A Former Insider’s Crusade to Transform Thinking About Corporate Giving
Soon after he turned 55 last year, Curt Weeden realized that if he really believed in his work, he had to quit his job. Mr. Weeden, who since 1990 had been vice-president for corporate giving at Johnson & Johnson, left his comfortable post last month. He has begun what he admits could be a…
By Susan Gray
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Trustees of Ted Turner’s United Nations Foundation
Ted Turner, vice-president of Time Warner, New York, chairman Ruth Cardoso, First Lady of Brazil and chair, Communidade Solidaria Program, Brasilia Graca Machel, children’s-rights activist and widow of Mozambique’s first president Emma Rothschild, Director of the Centre for History and Economics,…
At a Glance: The United Nations Foundation
History: Established in January by Ted Turner, vice-chairman of Time Warner, who last fall pledged to give up to $1-billion over 10 years to support the United Nations. Purpose: To help support the United Nations in achieving the goals of its charter, and to promote greater public understanding of…
First Round of Grants From Ted Turner’s New United Nations Foundation
Drug Control * To encourage press coverage of a special session on drugs to be held in June by the United Nations General Assembly: $150,000 to the United Nations In ternational Drug Control Programme (Vienna). Environment * To work with Rescue Mission, a British group, on a survey to gauge what…
Ted Turner Maps Out His Sphere of Influence
United Nations Foundation gets off to a quick start with first round of grants and a high-powered board The United Nations Foundation’s initial round of grants reflects both the varied interests of its benefactor, Ted Turner, and the wide range of activities in which U.N. agencies play a role. The…
By Stephen G. Greene
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For a person who can’t walk, one way to feel the exhilaration of movement is through horseback riding. And for those with other disabilities, riding can be a road to rehabilitation, say the leaders of Equest, a therapeutic horsemanship center in Dallas. Founded in 1981, Equest gives riding classes…
Cornell U. Is Promised $100-Million Donation
Sanford I. Weill, chief executive officer of the Travelers Group insurance and brokerage company, and his wife, Joan, have announced that they plan to give $100-million to Cornell University’s medical college in New York. Mr. Weill, a 1955 graduate of Cornell University and a trustee emeritus, has…
By Susan Gray
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White House Honors 12 More ‘Points of Light’ for Volunteer Work
Following are the 12 people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s daily “Points of Light” award. The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community…
Metropolitan Museum Gets European Art Worth $300-Million; Other Recent Gifts
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York, has received a collection of 20th-century European art valued at up to $300-million. Natasha Gelman, who died May 2 in Cuernavaca, Mexico, bequeathed 85 art works that she and her husband, Jacques, had amassed over 50 years. The trove includes works by…
After a Decade at the Helm, Head of MacArthur Fund to Step Down
Adele Simmons, president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, announced last week that she plans to resign in September 1999. Ms. Simmons, who took over MacArthur’s top job in 1989, joins a growing list of heads of the nation’s wealthiest foundations who have decided to…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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How to Reach the Funds Set Up by Levi Strauss’s Heirs
The Columbia Foundation One Lombard Street, Suite 305 San Francisco 94111 (415) 986-5179 World-Wide Web site: http://www.columbia.org Executive director: Susan Reed Clark Richard One Lombard Street, Suite 303 San Francisco 94111 (415) 788-1090 Executive director: Duane Silverstein Evelyn and Walter…
Photograph by MICHAEL TONY Several times a year, some 200 volunteers fan out across metropolitan Washington, D.C., carrying buckets, vials, dip nets, pocket magnifying lenses, and other equipment for testing water quality. Their mission: to record information about a particular site at one of 45…
Homosexual-rights activists say that the I.R.S. acted improperly when it recently asked a Rhode Island organization that helps lesbians to change its mission statement as a prerequisite for obtaining charity status. Kathys’ Group, located in South Kingstown, provides health information to gay women…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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IRS Proposes Rules for Travel Tours
The I.R.S. has proposed new rules to explain when universities, museums, and other tax-exempt groups can sponsor travel tours without paying income tax on revenue from the trips. Non-profit organizations must pay the unrelated-business income tax on income from activities that are not…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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