CARE Teaches Dads in Poor Indian Villages to Guard Moms’ Health
Nearly 200 efforts are under way to encourage men to help out with chores and ensure that their wives have safe pregnancies.
By Doug Donovan
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New Charity Helps Poor People Get Small Sums Online for Big Needs
Benevolent, whose founder Megan Kashner sees it as an “Internet matchmaker” for meeting small-scale requests for help, has already received grants from major foundations.
By Doug Donovan
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Federal Charity Drive Could Be Hurt by Shutdown
A prolonged closure could cause government workers to give less than they did last year, when the Combined Federal Campaign raised $258-million.
By Doug Donovan
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Foundation Giving Not Likely to Grow Much in 2013
The projection comes as a new study shows that grant makers increased awards by nearly 4 percent last year.
By Doug Donovan
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Foundation Endowments Grew 12% in 2012
The progress came after grant makers lost 1 percent of their portfolio values in 2011.
By Doug Donovan
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Leader of Health-Care Charity Among MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant Winners
Twenty-four people won the no-strings-attached $625,000 prize, including the leader of a health-care nonprofit that is helping cut down on unnecessary visits to hospital emergency rooms.
By Doug Donovan
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Heads of Big Nonprofits Won 3% Raises Last Year
A Chronicle study of 313 groups found that leaders of some of the wealthiest charities and foundations fared less well than they did in last year’s survey, when their pay rose by nearly 4 percent.
By Doug Donovan
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Bonuses Can Help Make Up for Spartan Executive Pay Raises
Thirty-four groups paid their executives $1-million or more, a rise from last year’s study, which showed that just 23 did.
Nonprofit Leader Pushes Idea of Tying Executive Pay to Progress in Accomplishing Mission
Brian Kelly, a video-game executive, is starting his crusade by focusing on diabetes charities, an illness his son has, but he wants other groups to think about the concept.
By Doug Donovan
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Women Remain Rare in the Ranks of Top-Earning Nonprofit CEOs
Only 2 of the 20 highest-paid leaders in the Chronicle’s Executive Compensation survey are female. Rebecca Rimel, president of the Pew Charitable Trusts, received a salary of $750,713 in 2011.
By Doug Donovan
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