Library of Congress Receives $60-Million Donation; Other Recent Gifts
Numerous nonprofit groups have received large gifts: The Library of Congress has received $60-million from John W. Kluge, a telecommunications and media executive, to establish two programs to encourage scholarship in human sciences such as history, sociology, and anthropology, and to find ways to…
Report Outlines Role of Family Foundations
By STEPHEN G. GREENEFamily foundations account for 40 percent of the assets held by all types of grant makers ALSO SEE:Family Foundations: A Profile and 37 percent of all foundation giving, according to a new report. Such foundations, in which the donor or his or her family members continue to play…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Private nonprofit groups take root despite government ambivalence and huge obstacles to raising moneyBeijing Tian Huiping took an unusual step when she found no school willing to enroll her son, who is autistic. She started her own. The Xingxingyu Institute -- the name “Star Star Rain” is taken…
By Kyna Rubin
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Photograph by Jim DeckerAt the Nathan Adelson Hospice in Las Vegas, man’s best friend can also be a patient’s best friend. Through the hospice’s pet-therapy program, volunteers bring their dogs to visit terminally ill patients at two inpatient facilities. While most of the hospice’s 200 patients…
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Pet Program for Sick Kids Is Among Latest ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
American History Museum Receives $80-Million; Other Big Gifts
Several nonprofit groups are the beneficiaries of multimillion-dollar donations: Kenneth E. Behring, a West Coast multimillionaire who made his fortune in real-estate development and automobile businesses, has donated $80-million to the Smithsonian Institution to renovate its National Museum of…
A Close Look at Ways to Increase Giving by Women and to Instill the Habit in Girls
By MEG SOMMERFELD Boston The giving gap between men and women is beginning to close, experts told a meeting of 500 nonprofit, education, and business leaders here, but charities still have much to learn about how best to raise money from women. Sponsored by the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools,…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Grant Makers, Once Cautious on the Issue, Begin to Seek Ways to Stop Shootings
By DOMENICA MARCHETTIFoundations have traditionally shied away from supporting charities that focus on gun control, ALSO SEE:Taking Aim at Gun Violence especially because of the subject’s political overtones. In recent years, however, more and more foundations are making grants that focus on the…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Support is growing for charities that seek stricter policiesDaniel Gross could easily raise money and attention for his charity, a gun-safety group, ALSO SEE:Grant Makers, Once Cautious on the Issue, Begin to Seek Ways to Stop Shootings by talking publicly about the pain he and his family suffered…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Photograph by Jim FetsEach year, more than 25,000 youngsters learn how to solve environmental problems in their neighborhoods by participating in programs run by a charity called Earth Force. The Alexandria, Va., group was created in 1993 with a $12-million, seven-year grant from the Pew Charitable…
Special Olympics Trainer Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton´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…
Ford Foundation to Award $19-Million to Help Leaders of Local Charities
By VIKKI KRATZThe Ford Foundation this week is announcing a new awards program to support local non-profit leaders, as well as to identify the characteristics that make them successful. The six-year, $19-million program -- Leadership for a Changing World -- will offer 60 non-profit leaders or teams…
By Vikki Kratz
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UCLA Gets $20-Million Donation; Other Gifts
Three higher-education institutions have received big gifts. Eli and Edythe Broad, of Los Angeles, have donated $20-million to the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California at Los Angeles for a new art complex. The facility will be named for Mr. Broad, chairman of…
Making Sure Their Art Stays Alive
Foundation promotes the work of little-known, nonliving artistsFor little-known artists who want to win attention to their work, the Judith Rothschild Foundation is just the place to turn. But there is one caveat: They must be dead. ALSO SEE: The Judith Rothschild Foundation Few philanthropies…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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