60,000 Books Donated to Emory U.
Raymond Danowski, a retired art dealer and collector of modern English-language poetry, has donated an estimated 60,000 books to Emory University, in Atlanta. The gift from Mr. Danowski, a former New Yorker who now lives in South Africa, was years in the making. Ronald Schuchard, a literature…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
College Gets $ 37-Million; Other Gifts
Four universities and two other nonprofit organizations have received large gifts: City University of New York’s Bernard M. Baruch College has received three big donations to its capital campaign. William Newman, a 1947 graduate and real-estate executive, and his wife, Anita, gave $25-million for…
Supporters Say Venture Philanthropy Still Thrives, Even if Reach Is Limited
Palo Alto, Calif.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Assets of Community Foundations Rose in 2003 After Two Years of Losses
The combined assets at community foundations around the country rebounded along with the stock market last year, ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2003 following two years of overall losses at the organizations, according to two new reports. An annual survey by the…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
MacArthur Foundation Announces 23 Winners of Its ‘Genius Awards’
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, has announced the 23 recipients of its 2004 MacArthur Fellowships. The fellowships, commonly dubbed the “genius awards,” recognize people who demonstrate exceptional creativity in their fields. Each fellow receives $500,000 over five…
Causes Supported by Minorities Differ by Age of Donor
Minority-group members born after the passage of civil-rights legislation in the mid-1960s tend to support charities and educational causes that help people of all races and ethnicities, a study of New Yorkers has found. By contrast, people who are older are more likely to support causes that help…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Computer Entrepreneur Gives $40-Million; Other Donations
Three universities and two nonprofit organizations have received large gifts: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, N.Y., has received an unrestricted $40-million gift from Curtis Priem, co-founder of the NVIDIA Corporation, in Santa Clara, Calif., a computer-graphics company. Mr. Priem, a…
Two Universities Receive $100-Million Each in Gifts
Two universities each received gifts of $100-million this month: Brown University has been given $100-million from the billionaire businessman Sidney E. Frank to endow a scholarship fund for undergraduate students. The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is the beneficiary of a $100-million pledge…
By M.J. Prest and Elizabeth Schwinn
Source of Gift to Princeton Revealed
Guessing which nonprofit institutions are benefiting from the philanthropy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York and his family has become an increasingly popular game for some journalists. This month the Associated Press reported that Mr. Bloomberg’s family was behind a multimillion-dollar gift…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
New encyclopedia explores American philanthropyIndianapolis
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Photograph by David Jiranek One year after its founder’s death, an effort known as Through the Eyes of Children: The Rwanda Project continues. David Jiranek started the program in 2000 to teach children who were orphaned in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide to express themselves through photography. A former…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
Changes at Kauffman Foundation Approved by Missouri Attorney General
Six months after he urged the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in Kansas City, Mo., to make key changes in its policies, Missouri’s attorney general has put his stamp of approval on steps taken by the fund’s Board of Trustees. Earlier this year, after an investigation into its operations, Attorney…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Stanford U. Receives $43.5-Million to Build Graduate-Student Housing; Other Gifts
Two universities have received large gifts: Charles T. and Nancy B. Munger, of Los Angeles, have donated $43.5-million to Stanford University and its law school to construct housing for law, business, and other graduate students. Mr. Munger is vice chairman of the investment company Berkshire…
Critics Fear New Reality-TV Show Might Send Wrong Signal on Giving
The art of giving away money meets reality television this week when a new show called The Benefactor makes its debut on ABC. The show stars Mark Cuban, the Internet billionaire and irreverent NBA owner who has gained notoriety by yelling at referees. His job as the benefactor is to put 16…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor