Indiana Woman’s Philanthropy Was a ‘Carefully Constructed Tapestry’
Sally Reahard, an heiress to Eli Lilly stock and a lifelong philanthropist, never forgot the time she spent ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous Donors The Giving Spree Couple’s Giving Is Rooted in Their Passion for the Great Outdoors How The Chronicle Ranked Biggest Donors of 2004 Belief in…
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‘Town & Country’: Women and Their Philanthropy
As women control a larger and larger share of the nation’s wealth, they are becoming more independent of the fathers, husbands, and male trustees who previously made key decisions about philanthropic giving, says Town & Country magazine (December). To look at the different styles of female donors,…
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10 Charities Win Awards for Marketing and Fund Raising
The Direct Marketing Association, in New York, has announced the winners of the 75th annual Echo Awards Competition, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Winners of Awards from Direct Marketing Association recognizing charitable and other organizations worldwide for their achievements in the use of direct mail,…
Photograph by Glenn Robinson On Robert Wyland’s first trip to the beach, when he was 14, he saw a gray whale; inspired, he captured his impressions with a paintbrush. Today, the artist known only as Wyland has completed 91 marine-life murals in 70 cities worldwide, covering 64 million square feet…
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Two Universities Receive $100-Million Each in Gifts
Two universities each received gifts of $100-million this month: Brown University has been given $100-million from the billionaire businessman Sidney E. Frank to endow a scholarship fund for undergraduate students. The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor is the beneficiary of a $100-million pledge…
Source of Gift to Princeton Revealed
Guessing which nonprofit institutions are benefiting from the philanthropy of Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York and his family has become an increasingly popular game for some journalists. This month the Associated Press reported that Mr. Bloomberg’s family was behind a multimillion-dollar gift…
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