Nonprofit groups seek to reverse the rise in overweight youngstersIn Colorado, Girl Scouts are using pedometers to log 3,318,000 steps this year -- the distance ALSO SEE:Helping Youngsters Fight Fat: Recent Grants between their state capital and Savannah, Ga., the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low,…
By nicole lewis
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Through an innovative internship program, young people from Brazil, Mexico, and Quebec spend time in the United States learning such skills as how to map vegetation types, create the right conditions for fish to spawn, and prevent forest fires. Known as the International Conservation Leadership…
MacArthur Foundation Announces 24 ‘Genius’ Prize Winners
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, has named 24 new MacArthur Fellows. The fellowships, commonly referred to as “genius awards,” recognize creativity and are designed to encourage talented people to pursue their own intellectual and professional inclinations. Fellows…
Both Houses of Congress Pass Giving Bill
Washington Legislation designed to encourage more charitable giving has now passed both houses of Congress and awaits a conference between the House and Senate, but some lawmakers continue to raise concerns about whether a charity bill that costs the federal government money can be passed while the…
By Brad Wolverton
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Acting as an Entrepreneur: Excerpts From Essay
Carl J. Schramm, the embattled chief executive of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, published an essay ALSO SEE:A Divided Vision in May outlining how foundations can benefit from the innovative thinking evinced by entrepreneurs. Following are excerpts:“The innovative foundation, in my view, has…
$100-Million Pledged to Brain Center; Other Gifts
Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, has committed $100-million to create the Allen Institute for Brain Science, in Seattle. The institute’s inaugural project, the Allen Brain Atlas, will attempt to map the genes that are responsible for operating the mammalian brain. Mr. Allen and Bill…
By Julia Green
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Critics dispute changes at the Kauffman FoundationKansas City, Mo. Four years ago, when leaders of the Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council here needed money to carry out a master ALSO SEE:Acting as an Entrepreneur: Excerpts from Essay plan to renovate blighted housing, reduce street trash and…
By Michael Anft
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Birds blackened with crude oil accidentally spilled into the seas present some of the most haunting images of how humans can spoil the natural world. Just such a disaster in 1971 -- when two tankers collided and spilled 900,000 gallons of oil into the San Francisco Bay -- sparked the creation of…
Hawaii Woman Leaves $122-Million
A real-estate heiress, Maude Woods Wodehouse, has left a total of $122-million to 16 organizations and schools in Hawaii. Ms. Wodehouse owned a ranch on the Island of Hawaii and was the widow of Cenric N. Wodehouse, whose grandmother founded Victoria Ward, a real-estate company in Honolulu. Ms.…
$300-Million Art Collection Promised to National Gallery; Other Gifts
Five organizations have received big gifts and pledges: The National Gallery of Art, in Washington, has been promised an art collection worth an estimated $300-million from Jane and Robert Meyerhoff, both 79, of Phoenix, Md. The collection, which will be transferred to the gallery after Mr. and…
By Julia Green
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Charity Legislation Faces New Hurdle in Congress: Budget Realities
Washington By Brad Wolverton As members of the U.S. House of Representatives prepare to vote on proposed charity legislation that was stripped of a controversial foundation provision last week by the House Committee on Ways and Means, the bill faces new budgetary obstacles that might prevent it…
By Brad Wolverton
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Kauffman Board Members Resign Amid Growing Controversy Over Leadership
Amid a swirl of controversy over the leadership and direction of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in Kansas City, Mo., three board members this month resigned from their posts. The controversy has aroused the curiosity of the Missouri attorney general’s office, which has begun a review of…
By Michael Anft
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Majority of Private Foundations Pay Their Trustees, Survey Finds
More than two-thirds of the private foundations included in a newly released survey pay fees to their trustees. The 238 foundations ALSO SEE:How Much Big Foundations Pay Trustees in the survey paid $44.9-million in trustee fees in 1998, of which $31.1-million went to individual board members.…
By Harvy Lipman
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U.S. Nonprofit Groups Report Sluggish Donations for Iraqi Relief Efforts
The aftermath of the United States’ invasion of Iraq has taken its toll on the fund-raising efforts of several ALSO SEE:Inching Toward Relief international charities. As a result, many groups have scaled back their aid programs and ceased actively soliciting funds for Iraq’s redevelopment. Some…
By Daniel del Castillo
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