Women’s Funds Hold $200-Million; Donations Grew Fast in Recent Years
Women’s funds -- which raise money to help charities serving women and girls -- are growing in number and size across the country. According to new figures released by the Women’s Funding Network, an umbrella organization of women’s funds, 27 new and existing groups have joined the network in just…
By Serdar Tumgoren
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Fund to Award $6-Million to Help Minorities, Immigrants
Several foundations have formed a partnership -- the Racial Justice Collaborative -- to provide grants to community groups working with civil-rights lawyers to help minorities and immigrants fight economic and social disparities. This fall, the Racial Justice Collaborative is expected to begin…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Photograph by Martha StewartTwice a year, Boston’s John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse fills with the voices of schoolchildren arguing criminal and civil legal cases before state and federal judges and a jury. The mock trials are the culmination of a 10-week legal apprenticeship, in which…
Foundation Giving Held Steady Last Year, Report Says
Foundation giving remained steady in 2002 despite a weak economy and volatile stock market, according to a report released this week by the Foundation Center. The report, “Foundation Growth and Giving Estimates: 2002 Preview,” is based on data collected from nearly 62,000 foundations in the United…
By Serdar Tumgoren
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Home-Repair Ministry Is Among ‘Points of Light’
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…
CEO Pledges $30-Million to Museum; Other Gifts
Two organizations have recently received large commitments: The Royal Ontario Museum, in Toronto, has received an unrestricted pledge of $30-million from Michael Lee-Chin, chief executive officer of AIC Limited, in Burlington, Ontario. The gift will be used for capital improvements and to expand…
Reports Recommend Ways Charities and Corporations Can Deal With Crises
Two new reports focus on how philanthropy should respond to national emergencies, disasters, and other crises by examining how charities and corporations reacted to the September 11 attacks: Relief charities should not rely solely on news organizations to convey important information about their…
By Debra E. Blum
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Most Big Gifts Benefit a Handful of Large Charities, Study Finds
Big gifts from wealthy donors and foundations are made primarily to a small group of very large charities, ALSO SEE:Big Gifts: Share of Money That Goes to Charities, by Cause with the result that many causes -- and almost all small and regional groups -- are cut off from a substantial source of…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Shaky Economy Didn’t Cause Grant Making to Fall in 2002, Report Says
Foundation giving remained steady in 2002 despite a weak economy and volatile stock market, according to a new ALSO SEE:Foundation Rankings: America’s Biggest Grant Makers report by the Foundation Center. The report is based on data collected from nearly 62,000 foundations in the United States.…
By Serdar Tumgoren
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Housing Trusts Help Increase Supply of Low-Cost Homes
As the federal government has slashed funds to programs that provide housing to needy people, cities and states ALSO SEE:Drafting New Plans for HousingBuilding SecurityMacArthur Stands Behind Controversial Housing Plan have turned to a new method to garner tax dollars for low-cost homes. By…
By Michael Anft
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MacArthur Stands Behind Controversial Housing Plan
Four years ago, when Chicago housing officials unveiled a $1.6-billion plan to demolish tens of thousands of ALSO SEE:Drafting New Plans for HousingBuilding SecurityHousing Trusts Help Increase Supply of Low-Cost Homes public-housing units and replace them with new developments, Donta C. Brown had…
By Michael Anft
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Grant makers and loan programs help bring financial stability to owners of mobile homesLoudon, N.H.
By Michael Anft
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Drafting New Plans for Housing
Numerous programs seek to preserve low-cost homesWith the help of federal programs and foundation grants, homeownership rates have risen to their highest level ALSO SEE:Building SecurityMacArthur Stands Behind Controversial Housing PlanHousing Trusts Help Increase Supply of Low-Cost Homes in the…
By Michael Anft
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Photograph by Katie KrebsIn the mid-1800s, around the time Wisconsin joined the Union, prairie covered more than two million acres of the state. Today, fewer than 3,500 acres of prairie remain. The advance of agriculture and urbanization has understandably upset the ecological equilibrium and…