U.S. Cities Most Affected by Sprawl
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Photograph by Michael Ventura T he Fishing School teaches needy youngsters in Washington, D.C., how to cast a line, but that is only one of the many ways that the charity aims to improve the lives of the inner-city poor. Started in 1990 by Tom Lewis, a retired Washington police officer, the Fishing…
Rampant growth is no longer seen as just an environmental issue Grant makers and charities in growing numbers are joining forces to combat a problem that affects nearly every community in the country: the haphazard commercial and residential development that creates suburban sprawl. ALSO SEE:U.S.…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Couple Leaves $120-Million to 3 Institutions; Other Gifts
Several non-profit organizations have received big gifts. * A San Diego couple has bequeathed a total of $120-million to three institutions in California. The California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena, has received $60-million from the estate of Rea A. and Lela (Jackie) Axline of San Diego.…
Football Team’s Sale to Benefit Fund
A pending offer for the National Football League’s Washington Redskins could generate as much as $500-million for the charitable foundation created by the team’s owner, the late Jack Kent Cooke. Mr. Cooke, who died in April 1997, left 90 per cent of the Washington Redskins to the charitable…
New Health Programs to Give $58-Million
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has announced two new grant-making programs that will give away more than $58-million: * “Covering Kids: A National Health Access Initiative for Low-Income, Uninsured Children.” The $47-million program is designed to encourage governments and private organizations…
Officials of Funds That Invite Donors’ Advice Brace for Federal Scrutiny
Community foundations and similar organizations are bracing for Congressional scrutiny of their operations -- and are working hard to head off new restrictions that they say would throw cold water on what has become a very hot giving technique. Key Congressional staff members have been holding…
By Jennifer Moore
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Grants Seek to Encourage Growth in Organized Philanthropy
Eleven regional coalitions of grant makers have received seed money from several major donors to help increase organized philanthropy among Americans. The Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers, a national organization that represents two dozen of the country’s largest such coalitions,…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Grants Helped Build a Health Facility of ‘Peace and Happiness’
When Jennie Chin Hansen’s father suffered a debilitating stroke, she knew where to bring him. ALSO SEE:A New Focus on Aging Ms. Hansen was a researcher at On Lok SeniorHealth Services, a San Francisco charity that provides myriad health and social services to frail elderly patients who live at…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Photograph by Richard Lord Fifteen-year-old Rene Diaz is only a high-school junior, but he’s already had the opportunity to be a radio producer, editor, and host. He and nine other New York teen-agers are taking part in a project run by the New York radio station WBAI and Global Kids, a non-profit…
Advocates for the elderly urge grant makers to do more Retiring baby boomers will head not for Sun City, Fort Lauderdale, or other popular havens for the elderly but for places like Pittsburgh -- if a new $200,000 foundation grant achieves its goal. ALSO SEE:Grants Helped Build a Health Facility of…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Court Shields Names of Group’s Donors
Forcing a Texas non-profit organization to disclose the names of its contributors would violate its freedom-of-association rights under the U.S. Constitution, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled unanimously. It said making an organization reveal its members or donors could have a “chilling effect”…
Studies Assess Giving in Kansas City, Los Angeles
Kansas City and Los Angeles outpace the national average for per-household giving, according to new metropolitan-area studies of giving released by community foundations in those cities. Seventy-five per cent of Kansas City households gave to charity last year, while 73 per cent of Los Angeles…
Report Presents Mixed Picture of Giving by Protestants
Protestant church members are donating slightly more after-tax income to activities that directly benefit their local congregations than in the recent past, a new report says. However, they continue to hold back when it comes to giving money for soup kitchens, overseas missions, and other external…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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