A Soccer Field Is Designed to Multitask and Pump Clean Water to Poor Regions
Kids from several Los Angeles Boys and Girls Clubs play soccer on a model of a structure intended to help people in developing countries gather and process clean drinking water.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Increasingly, Companies Seek to Tie Giving to Their Efforts to Achieve Business Goals
In an era of tightened budgets, many big companies are more closely aligning their philanthropic giving to their business goals.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Personal Tales of Haitian Kids Help Raise Funds to Send Them to Camp
By telling individual stories of young Haitians who survived this winter’s earthquake, a charity raises money to send the kids to summer camp.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
America’s Biggest Businesses Set Flat Giving Budgets
America’s biggest companies say profits are rebounding, but charitable giving is likely to remain muted, a Chronicle survey finds. Learn more about the trends and giving figures for 162 companies.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
The weekly news magazine, which lost $30-million last year, may explore a different structure under its new owner.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
International Causes Saw Gain in Foundation Grants in 2008, but Other Causes Were Not So Lucky
Despite the deepening economic crisis, foundations awarded more money in 2008 than in the previous year, according to a new study of 1,490 funds conducted by the Foundation Center.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Health-Care Endowments Saw Modest Signs of Improvement in 2009, Report Says
The gains in health endowments didn’t fully compensate for previous lost ground.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
40 Wealthy American Families Vow to Give a Chunk of Their Fortunes to Charity
Many of the nation’s most prominent philanthropists have vowed publicly to award a big share of their assets to charitable causes.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Have 100,000 Nonprofit Groups Failed in the Recession?
How have predictions from the researcher Paul Light played out?
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
WikiLeaks has received lots of attention in recent days for its disclosure of secret U.S. documents. Now the nonprofit group is also drawing criticism from some observers who say it should be more transparent about its donors.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor