Elderly Troupe Honored 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…
5 Colleges and Universities Get Large Donations; Other Big Gifts
Five higher-education institutions have received big gifts. Edward L. Gaylord, publisher of The Daily Oklahoman, has given $22-million to establish a journalism college at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman. The donation will finance the construction of a new facility and endow faculty…
Organizations Getting Grants from Ford
Following are the organizations that received grants from the new Ford program: DANCE Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (New York): $1-million, which the organization plans to match by raising $3-million over three years. ALSO SEE:Ford Foundation Awards $40-Million to Help 28 Arts Organizations…
Ford Foundation Awards $40-Million to Help 28 Arts Organizations
By CONSTANCE CASEY When he first answered questions on a survey from the Ford Foundation last fall, Vincent Anthony, founder and director of the Center for Puppetry Arts, in Atlanta, ALSO SEE:Organizations Getting Grants from Ford had no idea that he was in line to become one of 28 beneficiaries of…
By Constance Casey
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Where Small Foundations Can Learn the Ropes
By CONSTANCE CASEYAt age 70, Ike Leighty found he had more money than he could give in his usual way to charities in his hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, or his birthplace of Macomb, Ill. After being laid off by a company he’d been with for 30 years, he started a business that became extraordinarily…
By Constance Casey
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A Royal Call to Action for Foundations
Jordan’s queen tells grant makers to increase giving, shun paternalism “What does philanthropy have to do with the 21st-century era of the cybermillionaire and the venture capitalist?” That question was offered by Queen Noor, the widow of King Hussein of Jordan, at the opening session of the…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Helping Kids Climb Out of Poverty
Photograph by Ilene Perlman Many poor children in Nepal face a daunting uphill struggle. Some have been servants from an early age, sent away by their parents to do contract work. Others live in jail with an incarcerated parent because they have nowhere else to go. Still others roam the streets,…
Helping Kids Climb Out of Poverty
Photograph by Ilene Perlman Many poor children in Nepal face a daunting uphill struggle. Some have been servants from an early age, sent away by their parents to do contract work. Others live in jail with an incarcerated parent because they have nowhere else to go. Still others roam the streets,…
White House Honors ‘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…
Nike Head Halts Gifts to U. of Oregon Over Sweatshop Issue
The University of Oregon has lost a $30-million pledge from Philip H. Knight, chairman of Nike, because of the university’s decision to join an anti-sweatshop group that will monitor labor conditions in factories. Mr. Knight, a graduate of the university, has already given $50-million to the school…
By Harvy Lipman
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Health-Conversion Funds Hold $16-Billion in Assets
Foundations formed when non-profit hospitals and other health-care providers converted to for-profit status now hold more than $15.6-billion in assets, according to a new report. The foundations focus the great majority of their grants on health issues. ALSO SEE: Growth of Health-Care “Conversion”…
By Harvy Lipman
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Cancer Institute in Utah Wins $125-Million; Other Big Gifts
Four organizations have received big gifts. * Jon M. Huntsman, chairman of the chemical company Huntsman Corporation, in Salt Lake City, has announced that he will give $125-million to enhance a cancer institute he established at the University of Utah with a $100-million donation in 1995. Mr.…
4 Foundations Announce $100-Million Plan for Africa
Hoping to catch the wave of reform now washing across Africa, four U.S. foundations have announced a joint plan to spend at least $100-million over the next five years to improve universities in six or more African countries. “Now is the right time,” said Gordon Conway, president of the Rockefeller…
By Constance Casey
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Photograph by Lisa Gamble For 43 years, Riverbrook Residence has provided a hearth and haven for women who are mentally retarded. Located in scenic Stockbridge, Mass., Riverbrook offers physical and emotional care to 20 women, ages 24 to 64. Some of them have lived at the home for three decades or…
Critics question the effectiveness of Annenberg grants for education When Walter H. Annenberg decided to make a major gift to improve America’s public schools, ALSO SEE:Where Annenberg’s $500-Million Education Gift Is GoingLarge Education Gifts and Grants: a SamplingChanging Schools in the Bay Area…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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