YWCA of the USA: Joining Forces With the Corporate World (No. 47)
By VIKKI KRATZHow much it raised last year: $161.6-million Its purpose: The Y.W.C.A. is made up of 324 local organizations that offer job training, ALSO SEE:Philanthropy 400 Survey ResultsTop Charities See Donations Surge AgainHow the Philanthropy 400 Was CompiledThe 400 at a GlanceStanford…
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Stanford University: Teaching Students to Be Givers (No. 19)
By VIKKI KRATZHow much it raised last year: $319.6-million Where contributions come from: Nearly 70 percent comes from individual donations, ALSO SEE:Philanthropy 400 Survey ResultsTop Charities See Donations Surge AgainHow the Philanthropy 400 Was CompiledThe 400 at a GlanceBoys & Girls Clubs of…
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Internet economy pushes up salaries and rents, causing problems for Silicon Valley charitiesSan Jose, Calif. Fund raisers might expect that working for a charity here in Silicon Valley would be an easy and enviable job. But just as the Internet economy has created a flood of young millionaires to…
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‘U.S. News’: Students Volunteer for Credit
More and more college students are getting class credit for doing community work, reports U.S. News & World Report (September 11). In 1998, 30 percent of undergraduates took a “service-learning” course that required them to volunteer, according to researchers at the University of California at Los…
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‘Trusts & Estates’: Era of Transparency
With new federal disclosure laws and the Internet making it easier than ever for donors, journalists, and others to obtain access to an organization’s tax returns, charities need to become more aware of their public images, says Trusts & Estates magazine (September). “An organization that fails to…
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‘Worth’: Americans’ Convenient Volunteerism
Americans may be volunteering in large numbers, but “the kind of volunteering most people prefer to do is, quite understandably, the convenient kind,” writes contributing editor Eric Alterman in Worth magazine (October). “A day at a soup kitchen here, an afternoon at the community center there.” So…
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‘Forbes’: Charity Adviser Helps the Stars Give Back
When stars want help giving away their fortunes, they turn to Marc Pollick, head of the Giving Back Fund in Boston, says Forbes magazine (September 18). The Giving Back Fund works like a community foundation, allowing celebrities to set up accounts administered by the fund that can then be used to…
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Ford Foundation to Award $19-Million to Help Leaders of Local Charities
By VIKKI KRATZThe Ford Foundation this week is announcing a new awards program to support local non-profit leaders, as well as to identify the characteristics that make them successful. The six-year, $19-million program -- Leadership for a Changing World -- will offer 60 non-profit leaders or teams…
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