$40-Million Committed for Scholarships; Other Gifts
Five institutions have received large gifts:
$597-Million Raised by U.S. Charities for Tsunami Relief
American relief charities have raised more than $597-million to aid victims of the deadly earthquake and tsunamis ALSO SEE:Homegrown Help in Sri Lanka in South Asia. That amount now far exceeds the $350-million pledged by the United States government. In fact, so much money has come in that several…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Start-up relief charity benefits from local connections Ulle, Sri Lanka Savantha De Saram, a 31-year-old Sri Lankan lawyer, says that, before last December, he rarely left the nation’s ALSO SEE:$597-Million Raised by U.S. Charities for Tsunami Relief capital. “I didn’t travel out of Colombo at…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Poll Finds Public Supports Corporate Giving
A majority of Americans expect corporations to help solve social problems through charitable donations and other efforts, according to a new poll. The report says 77 percent of Americans believe that “companies have a responsibility to help support causes.” An even larger percentage -- 92 percent…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Church Receives $40-Million From Family; Other Recent Big Donations
Five organizations have received large gifts:
9/11 Charity Goes Out of Business
The September 11th Fund, the largest charity created to help the victims of the 2001 terrorist attacks, shut down last month after raising millions of dollars as part of an unprecedented charitable effort. The fund, which was established by the New York Community Trust and the United Way of New…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Biggest Grants Announced in 2004
Amount Foundation Recipient Purpose $400-million Community Health Group (Kansas City, Mo.) Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City To establish foundations that will support health programs $300-million Wisconsin United for Health Foundation (Madison) Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)…
$100-Million Donated to U. of Miami’s School of Medicine; Other Big Gifts
Several organizations have received large gifts: The University of Miami School of Medicine has received $100-million from the family of Leonard Miller. The money will be used to create four professorships and to hire additional faculty members, as well as to finance other needs at the medical…
Court Ruling Could Influence Restrictions Donors Place on Bequests
A Pennsylvania court’s decision to allow a nonprofit organization to disregard a key part of its founding donor’s instructions could have repercussions for charities, as donors decide how best to ensure that their philanthropic intentions are honored over time. The court ruled last month that the…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Photograph by Terry Winn Micheline Dahm-Schiltges and her husband, Jacques Dahm, traveled to Peru and Bolivia from their home in Luxembourg 18 years ago because they wanted to experience another culture. But the poverty they encountered shocked them so much that the two schoolteachers decided to…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Biggest Gifts and Pledges Announced by Individuals in 2004
Amount Donor Purpose or beneficiary $3.35-billion Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft (Seattle), and his wife, Melinda F. Gates To the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (Seattle) $100-million Sidney E. Frank, head of the Sidney Frank Importing Company (New Rochelle, N.Y.). To Brown University…
How a Humanitarian Group Helps the Needy
By Caroline Preston When Doctors Without Borders was founded in 1971, it earned a reputation for its willingness to provide humanitarian ALSO SEE:Photo Gallery aid in places few other charities wanted to go. For example, it was the first relief group to enter Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion,…