has raised $70.2-million,…
CEO’s Departure Caps Period of Transition for California Endowment
The California Endowment is searching for a new leader following the departure last month of Steven Uranga McKane. Dr. McKane had served as the first president of the $1.7-billion health-care foundation, which was created in 1996 following the controversial conversion of Blue Cross of California to…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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A Sampling of Grants by the Maximilian E. and Marion O. Hoffman Foundation
Assets Total grants Biggest grants Fiscal 1988 $10-million $270,000 $150,000 to Center for Study of Responsive Law (Washington)
Lawsuit charging excessive pay and unprofessional grant making at Conn. foundation could shake up rules of philanthropy West Hartford, Conn. Ralph Nader, whose high-profile lawsuits against corporations and government agencies have produced big changes in American automobile-safety standards and…
By Susan Gray
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For children with emotional problems or physical or mental disabilities, the opportunity to swim with a dolphin can be an enriching -- even a transforming -- experience. At age 3, for example, Joe Hoagland suffered a massive stroke during an operation to repair a congenital heart defect.…
A Banner Year for Big Charities
America’s top non-profit groups see largest increase in gifts since 1991 This article was written by Debra E. Blum, Paul Demko, Marilyn Dickey, Holly Hall, and Domenica Marchetti. Donations to the nation’s most popular charities rose nearly 13 per cent last year, according to The Chronicle’s annual…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Philanthropic Advisory Service and the National Charities Information Bureau. Those two private organizations report on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and…
American Society of Association Executives Foundation (Washington): Appointed Marsha Rhea, vice-president, to be executive vice-president and chief operating officer. Austin Peay State U. (Clarksville, Tenn.): Appointed Lenora P. Hoffman, assistant vice-chancellor for development at U. of Tennessee…
1997 Investment Performance and Practices of Community Foundations
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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