Photograph by John CushingFor more than 30 years, Children’s HeartLink, in Minneapolis, has been working to prevent and treat heart disease among poor children around the world. Founded in 1969 by two cardiovascular surgeons, the charity’s original purpose was to bring sick children to the United…
Smithsonian Receives $80-Million Gift
By DOMENICA MARCHETTIKenneth 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 American History. Although the gift is unrestricted, Mr.…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Donors Need More Advice, Report Says
By DEBRA E. BLUMPrivate foundations have an important role to play in drawing wealthy people to philanthropy, says a new report. Among other strategies, the report says, foundations should support programs run by community funds, United Ways, or other charities to teach donors about giving. The…
By Debra E. Blum
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Educational Programs Honored With Points of Light Awards
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…
Couple Create $100-Million Foundation; Other Gifts
An Austin, Tex., couple have pledged $100-million to help people in Africa, the United Kingdom, and Texas. Phillip R. Berber, founder of the online brokerage CyBerCorp.com, and his wife, Donna, have established A Glimmer of Hope, a foundation in Austin that initially will focus on improving the…
Curbing Consumption: a Sampling of Charities Striving to Change Americans’ Behavior
Compiled by STEPHEN G. GREENE and MEG SOMMERFELDCenter for a New American Dream: Membership organization that helps people ALSO SEE:Learning to Make Do With Less and institutions reduce or alter their consumption habits in an effort to improve the quality of their lives and protect the environment.…
Photograph by Paul MarkertWhen schools opened in North Bennington, Vt., last week, Terry Ehrich, a magazine publisher, could be found driving an antique fire engine in a parade down Main Street to the local elementary school. Mr. Ehrich has long been a believer that the first day of school should…
Charities cite consumerism as the cause of many modern woesA growing number of non-profit organizations have taken on the daunting task of challenging ALSO SEE:Curbing Consumption: a Sampling of Charities Striving to Change Americans’ Behavior a juggernaut that sometimes appears unstoppable: the…
By Stephen G. Greene
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University Receives $40-Million; Other Gifts
Several organizations have received big gifts. Edward L. Gaylord, publisher of The Daily Oklahoman, has pledged $40-million to Oklahoma Christian University, in Oklahoma City, for a capital campaign to be announced this fall. Mr. Gaylord has said he will pay the university $2-million each year over…
Unfiltered Facts for Teenagers
Big fund takes frank approach to warn about tobacco’s dangersWashington Only a few blocks from the Washington Monument, and many of this city’s other memorials, a ALSO SEE:At a Glance: The American Legacy Foundation
By Debra E. Blum
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Photograph by Bettina MokJonas Mok’s father is Chinese, his mother is German, and he was born in Bangkok. He traveled the world a lot, and realized that “you learn about yourself through different cultures and different lands.” Now Mr. Mok, 30, is passing on his experience to people who have never…
By HARVY LIPMANGrant making by the nation’s foundations grew by an estimated 17.2 percent in 1999, ALSO SEE:Foundation TrendsState and Regional Data, 1998New Report on Grant-Making Trends slowing from a record 21.7 percent increase the year before, according to a new report by the Foundation…
By Harvy Lipman
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Public Health Is Key Issue for Recent ‘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…