Protestants Increase Share of Income Donated to Church, Report Says
Protestants are donating bigger shares of their incomes to churches, but the portion of their gifts earmarked to support church-sponsored social services is dropping, according to a new report. An analysis of 29 Protestant denominations by Empty Tomb, an Illinois research organization, shows that…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Few Foundations Publish Reports, Study Finds
More foundations published annual reports this year than in past years, according to a new ALSO SEE: Foundations: How They Report to the Public study by the Foundation Center. Even so, more than 90 percent of grant makers still do not publish such reports, the center said. The number of foundations…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Prospective Grantees Take Foundation to Court and Ask for $1.25-Million
In a rare public display of grantee frustration with grant-maker behavior, farm workers in an ALSO SEE:Terror’s Fallout agricultural Washington county are suing the Northwest Area Foundation for $1.25-million, charging that the grant maker reneged on a promised antipoverty grant. Disenchanted…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Slowdown in entry visas for foreigners imperils charities that aid new immigrantsWhen James D. Lual was 7, the national army came into his family’s village in southern Sudan and killed his father and elder brother. James ran away, along with three friends and his cousin, Isaiah Manyok, beginning an…
By Michael Anft
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Photograph by Morris WeintraubIt is a dream a lot of 12-year-old girls share -- to dance the part of Clara in “The Nutcracker.” Forty years ago, when LaVerne Reed was that age, she was already a talented dancer, but the chances that a young black girl in Philadelphia would perform the lead role in…
$220-Million to Build College Pledged by Pizza Entrepreneur
Thomas S. Monaghan, the founder of Domino’s Pizza, announced last week that he and his Ave Maria Foundation have pledged $220-million to create a Catholic university near Naples, Fla., and an additional $18-million for an interim campus. He said he and other investors would also spend $100-million…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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New Institute Will Study Faith and Philanthropy
A $5-million gift to Indiana University by the family of a former Lilly Endowment chairman will be used to create an institute that will explore the connection between faith and charitable giving. The Lake Family Institute on Faith and Giving, established by the children of the late Thomas H. and…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
Heir to Lilly Fortune Pledges $100-Million
The Modern Poetry Association, in Chicago, publishers of Poetry magazine, has received a pledge expected to total $100-million over 30 years from Ruth Lilly, 87, heir to the Eli Lilly pharmaceutical fortune. Much of the gift is being made in stock in the Lilly company, so its value will depend on…
Some Catholics Stop Gifts Due to Scandal, Poll Finds
The clergy sexual-abuse scandal that has rocked the Catholic church so far has had a limited effect on giving to the church. But that effect could grow significantly if donors find out that their gifts have been used to settle sexual-abuse lawsuits, according to a new report released by Foundations…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Support Extends Life of United Nations Fund
The United Nations Foundation, which Ted Turner founded in 1997 by pledging $1-billion, has attracted $150-million in additional private donations in the past five years and plans to continue to operate until at least 2012 -- five years longer than Mr. Turner says he originally intended. A recent…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
Museum Group Issues Guidelines on Ethics
Responding to controversies that have arisen over increasing efforts by donors to control how their gifts are used, the American Association of Museums has issued its first set of ethics guidelines governing how its 3,000 members should deal with individual contributors. “In today’s funding…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Disenchanted Donor Seeks Return of $1.6-Million Gift
Six years ago, Paul F. Glenn donated $1.6-million to the University of Southern California, hoping ALSO SEE:Seeking Control in Court to underwrite biological research that would help unlock the secrets of the aging process. Last year, he sued the university, asking that his money be transferred to…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Disgruntled donors sue over use of their giftsThe question of how much influence donors or their families can exercise over their donations after the gifts ALSO SEE:Disenchanted Donor Seeks Return of $1.6-Million Gift have been made lies at the heart of a handful of high-profile lawsuits now…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Neighborhood Silence Is Golden
Photograph by Stefan ZacklinWhen Alan and Yolanda Young started renovating a house in a troubled section of Kansas City, Mo., their intention was to do the job quickly and move on. The place became their home, however, when they decided to take on another project: the neighborhood. Ivanhoe, which…