Companies Urged to Update Their Charitable-Giving Plans
American businesses have increased their giving in the United States and around the world in recent years, but most companies do not donate enough to charity and have not adequately incorporated philanthropic efforts into their overall operations, say two new studies. The studies are based on…
By Sam Kean
Contributor
Middle Eastern Royalty Create Arab-Philanthropy Center
Members of Middle Eastern royal families are forming a new organization to help coordinate philanthropic efforts in the region — a move that comes as the Arab world becomes more involved in charitable causes. The new Arab Center for Philanthropy will educate wealthy donors and corporations about…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
A Plea for Caring and Capitalism
Both business and philanthropy will be necessary to transform the lives of poor people in the developing world, Bill Gates told business and political leaders gathered in Davos, Switzerland, for the annual World Economic Forum. In a speech delivered at the meeting, the co-founder of Microsoft…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Ian Wilhelm
Photograph by Chris Marolf
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Grant maker: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle), Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation (New York), and 14 other foundations, corporations, and federal-government groups
Donors Overestimate Their Antipoverty Giving
Many donors say they want to support antipoverty efforts, but they don’t realize that the groups to which they contribute aren’t focusing on helping the needy, two Google executives told a gathering this month of academics, businesspeople, foundation leaders, and nonprofit officials at Stanford…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Constance M. Silver grew up without indoor plumbing, electricity, or a telephone, but even ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Top Donors ARTICLE: A Big Year for Big Giving ARTICLE: 23 Donors Claimed Spots on Both ’06 and ’07 Most-Generous Lists ARTICLE: How The Chronicle Compiled the List of the Top…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
When Dale E. Fowler, and his wife, Sarah Ann, announced in August that they intend to bequeath approximately ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Top Donors AUDIO: The Power of Relationships ARTICLE: A Big Year for Big Giving ARTICLE: 23 Donors Claimed Spots on Both ’06 and ’07 Most-Generous Lists…
By Denise Kersten Wills
Contributor
A Passion for Improving Kids’ Lives
Charities that help children in this south-central Texas city can indirectly thank a dead pig for their share of $75-million earmarked for their aid. Several decades ago, the unappetizing task of dissecting swine for his premedical ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Top Donors AUDIO: The Business of…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
23 Donors Claimed Spots on Both ’06 and ’07 Most-Generous Lists
Twenty-three donors claimed a spot on both The Chronicle’s 2006 and 2007 lists of America’s biggest philanthropists. Among them: Philip H. and Penny Knight (tied for No. 17) and Lorry I. Lokey (No. 23); both ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Top DonorsARTICLE: A Big Year for Big GivingLIST: Big Donors…
By Maria Di Mento and nicole lewis
Philanthropy Retreats Help Married Couples Learn How to Balance Their Giving Priorities
Howard T. and Sara E. Fleming have been making grants through their own family foundation for ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Top DonorsARTICLE: A Big Year for Big GivingARTICLE: 23 Donors Claimed Spots on Both ’06 and ’07 Most-Generous ListsARTICLE: How The Chronicle Compiled the List of the Top…
By Darlene M. Siska
Contributor
Once a week, Jon M. Huntsman Sr. travels to the cancer institute he started here to greet and comfort patients battling a disease with which he is intimately familiar. Mr. Huntsman and his wife, Karen, founded the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Top…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
A growing cadre of anonymous donors gave $1.1-billion to charities last yearLast October, the University of Cincinnati and Ohio State University announced $20-million gifts ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Top DonorsARTICLE: A Big Year for Big GivingARTICLE: 23 Donors Claimed Spots on Both ’06 and ’07…
By Sam Kean
Contributor
How The Chronicle Compiled the List of the Top Donors in the United States
The Chronicle’s eighth annual list of the most-generous donors is based on gifts and pledges ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Top DonorsARTICLE: A Big Year for Big GivingARTICLE: 23 Donors Claimed Spots on Both ’06 and ’07 Most-Generous ListsARTICLE: Secret AdmirersARTICLE: Philanthropy From the…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Twenty donors made gifts of $100-million or more last year, just shy of the record of 21 such gifts made ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Top Donors TABLE: Top Donors of 2007: A Portrait TABLE: The Philanthropy 50: At a Glance LIST: Big Donors in 2007: Who Previously Made the List GRAPH: America’s Top…
By Maria Di Mento and nicole lewis