Museum to Get $50-Million; Other Gifts
Two institutions have received big gifts: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in Kansas City, Mo., has received a $50-million pledge from three of its trustees: Henry W. Bloch, honorary chairman and co-founder of H&R Block, and his wife, Marion; Don Hall, chairman of Hallmark, and his wife, Adele; and…
New Findings Show Philanthropic Efforts Are Growing in Rural Areas
Philanthropy in rural America is growing, as community foundations increasingly establish special funds to serve remote geographic areas and new grass-roots efforts are getting under way to encourage greater giving in rural parts of the country, two new reports have found. More than 3,000 so-called…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
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Government Officials ‘Eager’ to Work With Faith Groups
The Bush administration has long complained of an “unlevel playing field” for sectarian groups that apply for federal, state, or local social-service grants. Yet a new study of federal money awarded by state and local government officials found few barriers to religious organizations’ seeking such…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Showing How Charities Help the World’s Poor
While photographs that make it into the international sections of newspapers often strive to shock, depicting ALSO SEE:Photo Gallery the devastation wrought by the tsunamis, children going hungry in Niger, or one of the many other catastrophes around the globe, photography can also change people’s…
By Caroline Preston
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Business School to Receive $25-Million; Other Gifts
Two higher-education institutions have received big gifts: The University of California at Berkeley has received a $25-million pledge from an anonymous donor for a new building at its Haas School of Business. The proposed facility would provide teaching space and accommodations for executives…
Professor Gives $105-Million Thank-You
A medical professor who defected from communist Czechoslovakia in the 1960s has pledged $105-million to New York University School of Medicine, where he has worked for 40 years. The gift from Jan T. Vilcek will be paid with royalties from the sale of Remicade, a popular anti-inflammatory drug he…
By Caroline Preston
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Former Congressman Named to Head Coalition of Big Grant Makers
The Council on Foundations, which represents more than 2,000 philanthropies in the United States, has named as its new chief executive Steve Gunderson, a former Republican congressman from Wisconsin. Many nonprofit officials applauded the decision, saying the choice would raise the profile of grant…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Grass-Roots Fund Raising Produces Millions for Groups That Help Troops
The conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have inspired the creation of many new charities to help military families and ALSO SEE:Charity’s Homefront OperationsOperation First Response: a Focus on Everyday NeedsConnecting the Troops to Their FamiliesUSO’s Deal With a Fund Raiser Comes Under ScrutinyNew…
By nicole lewis
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USO’s Deal With a Fund Raiser Comes Under Scrutiny
Donations to the USO have risen quickly during the war in Iraq, and it has become one of the most successful ALSO SEE:Charity’s Homefront OperationsOperation First Response: a Focus on Everyday NeedsConnecting the Troops to Their FamiliesGrass-Roots Fund Raising Produces Millions for Groups That…
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Connecting the Troops to Their Families
A poem tacked to a wall in a room at the North Riverside Armory, in Illinois, pushed Dan Shannon to change jobs and ALSO SEE:Charity’s Homefront OperationsOperation First Response: a Focus on Everyday NeedsUSO’s Deal With a Fund Raiser Comes Under ScrutinyGrass-Roots Fund Raising Produces Millions…
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Operation First Response: a Focus on Everyday Needs
Culpeper, Va. Twice a week, Peggy Baker and her husband, Steve, drive down their gravel driveway and head 80 miles north ALSO SEE:Charity’s Homefront OperationsConnecting the Troops to Their FamiliesUSO’s Deal With a Fund Raiser Comes Under ScrutinyGrass-Roots Fund Raising Produces Millions for…
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Charity’s Homefront Operations
Grass-roots groups raise millions to help members of the military Soon after Sgt. Christopher M. Tomlinson left the springtime chill of his Army base in Kansas last year for ALSO SEE:Operation First Response: a Focus on Everyday NeedsConnecting the Troops to Their FamiliesUSO’s Deal With a Fund…
By nicole lewis
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Companies Seek to Improve Management of Volunteers
The UPS Foundation and two other corporate donors this month established a charitable fund to help national and local charities better manage volunteers. The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS, the parcel-service company in Atlanta, will provide $1-million over three years to the effort.…
By Ian Wilhelm
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