$225-Million Gift Opens New Horizons for NPR
A year ago, in thinking of how to improve news coverage at National Public Radio, top executives were limited in ALSO SEE:The $1.5-Billion Challenge their ambitions by concerns about money, recalls the nonprofit organization’s executive vice president, Ken Stern. A new bureau in Africa seemed…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Photograph of Dan GoodrichIn libraries, classrooms, and community centers across most of New York City, older students tutor younger ones to improve their reading skills. Through the Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation, a five-year-old nonprofit group, some 2,000 students in kindergarten,…
Landmark bequest may change thrift-conscious Salvation ArmySan Diego As the Salvation Army prepares to receive the bulk of the $1.5-billion left by the McDonald’s heiress Joan B. Kroc, ALSO SEE:$225-Million Gift Opens New Horizons for NPR many of the charity’s officials are hoping that the money…
By Brad Wolverton
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Is N.Y. Mayor Anonymous Carnegie Donor?
The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced last month that it had received $15-million from an anonymous donor to support arts and social-services organizations in New York. But the donor is widely thought to be a man who usually maintains a high profile: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who,…
By Julia Green
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U. of Wisconsin Receives $31-Million; Other Gifts
Two universities and several other groups have received large gifts: The University of Wisconsin at Madison has received $31-million from Tashia F. Morgridge and her husband, John, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, in San Jose, Calif., for the School of Education. The money…
Major Gifts Awarded by New York Donors Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman
American Museum of Natural History (New York): $12.5-million for the Dorothy and Lewis B. ALSO SEE:A Seasoned Perspective on GivingBoard Service Plays a Key Role for the Cullmans Cullman Hall of the Universe, a permanent astrophysics exhibit, and other projects. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New…
Board Service Plays a Key Role for the Cullmans
Lewis B. Cullman, a New York philanthropist, says he’s “not interested in being a passive donor,” ALSO SEE:A Seasoned Perspective on GivingMajor Gifts Awarded by New York Donors Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman which is one reason he and his wife, Dorothy, sit on many of the boards of the nonprofit…
A Seasoned Perspective on Giving
Veteran philanthropist outlines ways to spur changeNew York While many men his age would already have left this city and its cold, snowy winters for a sunnier retirement ALSO SEE:Board Service Plays a Key Role for the CullmansMajor Gifts Awarded by New York Donors Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman spot,…
By Rebecca Gardyn
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Photograph courtesy of Seacamp AssociationSummer camp often means long hikes through the woods, but at the Seacamp Association, in the Florida Keys, young people spend much of their time underwater learning about the beauty -- and fragility -- of tropical coral reefs and other aquatic life. Since…
$50-Million Pledged to Aid Blacks
A black Wall Street money manager announced last week that he plans to give $50-million in charitable donations to mark the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme Court decision that desegregated American public schools. The donor, Alphonse Fletcher Jr., said that…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Rural Causes Get Small Share of Foundation, Corporate Aid, Study Finds
Rural areas get a disproportionately low share of foundation money, a report released last week charges. Although 20 percent of the population of the United States -- about 55 million people -- lives in rural areas, less than 1 percent of the $300-billion in foundation grants distributed annually…
By Michael Anft
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$60-Million for Middlebury College; Other Gifts
Seven organizations have received large gifts or pledges: Middlebury College, in Vermont, has received a $50-million pledge from an anonymous donor. The gift is unrestricted, although the donor has requested that the college’s science center be named after the college’s president, John M. McCardell…
Low-Carb Craze Takes a Bite Out of Food Fund-Raising Sales
Girl Scout Troop 2077 in New Rochelle, N.Y., didn’t sell enough cookies this year to pay for its annual ALSO SEE:The Atkins Way of Giving overnight outing. The reason, says the troop’s leader, Judy Lederman: Too many potential customers are trying to lose weight by shunning carbohydrates. “Low-carb…
By Debra E. Blum and Cassie J. Moore
Diet guru’s widow oversees new research fund worth millionsVeronica Atkins used to bristle each time the unconventional theories about weight loss and nutrition ALSO SEE:Low-Carb Craze Takes a Bite Out of Food Fund-Raising Sales advanced by her husband, the diet guru Robert C. Atkins, came under…
By Debra E. Blum
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