In Minnesota and Hawaii, Community Funds Take Steps to Curb Meth Use
Minnesota and Hawaii face different challenges in dealing with methamphetamine abuse, ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Combating a Menacing DrugARTICLE: Drug-Prevention Groups Warn of Meth’s Spread Across AmericaARTICLE: Technology Mogul’s $17-Million Gift to Fight Meth Attracts ControversyTEXTBOX:…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Technology Mogul’s $17-Million Gift to Fight Meth Attracts Controversy
When it comes to combating methamphetamine use, the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation, in Palo Alto, Calif., is the unquestioned ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Combating a Menacing DrugARTICLE: Drug-Prevention Groups Warn of Meth’s Spread Across AmericaARTICLE: In Minnesota and Hawaii, Community Funds Take…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Drug-Prevention Groups Warn of Meth’s Spread Across America
As part of its efforts to fight methamphetamine abuse, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, in New York, introduced ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Combating a Menacing DrugARTICLE: Technology Mogul’s $17-Million Gift to Fight Meth Attracts ControversyARTICLE: In Minnesota and Hawaii, Community Funds Take…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Charities fear not enough is being spent to fight meth abuseLast spring, grant makers at the Community Health Endowment, in Lincoln, Neb., gathered ALSO SEE: ARTICLE: Drug-Prevention Groups Warn of Meth’s Spread Across America ARTICLE: Technology Mogul’s $17-Million Gift to Fight Meth Attracts…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
Dr. Stubbs has dedicated the past two decades of his life to bringing much-needed technology — like chocolate-milk transfusions, red-nose transplants, and “kitty CAT” scans — to pediatric hospital wards around the country. “Dr. Stubbs” is Michael Christensen, the creator of Clown Care, a community…
By Anne W. Howard
Contributor
$100-Million Gift Goes to University of Virginia Leadership School
The University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, has received $100-million from Frank Batten Sr., founder of Landmark Communications, to create the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. Mr. Batten, 79, is a 1950 graduate of the institution. With this commitment, the university, which…
By Anne W. Howard
Contributor
New Survey Shows Why Wealthy People Give
Nearly 90 percent of the richest Americans say the primary reason they give to charity is that they believe in specific causes and have a desire to “give back” to society, according to a new survey. Only one in three respondents cited income-tax deductions as a reason for their charitable giving,…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
12 Star Athletes Start Sports Charity
The cyclist Lance Armstrong, the tennis player Andre Agassi, and 10 other sports stars announced last week that they have formed a new charity to educate professional athletes, sports fans, and others in the importance of philanthropy. The group, known as Athletes for Hope, plans to encourage…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
$30-Million Pledged to Indiana U. for Eye Institute; Other Gifts
Five institutions have received big gifts: Indiana University School of Medicine, in Indianapolis, has received a pledge of $30-million from Eugene and Marilyn Glick, co-founders of the Gene B. Glick Company, a home-building corporation in Indianapolis, to establish the Eye Institute. Most of the…
Death of Walton Matriarch Could Mean Billions of Dollars Will Flow to Charities
The death last month of Helen R. Walton, the widow of Sam M. Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart Stores, ALSO SEE: ARTICLE: The Nation’s 10 Wealthiest Foundations could mean that billions of dollars from her estate will soon flow into the family’s foundation, potentially making it one of the wealthiest…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
More Than $1-Million Raised for Charities Created After Virginia Tech’s Tragedy
More than $1-million has been raised by charities seeking to help Virginia Tech recover from the murderous rampage that left 33 people dead last month. The charitable efforts are designed to help people who were injured in the shootings and their families, as well as the friends and relatives of…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Supporters of Philanthropy Courses
Here is a sampling of donors and grant makers that support undergraduate courses with a philanthropy component: ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Guiding Future Philanthropists Brennan Family Foundation. Created by the Ohio industrialist David Brennan, the Akron foundation recently gave $50,000 to support a…
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
Guiding Future Philanthropists
A handful of grant makers support efforts to teach college students how to give intelligentlyWhen Kristin Caufield, a college sophomore with a longtime interest in community service, was looking for ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Supporters of Philanthropy Courses economics courses to fulfill requirements for…
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
Michael M. Gimbel wants young people to see the world through the eyes of a drunk person — before the parties of prom season start. As director of the Office of Substance Abuse Education at Sheppard Pratt Health System, in Baltimore, he outfits teenage drivers with “fatal vision” glasses, which…
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
12 Athletes Start New Effort to Promote Philanthropy
The cyclist Lance Armstrong, the tennis player Andre Agassi, and 10 other sports stars announced ALSO SEE:ArmstrongAgassiHawk today that they have formed a new charity to educate professional athletes, sports fans, and others on the importance of philanthropy. The group, known as Athletes for Hope,…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Social Entrepreneurs Seek New Investments to Reach a ‘Tipping Point’
On Oxford University’s 900-year-old campus, nonprofit leaders and others interested in the relatively new field of social entrepreneurship grappled with the need for more money to finance growth, the field’s relationship with business, and the very definition of what it means to be a social…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor