Charities step up efforts to help young adults leaving foster careNew York At age 20, Antoine Platel is less than a year away from a change that will be dramatic even for someone who ALSO SEE:Helping Young People Leave Foster Care: Recent Grants is used to upheavals. On his next birthday, he will…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Wolfgang Gindorfer, a German optician, arrived in Uganda in 1985 and quickly set to work establishing an eye-care program in the city of Tororo. As a project director at Christian Blind Mission International, Mr. Gindorfer began by performing vision tests out of a Benedictine monastery. From 1992…
Colorado Firefighters Among Recent ‘Points of Light’ Winners
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…
$30-Billion Contributed to Churches
American church members contributed nearly $30-billion to 65 Protestant denominations in 2000, according to a new report by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. The 2002 edition of the ALSO SEE:Contributions to U.S. Protestant ChurchesContributions to Canadian Protestant…
By Debra E. Blum
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Foundations Gave $29-Billion Last Year, a 5.1% Increase, Report Says
Grant making by the nation’s foundations grew an estimated 5.1 percent in 2001, a much slower ALSO SEE:100 Largest Foundations by Assets rate than in previous years, according to a new report released this month. Foundations distributed an estimated $29-billion to charities last year, a…
By Ian Wilhelm
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$52.6-Million Bequest From Businessman Goes to U.Va.; Other Gifts to Charities
The University of Virginia, in Charlottesville, has received a $52.6-million bequest from Ward Buchanan, a retired Procter & Gamble executive who graduated from the university’s law school in 1914. Mr. Buchanan, who died in 1942, stipulated in his will that a trust be created to provide income to…
Intel co-founder devotes billions to environment and other causesSan Francisco About 30 years ago, Gordon and Betty Moore started taking their two sons on ALSO SEE: Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation: a Sampling of 2001 Grants A $261-Million Grant Shows a Foundation’s Goals annual trips to…
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Photograph by Clare Brett SmithA few years ago José Fumo, a talented woodcarver in Mozambique, sold his wares at local markets. Now his items also sit on the shelves at ABC Carpet & Home, an upscale retailer in New York, and were recently featured in Elle Décor, the home-design magazine. The…
A $261 Million Grant Shows a Foundation’s Goals
When officials at the Gordon E. and Betty I. Moore Foundation say they want to make big grants that make a big difference, they often point to their $261-million, 10-year grant to Conservation International as a good illustration of what they mean.
By Nicole Lewis
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Conflict Mediators 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…
Report Gives Companies Tips to Evaluate Projects
A new report offers companies that support community-development projects a way to evaluate whether their involvement makes business sense. The report, published by the Conference Board, a nonprofit research group in New York that is financed by businesses, explains a method for calculating what it…
By Debra E. Blum
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L.A. Couple Pledges $300-Million for Schools
Eli and Edythe Broad recently pledged $300-million to the Broad Foundation, in Los Angeles, which they founded in 1999 with a $100-million pledge. The foundation makes grants to help improve governance, labor relations, and management in large urban school districts nationwide. Mr. Broad is…
Grant Makers Urged to Think Globally and Collaborate Across Their Regions
Sydney, Australia Grant makers around the world will increasingly be called upon to think globally and collaborate regionally in helping to overcome the suspicions of people living in a divided world, a former president of the Council on Foundations told an international conference here last month.…
By DAVID COHEN
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How The Chronicle’s 2002 Foundation Survey Was Compiled
The Chronicle’s annual foundation survey is based on financial information provided by 152 of the ALSO SEE:2002 Foundation Giving SurveyFoundation Assets SagCutbacks Take Toll on Programs to Improve Charity Operations2002 Foundation Giving: Related Charts nation’s largest private grant makers. The…