Canadians Increased Giving by 9% in 2000, Report Says
Canadians who file tax returns increased their giving by 9 percent in 2000, according to a new report by Canada’s central statistics agency. In addition, the number of people who reported that they made charitable donations rose from 5.4 million to 5.5 million in 2000. On average, one in four…
By Karen Birchard
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50-Year Volunteer Among ‘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…
Protestant Donations to Churches Are Rising
Protestants have been donating an increasingly big share of their income to their churches in recent years, according to a new report. An analysis of 29 Protestant denominations shows that in 1999, the latest year for which data are available, church members gave an average of $597, in…
By Debra E. Blum
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Arizona Charity Executive Is Accused of Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a charity in Scottsdale, Ariz., of fleecing elderly donors of at least $54-million in gift-annuity payments. Regulators say the total amount lost by donors to the Mid-America Foundation could be as much as $100-million. In a lawsuit against…
By Harvy Lipman
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Biggest Gifts by Individuals, 2001
1. Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda $2-billion » To endow the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2. Jim Stowers, founder of American Century mutual-fund company, and his wife, Virginia $1.11-billion » To endow the Stowers Institute for Medical Research 3. Gordon Moore,…
N.Y. College Gets $120-Million in Pledges for Campaign; Other Large Gifts
The following nonprofit institutions have received large donations: Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., has received an unrestricted $50-million pledge from Leon Levy, a retired general partner at Odyssey Partners, a hedge fund in New York, and a trustee of the college, for its capital…
The Play’s the Thing for These Kids
Sixteen years ago, John and Carolyne Revell quit their jobs as special-education teachers in Shropshire County, England, to run Kaleidoscope Theatre, a drama company in which about half the 35 members have Down syndrome. The company affords those with the congenital condition the opportunity for a…
Evaluation of Company Giving Hands Top Honors to IBM
A new report on 14 multinational companies that run charitable-giving or community programs worldwide gives top honors to International Business Machines, in Armonk, N.Y. The report, which rates companies according to seven criteria, such as how well the businesses measure the impact of their work,…
By Debra E. Blum
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Volunteer Pilots Are Among Those Honored With ‘Points of Light’ Award
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…
$15-Million Promised to Dance Group; Other Gifts
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Foundation has received a $15-million pledge from Joan and Sanford I. Weill for its capital campaign, which will support the construction of a new dance center and add to the group’s endowment. The new building, in Manhattan, will be named for Mrs. Weill, who…
Donors prefer to support health charities that oppose research on animals, says a new survey conducted by a Washington group that is trying to end such research. The poll by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine found that 56 percent of respondents said they would be more likely to…
Charities in the state of Washington that hired commercial fund raisers received about 55 percent of the money donated thus far in 2001, according to a joint report by the state’s attorney general and secretary of state. That is a better return than the charities received last year, when slightly…
Giving and Assets of Calif. Foundations Grow Faster Than Those of Other U.S Grant Makers
In the 1990s, California foundations’ giving and assets grew at a greater rate than the total giving and assets of all grant makers in the United States, according to a new study by the Foundation Center and the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of Southern California. The…
A handful of the largest U.S. foundations have contributed a total of more than $50-million to help prevent AIDS in sub-Subharan Africa and help those who already have the disease. Contributors to the new five-year program include the Bill & Melinda Gates, William and Flora Hewlett, Robert Wood…
Promoting Pluralism in Indonesia
Ford Foundation’s support attracts new scrutinyJakarta, Indonesia As the founder of a feminist periodical in the world’s most-populous Muslim nation, Gadis Arivia is trying to exert a major influence on how people here think about the role of women. The next article in Yayasan Jurnal Perempuan, or…
By DAVID COHEN
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