Earmarks and Charities: Where the Money Goes
Geography makes a big difference in the distribution of federal earmarks. Charities located in states represented by a senator who serves on the Appropriations Committee are far more likely than those in other states to get earmarks, according to The Chronicle‘s analysis of the $2.4-billion that…
Art Auction Nets $39-Million for Fund
The assets of the Jewish Communal Fund, in New York, will soon increase by $39.5-million, as it receives proceeds from an auction this month of 14 artworks. Donald Jonas, who helped found Lechters, a now-defunct chain of housewares stores, and his wife, Barbara, donated pieces from their…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Massachusetts College Receives $27-Million Bequest; Other Recent Gifts
Seven institutions have received big gifts: Wellesley College, in Massachusetts, has received a $27-million bequest from Leonie Faroll to renovate the college’s power plant and science center, as well as buy equipment for the center. Ms. Faroll, who died in 2003, was a marketing analyst at Scudder,…
Financier’s Arrest Makes Pledge Payments Unlikely
Many nonprofit groups are coming to terms with the likelihood that donations promised by Alberto Vilar -- a financier who pledged millions to arts, health, and educational institutions -- will never materialize, following his arrest last month on fraud charges. Mr. Vilar’s lawyers, in several news…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Couple Donates $93-Million to Foundation Dedicated to Improving Care of Pets
Dave Duffield, founder of the software company PeopleSoft, and his wife, Cheryl, have donated $93-million to a foundation they established in 1999 to promote the well-being of pets. The Duffields had previously donated $200-million to the foundation. The money will be used to expand the grant…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Business Group Seeks to Better Aid Relief Charities
An association that represents the leaders of some of the nation’s largest companies announced this month an effort to better coordinate corporate philanthropy during natural disasters, following an outpouring of gifts in response to last December’s tsunamis in South Asia. The Business Roundtable,…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Foundation Gets Bulk of Heiress’s Estate
Cordelia Scaife May, an heir to the Mellon fortune who died in January, left the bulk of her estate, worth more than $400-million, to a Pittsburgh foundation she started in 1996. But Ms. May, who kept most of her giving private, provided few clues in her will about the exact dollar amount of her…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
$28-Million Committed to Marquette U.; Other Gifts
Three universities and one medical center have received big gifts: William and Mary Diederich have pledged $28-million to Marquette University, in Milwaukee, for its College of Communication. The money will endow building renovations, professorships, scholarships, and research, and pay for guest…
Va. Museum to Receive $100-Million Gift
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in Richmond, has received a pledge of art and money valued at more than $100-million from James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin. The gift includes works by George Bellows, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler. Mr. McGlothlin is…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Foundations Urged to Do More to Meet Global Need
Princeton, N.J. Foundations can help the billions of poor people in the world rise out of squalor, but they must be bolder in their efforts if they want to make headway, said experts in philanthropy and international aid at a conference here. At a meeting organized by Princeton University, the…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Global Politics Put Nonprofit Efforts in Constant Flux
As the number of Americans who adopt children from abroad swells, the workload for charities that help arrange ALSO SEE: Looking Overseas: the Rise in International Adoptions A New Approach to Adoption adoptions has grown tremendously, especially since they must constantly revise their programs to…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
U.S. charities respond to demand to assist children overseasThe Half the Sky Foundation reaches thousands of miles around the world from its headquarters in Berkeley, Calif., to ALSO SEE:Global Politics Put Nonprofit Efforts in Constant Flux run programs at 18 government-managed orphanages…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor