A new online venue allows charity clients, volunteers, and others to post guidebook-style ‘reviews’When people ask Perla Ni how her new Web site, Great Nonprofits, helps people judge the quality of charities, Ms. Ni turns the question around on them. “When’s the last time you bought a book from…
By Sam Kean
Contributor
Fledgling grant maker posts online charity evaluationsWhen Holden Karnofsky, 26, started earning good money doing research on hedge funds for an investment company ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: A Zagat’s for CharitiesARTICLE: Evaluation Process Proves Slow Going for Grant MakerARTICLE: Donors Seek Better…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Entrepreneurs Are Among Most-Generous Wealthy, Report Finds
Entrepreneurs are among the most-generous donors, giving 25 percent more on average to charitable causes ALSO SEE: ARTICLE: How -- and Why -- Wealthy Americans Donate to Charity than other wealthy people, a new report has found. Like other rich donors, people who derived at least half of their…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
$40-Million Pledged to Hospital; Other Gifts
Several institutions have received big gifts: Riley Children’s Foundation, in Indianapolis, has received a pledge of $40-million from the Simon family of Indianapolis to help build a new inpatient facility for the Riley Hospital for Children, expected to be completed by 2013. Melvin and Herb Simon,…
New Chief Executives Named at Two Major Grant Makers
Two large foundations — the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Heinz Endowments — have named new chief executives. The Moore foundation, in San Francisco, has appointed Steven J. McCormick, the former president of the Nature Conservancy, as its new president, effective January 21. He will…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundations Step Up Spending on Efforts That Augment Grant Making
Foundations have increased their spending on conferences, training, and other “direct charitable activities” that complement grant making, according ALSO SEE: ARTICLE: A California Grant Maker Offers Local Charities Free Consulting Help TABLE: Types of Direct Charitable Activities Supported by…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Five Grant Makers That Offer Consulting Aid
Following are foundations that provide consultants’ services to grantees and grant seekers through formal programs:. The Chicago Foundation for Women offers grantees ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: A California Grant Maker Offers Local Charities Free Consulting Help walk-in consulting on selected days throughout…
By Darlene M. Siska
Contributor
Nonprofit Group Prepares Students to Handle Demands of Life on Campus
Winning a full-tuition scholarship to Grinnell College was just the first of several challenges ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Not Going It AloneARTICLE: Foundations Look Beyond Admissions to Keep Colleges Diverse Lester Alemán would face during his college career. For starters, before Mr. Alemán left his…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Foundations Look Beyond Admissions to Keep Colleges Diverse
Nationwide a small but growing number of foundations are working to help ensure that needy ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Not Going It AloneARTICLE: Nonprofit Group Prepares Students to Handle Demands of Life on Campus and minority students not only enter college, but also exit with a degree in hand. According…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
On a recent fall afternoon here, 100 high-school seniors jostled into the offices of the ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Foundations Look Beyond Admissions to Keep Colleges DiverseARTICLE: Nonprofit Group Prepares Students to Handle Demands of Life on Campus Posse Foundation in lower Manhattan. Some were…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Grant maker: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago)
$85-Million Donated to U. of Wisconsin by Group of Donors; Other Gifts
Fifteen institutions have received big gifts: The University of Wisconsin at Madison has received 13 gifts totaling $85-million for the Wisconsin School of Business. The donation came from several alumni and their spouses, including Paul Collins, retired vice chairman of Citigroup, in New York, and…
Princeton Dispute Has Implications for Many Charities
Several disputes in the lawsuit over the Robertson Foundation touch on issues of governance that affect many nonprofit organizations. William Robertson, his two sisters, and another relative are suing Princeton University, saying that the ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Terms of EndowmentARTICLE: Critics…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor