How The Chronicle’s Survey of Giving by Big Companies Was Compiled
The Chronicle’s annual survey on corporate giving offers a glimpse of the state of philanthropy at ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 92 Major CorporationsCorporate Giving Takes a DipBoycott Dooms Novel Giving ProgramProgram Pairs Company’s Executives With Charity Boards many of the nation’s largest…
By Marni D. Larose
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Economic slump forces businesses to be more selectiveCharitable giving by many of the nation’s wealthiest companies declined last year after spiking in 2001, ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 92 Major CorporationsHow The Chronicle’s Survey of Giving by Big Companies Was CompiledBoycott Dooms Novel…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Photograph by Cedric C. ChatterleySelf-reliance is a trait that a Durham, N.C., charity seeks to instill in people trying to kick alcohol or drugs -- but it is also a guiding principle in the way the charity runs its operations. Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers offers a two-year…
American Ballet Theatre (New York): Elizabeth Kehler, interim executive director, has resigned. American Cancer Society (Atlanta): Appointed Robert D. Mitchell, national vice president for income development, to be chief development officer and president of the American Cancer Society Foundation.…
Ohio State Gets $6.5-Million From Couple; Other Gifts
Two groups have received large gifts: The Ohio State University, in Columbus, has received $6.5-million from Mae McCorkle and her husband, William, an alumnus, to construct a swimming and diving facility. The couple co-founded McCorkle Inc. Realtors, in Columbus. The New York City Chapter of the…
By Kevin Dumouchelle
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Photograph by Cathy and Mark LyonsMillions of people around the world are afflicted with impaired vision that could be corrected with prescription eyeglasses -- if only the glasses were affordable. In some countries eyeglasses cost more than many people make in a month. The Gift of Sight program…
Brookings Institution (Washington): Appointed Isabel Sawhill, a senior fellow in economic studies, to be vice president and director of the economic-studies program. Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston: Joseph Doolin, president since 1989, will retire later this year. Cerebral Palsy Research…
Teen ‘Angels’ Are Among ‘Points of Light’ Recipients
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
International Group Gets $20-Million; Other Gifts
World Learning, in Brattleboro, Vt., has received a $20-million gift from an anonymous donor. World Learning is a nonprofit organization that provides cultural, economic, language, and other kinds of training to professionals and high-school and university students preparing to work or study…
Study: Foundations Shortchanging Charities
If a legislative proposal to increase foundation grant making had been in effect in 2001, it would have generated more than $4-billion more for charity, according to an analysis by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, a watchdog group that supports the legislation. Under current law,…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Templeton Foundation’s Grant Making: a Sampling of Recent Awards
-- To help establish a research program to explore students’ spiritual growth during the college ALSO SEE:A Donor’s Divine InterventionSpirituality Research Backed by Templeton Fosters Plenty of Skepticism years: $2-million over three years to the Higher Education Research Institute, at the…
Spirituality Research Backed by Templeton Fosters Plenty of Skepticism
Last year, when Robert Wuthnow sought money to study how people who receive social services in eastern ALSO SEE:A Donor’s Divine InterventionTempleton Foundation’s Grant Making: a Sampling of Recent Awards Pennsylvania perceive the groups that deliver them, he turned to the Institute for Research…
By Michael Anft
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Financier takes steps to keep fund on spiritual courseWhile attending Yale University during the Depression, John M. Templeton was forced to scrap for his Ivy League ALSO SEE:Spirituality Research Backed by Templeton Fosters Plenty of SkepticismTempleton Foundation’s Grant Making: a Sampling of…
By Michael Anft
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Photograph by Jonathan HubschmanCigarette burns. Ruptured ear-drums. A poorly healed bone fracture. Electrocution marks. Those are some of the injuries Gary Stadtmauer, an internist, has seen in his New York office while volunteering for the Human Rights Clinic, a program that helps refugees win…