Bringing Classic Artworks to Life — and Raising Millions for Charity
A publicity stunt that helped struggling painters attract visitors to an art show during the Great Depression has turned into a popular theatrical performance that has raised more than $4-million for arts causes since 1971. The Pageant of the Masters, which runs through the end of August in Laguna…
Grants for the Humanities Doubled in a Decade
Foundations more than doubled the amount they provided to humanities projects from 1992 to 2002, according to a new report from the Foundation Center, in New York. Foundation support for the humanities increased from $134-million in 1992 to $335-million in 2002. But even that large gain failed to…
By MARTY MICHAELS
Contributor
2 Universities Announce Large Donations
Two universities have received large gifts or pledges: Florida International University, in Miami, has announced a $10-million pledge from Herbert Wertheim, president of Brain Power, in Miami, and a trustee of the university, to create a school of medicine. Also, Mr. Wertheim has pledged an…
Harvard to Return $2.5-Million to Donor
Harvard University is returning a $2.5-million gift to its divinity school at the request of the donor, the president of the United Arab Emirates, ending a four-year controversy over whether the university should keep the money. In a statement posted on its Web site last week, the divinity school…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Gates Foundation to Get $3-Billion Infusion
Bill and Melinda Gates have announced that they plan to donate more than $3-billion to their private foundation, which already is the largest foundation in the world, with about $27-billion in assets. The windfall comes from a dividend Mr. Gates expects to receive this fall from stock he owns in…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
How The Chronicle Did Survey on Corporate Giving
The Chronicle’s annual survey on corporate giving offers a glimpse of the state of philanthropy at many ALSO SEE:» Statistical Data: Charitable Giving at 93 Major CorporationsBig Business Doing More for CharityTechnology Helps Companies Do More to Encourage Employee Volunteerism of the nation’s…
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor
Technology Helps Companies Do More to Encourage Employee Volunteerism
Companies are increasingly using their internal computer networks to persuade employees to volunteer -- ALSO SEE:» Statistical Data: Charitable Giving at 93 Major CorporationsBig Business Doing More for CharityHow The Chronicle Did Survey on Corporate Giving making it faster and easier to recruit…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Big Business Doing More for Charity
Corporations plan increases after giving dropped in 2003In 2003, for the second year in a row, most of the nation’s largest corporations decreased their charitable ALSO SEE: » Statistical Data: Charitable Giving at 93 Major Corporations How Much Companies Expect to Give in 2004 Technology Helps…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Crews aboard American bombers during World War II led a dangerous and demanding life. Conditions were cramped and the men had to wear oxygen masks to breathe and heavy jackets to stave off subzero temperatures. To remind Americans today about the hardships and sacrifices made by the thousands of…
$25-Million Donated to UCLA; Other Gifts
The Neuropsychiatric Institute at the University of California at Los Angeles has received $25-million from Terry S. Semel, chairman and chief executive officer of Yahoo, in Sunnyvale, Calif., and his wife, Jane Bovingdon Semel, founder of ijane inc., a Los Angeles nonprofit production company that…
Ford Foundation’s Antiterrorism Provision Draws Rebuke From Civil-Liberties Group
Note: The article below inaccurately describes the American Civil Liberties Union’s deliberations and actions over restrictions imposed by the Ford Foundation and other grant makers to guarantee that no grant money is used to finance terrorism activities. On July 9, the board of the civil-liberties…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Photograph by Edward ChuWhen Rabbi Elimelech Goldberg was a child growing up in the Bronx, he learned karate to protect himself in his rough-and-tumble New York neighborhood. Now as an adult living in Southfield, Mich., he is using his martial-arts training to teach young people with cancer and…
Foundation in Oregon Receives $70-Million Bequest; Other Gifts
Five nonprofit organizations have received large gifts or pledges: The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, in Portland, Ore., has announced a $70-million bequest from its founder, James F. Miller, former president of Blyth & Co., an investment company that was bought by Paine Webber. The gift…
New Report Details the Pros and Cons of Hands-On Philanthropy
A new report seeks to shed light on the successes and failures of a recent trend in grant making, often referred to as venture or high-engagement philanthropy, which emphasizes long-term grants that help nonprofit organizations strengthen their management as well as rigorous assessments of a…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor