AT&T Gives $100-Million to Curb School Dropout Rates
The AT&T Foundation, in San Antonio, has announced a $100-million grant-making program that seeks to keep students in school and prepare them for college or a career. Over four years, the foundation will make grants to hundreds of schools and nonprofit groups, sponsor research on high-school…
By Anne W. Howard
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Recent Successes Point Out New Opportunities for Global Philanthropy
Redwood City, Calif. Philanthropy can play a critical role in preventing violence and promoting human rights around the globe, despite the size and scope of the problems, speakers said at a conference here in April. “This isn’t rocket science,” Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights…
By Caroline Preston
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Two Contenders for the White House — and Bush and Cheney — Disclose Giving Data
Two presidential candidates — Sens. John McCain, the Arizona Republican, and Barack Obama, ALSO SEE:SPECIAL SECTION: Election 2008 and the Nonprofit World the Illinois Democrat — and President Bush have released tax returns that provide details about the money they have donated to charitable…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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80 Foundations Win Honors for Outstanding Communications Efforts
At its annual conference in Washington next week, the Council on Foundations will honor winners of its annual awards for creative and strategic communications by foundations and corporate-giving organizations. The Wilmer Shields Rich Awards — named after the council’s first executive director —…
By Audrey Hill
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How to Use Blogs and Other Means to Share Ideas: Tips From Experts
Blogs, podcasts, streaming video, viral distribution — the possibilities seem endless. ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Grant Makers Seek New Ways to Share StoriesARTICLE: A Big Foundation Uses New Technology to Open Windows on Disasters — and ResilienceARTICLE: From Paper to Podcasts: One Grant Maker’s Virtual…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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From Paper to Podcasts: One Grant Maker’s Virtual Shift in Strategy
Since it was established 64 years ago, the Teagle Foundation, in New York, has produced its fair ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Grant Makers Seek New Ways to Share StoriesARTICLE: A Big Foundation Uses New Technology to Open Windows on Disasters — and ResilienceARTICLE: How to Use Blogs and Other Means to Share…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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A Big Foundation Uses New Technology to Open Windows on Disasters — and Resilience
The Open Society Institute, in New York, has emerged as a leader among grant makers for its extensive use ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Grant Makers Seek New Ways to Share StoriesARTICLE: From Paper to Podcasts: One Grant Maker’s Virtual Shift in StrategyARTICLE: How to Use Blogs and Other Means to Share…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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Grant makers seek new ways to share storiesJonathan Fanton has solved a conundrum that plagues many nonprofit leaders: He’s found a way to be in many ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: A Big Foundation Uses New Technology to Open Windows on Disasters — and ResilienceARTICLE: From Paper to Podcasts: One Grant…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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By Anne W. Howard
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Outdoor Trips Inspire Children and Parents
When Neighborhood House, a social-services organization for immigrant families in Seattle, ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Time OutARTICLE: Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for KidsARTICLE: At Indiana Land Trust, It’s All About Kids Communing With Nature was picking field-trip…
By Debra E. Blum
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At Indiana Land Trust, It’s All About Kids Communing With Nature
Cristian Freitag had a problem gnawing at him: Fewer and fewer southern Indiana kids were getting ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Time OutARTICLE: Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for KidsARTICLE: Outdoor Trips Inspire Children and Parents outside to enjoy and appreciate the area’s…
By Debra E. Blum
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Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for Kids
Soon, visitors walking into the lobby of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum will quickly think they ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Time OutARTICLE: At Indiana Land Trust, It’s All About Kids Communing With NatureARTICLE: Outdoor Trips Inspire Children and Parents are outside again. Or that’s what it will look like,…
By Debra E. Blum
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$272-Million Bequest to Be Split by Two Massachusetts Universities
Tufts and Lesley Universities will share a $272-million gift from trusts established by the late Frank C. Doble, a businessman and Tufts alumnus, the universities announced last week. Each institution’s $136-million share of two dissolved trusts will be the largest gift in its history. While each…
By Beckie Supiano
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Eight Nonprofit Groups Win MacArthur Fund’s Awards to Honor Creativity and Effectiveness
Nonprofit groups that promote human rights in Russia, protect the environment in Madagascar, and improve public radio in the United States are among the winners of a foundation prize recognizing the contributions of small, adept organizations around the world. Eight nonprofit groups — three in the…
By Debra E. Blum
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Clintons Donated 9% of Their Income to Charitable Causes Over Eight Years
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and the former president Bill Clinton made charitable contributions of $10.2-million from 2000 through 2007, or more than 9 percent of their total income, according to Senator Clinton’s presidential campaign. The Clintons gave most of their charitable dollars to their…
By Grant Williams
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