On-Line Giving and Increased Activism: Predictions for a New Millennium
The rise of the Internet. ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. Demands for greater financial accountability. Expanding grassroots activism. The growth of international partnerships between charitable groups. Such forces will help to reshape…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Internet Entrepreneur Tries to Bring Employee Giving On Line
To former Microsoft employee Pete Mountanos, it seemed to be simple enough: ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. He wanted to give money to a shelter for battered women through the company’s annual employee charity drive. But because the Santa…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Government, Charities, and Business Will Join Forces, Bush Adviser Predicts
As the 20th century came to a close, ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. so did the debate over whether governments will increasingly turn to non-profit organizations and for-profit companies to help deliver services to citizens. So argues…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Virtual Foundation Aims to Bring International Philanthropy to the Masses
Supporting overseas projects is an intimidating prospect for many small donors, ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. who often feel ill-equipped to identify worthy efforts in foreign countries and to insure that their gifts are used wisely.…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Magazine Publisher’s Charity Begins — but Doesn’t End — at the Office
For Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, there was only one way to ring in the new millennium. The successful business-magazine publisher spent New Year’s Eve inside a warehouse in her hometown of Greensboro, N.C., ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back.…
By Domenica Marchetti
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A Regulator Predicts Charitable Benefits — and Abuses — for 21st Century
Dan Moore, New Mexico’s chief charity regulator, sees the Internet as “the most significant development for the philanthropic world in the last 10 years.” As the next president of the National Association of State Charity Officials, ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium:…
By Jennifer Moore
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Kansas City Community Fund Adopts a Customer-Service Approach
Janice C. Kreamer has spent most of the past decade preparing for the 21st century. ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. As president of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, she started revamping the fund eight years ago so it would…
By Holly Hall
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Mexican Fund Aims to Make Philanthropy a Tool of the Poor as Well as the Rich
Widespread frustration with the limitations of conventional philanthropy in many countries has prompted experimentation with new models. ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. Those new approaches, some observers are predicting, will transform…
By Stephen G. Greene
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High-School Senior and Peers Are a Growing Force for Philanthropy
At 18 years old, Amy Lien Cross can already be called an activist and a grant maker. Amy, who lives in Chicago, is president of her school’s chapter of Amnesty International, ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. a member of the Chicago Youth…
By Debra E. Blum
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Technology and Accountability Will Shape the Future of Philanthropy
From his office at Arizona State University, in Tempe, Robert Ashcraft has a window on the non-profit world in the 21st century. ALSO SEE:A SPECIAL REPORT on philanthropy at the millennium: looking ahead and looking back. Mr. Ashcraft, director of a university program that trains students to work…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Sewing Circle Helps Mend Lives
Photograph by Steve Schneider Ever since she fled to Seattle from war-ravaged Cambodia in 1979, Ly-Sieng Ngo has worked as a medical interpreter for the Center for Multi-Cultural Health, a charity that provides a variety of services to local hospitals, clinics, and social-service groups. She uses…
Largest Gifts by Individuals in 1999
Compiled by C. QUINN HANCHETTE Rank Donors Amount Purpose 1. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda Three gifts totaling $16-billion To endow the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [details] 2. James H. Clark, founder of Netscape $150-million To construct a biomedical-engineering…
Violence Reduction, Volunteer Induction Among Goals of Recent ‘Points of Light’ Honorees
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…
Share of Company Profits Given to Charity Drops From 2.4% to 1.1% in 11 Years
After seesawing for the past five decades, corporate contributions as a share of earnings have been on a downward trend, according to a new report. The Conference Board, a New York research ALSO SEE:Growth in Corporate Contributions group financed by businesses, examined corporate philanthropy…
By Debra E. Blum
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New Cancer Center in St. Louis Receives $25-Million Pledge; Other Gifts
Five non-profit organizations have received big gifts. * A cancer center under construction in St. Louis has received a $25-million pledge from Alvin J. Siteman, a banker and businessman, and his wife, Ruth. The project combines the cancer programs of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Washington…