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Tag Archives: New York Times
The everyday philanthropist: realizing the impact of modest donations
The everyday donor is emerging as philanthropy’s newest hero, according to an article recently published in The New York Times. Although attention toward smaller-size donations is often overshadowed by the coverage of million dollar gifts coming from the world’s wealthiest … Continue reading
Charities loosening strings on arts grants to nonprofits
Foundations such as the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the James Irvine Foundation have loosened the strings on some grants to arts organizations to help them weather a severe downturn in fundraising and income from ticket sales and the like, … Continue reading
Nonprofits urged to spend more on advertising
A recent post on the Free the Nonprofits blog argues for the need of nonprofits to spend more of their budgets on advertising. According to the post, nonprofits are not surprisingly being squashed by big-spending, for-profit businesses with huge budgets … Continue reading
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Tagged Free the Nonprofits, JVA Consulting, New York Times
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Leona Helmsley’s foundation to support more than dogs
The trustees for the foundation of Leona Helmsley, who died in 2007 and famously bequeathed the majority of her $5.2 billion in a trust for charities that support dogs (and $12 million in trust for her own dog, an amount … Continue reading
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Tagged Chronicle of Philanthropy, Leona Helmsley, New York Times
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The new Arab philanthropy
By Katy Snyder JVA Consulting Communications/Resource Development Associate Articles on Arab philanthropy and nonprofits from as recent as 2006 focus on a handful of Arab nonprofit organizations being at the center of terror investigations and allegedly funneling money to extremist … Continue reading
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Tagged American University Cairo, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Chronicle of Philanthropy, Dubai Cares, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, Middle East, National Network for Arab American Communities, New York Times, Prime Minister of Dubai
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Newly poor swell lines at food banks nationwide
Demand at food banks across the country increased by 30 percent in 2008 from the previous year, according to a survey by Feeding America, which distributes more than two billion pounds of food every year. A New York Times article … Continue reading
