When Gary Johnson searches for people to fill open jobs at the Chicago History Museum, he is often ALSO SEE:ARTICLES: Achieving Diversity at Nonprofit Organizations: a Special Report discouraged by the pool of applicants. It’s not that the job seekers aren’t talented, he says, because they are. Or…
By Caroline Preston
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Leslie R. Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant set out three years ago to do for the nonprofit world what the best-selling author ALSO SEE: TEXT: Characteristics of Success LIST: The Dozen Organizations That Made the Cut ARTICLE: To Identify Stellar Groups, Authors Tell Foundations to Look Beyond…
By Ben Gose
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California University to Receive $60-Million; Other New Gifts
Six organizations have received big gifts: California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo has announced that it has been promised a $60-million unrestricted bequest from an anonymous donor to support the architecture department. The donor, who was an architecture major at the…
Alumna Pledges $128.5-Million to Quaker School
The George School, a Quaker boarding and day school in Newtown, Pa., has received a $128.5-million pledge from Barbara Dodd Anderson, a 1950 alumna whose fortune comes from stock in Berkshire Hathaway, the insurance and investment company founded by Warren E. Buffett. The money will be paid out…
By Maria Di Mento
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Billions of Dollars Pledged at Clinton’s Global Giving Meeting
Donors pledged more than $4.75-billion during the opening day of the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual event led by the former president Bill Clinton to fight global problems. Approximately 1,300 political, corporate, and nonprofit leaders participated in this year’s gathering in New York, which…
By Caroline Preston
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A Rockefeller and a Buffett Share Their Views on Charity Fund Raising
“Cold calls” from charities soliciting support get nowhere with the philanthropists David Rockefeller Jr. and Susan A. Buffett. The two donors offered that tip — and their wide-ranging views on charitable giving — at a discussion held by Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy here.…
By nicole lewis
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Gates Fund Creates Advisory Panels to Guide Its Grant-Making Programs
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has created three advisory committees to guide and evaluate each of its major grant-making programs. The foundation, which has $34.6-billion in assets, has come under scrutiny for the close-knit nature of its board. The three board members of the foundation are…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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Community Foundations Urged to Fight Charitable Abuses
Community foundations and other grant makers need to take aggressive steps to fight efforts by donors and charities to abuse the tax code, a key Senate aide told a meeting of foundation leaders here last month. Dean Zerbe, senior counsel to Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, the senior Republican on…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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New Center Aims to Give Higher-Education Donors More Power
A new nonprofit group that will broker gifts between philanthropists and colleges plans to use big donations as a carrot to get “complacent” colleges and universities to become more serious about achievement. The Center for Excellence in Higher Education, which is based in Indianapolis, is…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
‘Genius Prize’ Winners Announced by Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has named the 24 recipients of its 2007 MacArthur Fellowships. The fellowships, commonly referred to as the “genius awards,” recognize individuals from wide-ranging disciplines who show creativity, originality, and a commitment to continued…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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Nonprofit Groups Look to Court and California to Curb U.S. Oil Habit
The courtroom has emerged as a key front in the battle by nonprofit groups to curb America’s oil use and combat global warming. After it became clear that the Bush administration ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fueling New IdeasARTICLE: Foundation Hopes to Help Oklahoma ‘Switch’ From Oil to GrassARTICLE:…
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No More Oil? A Charity Gives New Life to 50-Year-Old Prediction of Falling Supply
Oil was created by specific geological forces bearing down on decaying organic matter over hundreds of thousands of years. With the world now ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fueling New IdeasARTICLE: Foundation Hopes to Help Oklahoma ‘Switch’ From Oil to GrassARTICLE: Charities and Business Work to Promote Use…
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Charities Dream Up Fuel-Efficient Cars to Tempt Companies to Build Them
Picture sleek, sporty cars getting as much 100 miles per gallon. Imagine full-size SUV’s with twice the fuel efficiency of ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fueling New IdeasARTICLE: Foundation Hopes to Help Oklahoma ‘Switch’ From Oil to GrassARTICLE: Charities and Business Work to Promote Use of Alternative…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
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Charities and Business Work to Promote Use of Alternative Fuels
Big players and big money are hard at work in the effort to replace all or a sizable portion of the gasoline in American fuel tanks ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fueling New IdeasARTICLE: Foundation Hopes to Help Oklahoma ‘Switch’ From Oil to GrassARTICLE: Charities Dream Up Fuel-Efficient Cars to Tempt…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
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