This is SANDBOX. For experimenting and training.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy logo

Author

Avatar for Caroline Preston

Caroline Preston

Contributor

Aid Group Taps Book Clubs to Help Raise Money and Awareness

Aid group taps book clubs to help raise money, awareness

Heritage Foundation (Washington): No. 325

Heritage Foundation (Washington): No. 325

A new talk-radio ad campaign reels in new donors for think tank.

California Institute of Technology (Pasadena): No. 206

California Institute of Technology (Pasadena): No. 206

The California Institute of Technology solicits advice from donors.

Teach For America: No. 186

Teach For America: No. 186

The flood of teaching applicants prompts gifts.

Doctors Without Borders (New York): No. 139

Doctors Without Borders (New York): No. 139

The overseas group seeks cure since there was a decline in gifts.

Texas Children’s Hospital (Houston): No. 207

Texas Children’s Hospital’s appeal to the hispanic community yields $92,000.

Salvation Army: No. 2

Salvation Army: No. 2

Charity’s ‘Christmas in July’ campaign brings in $300,000

America’s Top Charities Face Tough Fund-Raising Year

America’s Top Charities Face Tough Fund-Raising Year

Bruised by a deep recession, organizations in the Chronicle’s Philanthropy 400 expect a decline in fund raising.

Family of Turkish Philanthropists Among Winners of Carnegie Medals

The prize: 2009 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, which celebrates donors who embody Andrew Carnegie’s ideals that with wealth comes responsibility and that private wealth should advance the public good. Winners: The Koçs, a family in Turkey that runs one of Europe’s largest private foundations, and…