Nonprofit Leaders Raise a Glass to New Administration
About 300 nonprofit officials and members of the Washington elite rubbed shoulders last night at a swanky Washington nightclub to celebrate the start of the Obama administration — and enjoy free alcohol. The aptly named party — “Cocktails we can believe in” — was an invitation-only event sponsored…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Volunteers Prepare Care Packages For U.S Soldiers
As part of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, more than 10,000 volunteers descended on Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium in Washington to make care packages for U.S. military personnel overseas. At the event, which was the largest service effort in the city, hundreds of volunteer managers were…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Investment Losses Force Foundation to Cancel Poetry Festival
Investment losses force foundation to cancel prominent poetry festival
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Foundation Helps Chicago Students Travel To Washington
Thanks to a $24,000 from the McCormick Foundation, 24 elementary students from one of Chicago’s poorest neighborhoods are traveling to Washington to see the historical inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and take in the sights. The so-called DC 24 are 5th and 6th graders from Frazier…
By Ian Wilhelm
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The Drawbacks And Benefits Of ‘Irrational’ Aid Work
The drawbacks and benefits of ‘irrational’ international aid programs
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Onetime Vietnamese Refugee Returns Home to Aid Others
In 1975, Le Nhan Phuong left Vietnam, one of about 2,000 child refugees spirited to America by international aid groups. Today, he has returned to his homeland, but now it is he who is helping others. Dr. Phuong is the newly appointed director of health programs for Atlantic Philanthropies, a…
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California Funds Pledge Millions to Aid Minorities
Nine wealthy California foundations have promised to distribute at least $30-million during the next two to three years to aid needy members of minority groups. The new grant-making effort was put together in response to pressure from state lawmakers, who drafted legislation last year that would…
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Gates Fund Will Increase Giving This Year Despite Losses, New CEO Says
Since Jeffrey S. Raikes joined the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation here as its new chief executive, he has been on a worldwide learning tour. He has visited a rice research center in China, an Indian charity that assists female sex workers, and Washington inner-city schools to form a better…
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‘Refugees From The For-Profit World’ Not Wanted at One Charity
‘Refugees from the for-profit world’ not necessarily wanted
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Does the White House Need an Office of the Arts?
Does the White House need an Office of the Arts?
By Ian Wilhelm
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