Couple Uses Unorthodox Ways to Donate Most of $2-Billion Fortune
Bill and Sue Gross often support efforts they hear about on ’60 Minutes’ or spontaneously write checks to unsuspecting people in dire financial straits.
By Doug Donovan
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Barr Foundation Taps Irvine Leader as Its 1st President
James Canales will step down early next year to lead the philanthropy as it increases its national and international presence.
By Doug Donovan
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Endowments Are Starting to Surpass Pre-Recession Levels
Nonprofits earned 7 to 11 percent returns in 2012, according to a Chronicle study of 255 organizations.
By Sarah Frostenson and Doug Donovan
Nonprofits Get Creative in Raising Money for the Long-Term
Charities are finding intriguing ways to encourage donors to support endowments, even young people.
By Doug Donovan
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Catholic Charities Hopes to Benefit From New Pope’s Focus on the Poor
At a time when the group has been struggling to maintain donor support, its leaders see good “sound bites” in the prevailing message of Pope Francis.
By Doug Donovan
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Nonprofits Face Delayed Payments From Shutdown
A new poll finds that some groups aren’t getting any of the money they expected and some are already closing programs and furloughing staff members.
By Doug Donovan
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Donors Chip In to Help Charity Pay Death Benefits to Military Families
The Fisher House Foundation is paying $100,000 in death benefits to families of military employees who have died since the federal government shut down.
By Doug Donovan
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Charities Demonstrate Impact of Shutdown
United Way leaders gathered on Capitol Hill to demonstrate how communities with deep political differences work together, one of several new efforts by charities to push lawmakers to take action on the budget.
By Doug Donovan
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Wealthy Donors Don’t Get Giving Advice They Want
A new study finds that financial advisers talk too much about taxes when rich people want to hear about the causes they care about.
By Doug Donovan
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Houston Philanthropists Give $10-Million to Re-Open Head Start Programs
The Arnolds warned that philanthropy can’t replace government dollars. The national Head Start program says tens of thousands of children could lose access if the shutdown continues a few more weeks.
By Doug Donovan
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