Growth at United Ways Lags Behind Many of Its Competitors, Report Says
Charitable pledges from individuals to United Way campaigns are growing at a slower rate than those to non-United Way ALSO SEE:How Donations Have Grown in On-the-job Drives drives, says a new report. From 1996 to 2001, pledges to so-called alternative funds -- federations of charities that operate…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Bequest to Metropolitan Opera Challenged
Representatives of Sybil B. Harrington, a Texas oil heiress who died in 1998, are suing the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, to recover $5-million of Mrs. Harrington’s donations that they say were misappropriated by the organization. The opera has denied any wrongdoing. Before she died, Mrs.…
By Brad Wolverton
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Britain’s Largest Charities Face Slowdown in Private Donations
Income growth among Britain’s largest charities slowed significantly during the past two years, according to a new report. What growth occurred was fueled much more by an increase in grants from government agencies than by a rise in private donations. The country’s 500 largest charities saw their…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Grants to Arts Organizations Dropped by 3.5% Last Year, Report Says
Giving to the arts by the nation’s foundations dropped by 3.5 percent in 2002, the first decline in eight ALSO SEE:How Much Foundations Have Given to the Arts, 1995-2002 years, according to preliminary figures by researchers at the Foundation Center. They predicted in a new report that, after…
By nicole lewis
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Ky. College Gets $18.6-Million; Other Gifts
By Kevin DuMouchelle and Julia Green Centre College, in Danville, Ky., received an $18.6-million bequest from the estate of H.W. (Wes) Stodghill Jr., an alumnus who served as a member of the college’s Board of Trustees, and his wife, Adele. Mr. Stodghill was co-founder and chief executive officer…
Views on Charity and Grant-Making Guidelines to Fight Terrorism
Following are excerpts of comments submitted to the federal government by groups of charities, foundations, ALSO SEE:Safe and Sound? and lawyers about the government’s efforts -- including voluntary guidelines issued by the Treasury Department -- to keep charitable assets from being used to support…
Charities that work abroad caution that antiterrorism guidelines could hinder, not help, their effortsWashington American charities and foundations are warning the Internal Revenue Service to tread carefully as it considers ALSO SEE:Views on Charity and Grant-Making Guidelines to Fight Terrorism…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Family foundations devise ways to prepare heirs for board serviceOwen Knott grew up expecting to serve as a trustee of his family’s foundation -- an obligation for those who, like him, are descended from grant makers. But around the time Mr. Knott reached adulthood, that seat became not a…
By Darlene M. Siska
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Photograph by Jerry SpeierThe Child’s Place for Children With Special Needs, a program of the Brooklyn Public Library, uses its gardening program to teach language and literacy skills to children, both those who have disabilities and those who do not. Children in Our Garden Club listen to stories…
Foundations Pool Money to Aid Immigrants Following Federal-Government Crackdown
In response to a federal-government crackdown on some immigrants in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, a handful of grant makers have created a fund to help small organizations that serve immigrants hire more staff members, form coalitions among themselves and with civil-rights groups,…
By Michael Anft
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Film Mogul’s Gifts Are a “Call to Action”
In an attempt to spur others in Hollywood to donate to charitable causes, Haim Saban, a film and television producer, and his wife, Cheryl, announced last month that they have committed approximately $100-million to charities in the United States and Israel through personal donations and through…
By Kevin Dumouchelle
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L.A. Couple Gives $100-Million to Create Genetics-Research Institute; Other Gifts
A Los Angeles couple has pledged $100-million to three academic institutions to found a biomedical research institute that will use human-genome discoveries to advance clinical medicine. The institute, in Cambridge, Mass., will be a joint venture of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute…
By Kevin Dumouchelle
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Inside the Mind of a Foundation CEO
The retired chief of the George Gund Foundation puts his daily life, and hundreds of nametags, on viewCleveland To most Americans, foundations are private and somewhat mysterious places. David Bergholz, who ALSO SEE:A Look at the Art of a Grant Making retired in January after 14 years as president…
Program Pairs Company’s Executives With Charity Boards
For years, Susan J. Scher wanted to donate her time and energy to a nonprofit board, but her job ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 92 Major CorporationsCorporate Giving Takes a DipHow The Chronicle’s Survey of Giving by Big Companies Was CompBoycott Dooms Novel Giving Program as a managing director at…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Boycott Dooms Novel Giving Program
The Berkshire Hathaway investment company -- headed by the Omaha billionaire Warren E. Buffett -- ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 92 Major CorporationsCorporate Giving Takes a DipHow The Chronicle’s Survey of Giving by Big Companies Was CompProgram Pairs Company’s Executives With Charity Boards has…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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