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June
28, 2001: MyGivingCoach.com Begins Online Service To Help
Donors Maximize Their Giving
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A CONTRIBUTION TO HELP IN THE RELIEF EFFORTS
This link will lead you to a place that lists a number
of agencies that are helping to respond to the tragedy
of the terrorist activities. |
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September
17, 2001: Online Giving Sets Records
According to Wired News, "The outpouring of aid in
response to last week's terrorist attacks hasn't just
been in New York's hospitals and disaster zones. The Sept.
11 events have sparked a surge in online charity as well." |
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September
16, 2001: Dream of Mutombo Grows Closer To Reality
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer: "Under a
searing African sun and accompanied by the thrum of a
traditional dance troupe, 76ers center Dikembe Mutombo
yesterday broke ground on the hospital he hopes to build
in his impoverished homeland." |
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September
14, 2001: Charities Lavished With Aid
According to the LA Times: "Hearts and pocketbooks
opened from Manhattan Beach to Manhattan island as corporations
and individuals fueled an outpouring of support for victims
of America's most devastating terrorist attack." |
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September
14, 2001: American Red Cross Warns of online Donations
Scams
According to CNN, "The American Red Cross and e-mail
advocacy groups Thursday warned of online scams in the
guise of soliciting donations for victims of this week's
terrorist attacks." |
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September
14, 2001: Disaster May Tax Charities
According to the NY Times: "Agencies supported by
The New York Times 9/11 Neediest Fund said yesterday that
they were preparing for a wave of need for food, clothing,
shelter and emergency cash that is more profound than
anything they had seen." |
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September
13, 2001: Americans Come Out In Full Force To Make A Difference
According the San Francisco Chronicle: "In a domestic
crisis that has gripped the nation's emotions like none
before, Americans by the tens of thousands Wednesday opened
their wallets and their veins, contributing blood and
bottled water, tax rebate checks and outright cash"
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August
27, 2001: Seeking jobs with social value
According to the Christian Science Monitor, "A new
wave of entry-level careerists ranks 'helping others'
above getting ahead." |
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August
26, 2001: Stock slump chips away at area college endowments
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, "And you
thought your stock portfolio took a hit this year. The
bursting Internet bubble and Wall Street's rocky performance
have eroded the market value of most university endowments
in the region. Some colleges saw endowments drop by as
much as 11 percent this year, even with gifts continuing
to come in." |
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August
25, 2001: Julia Kauffman carries on family's philanthropy
while shunning the limelight
According to the Kansas City Star: "Julia Irene Kauffman's
dream is to make her mother's dream happen -- and to stay
out of the limelight her mother so loved." |
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August
24, 2001: IN BALTIMORE: Hope increases for city kids
According to the Daily News, "Gilmor Elementary School
set records, just not the kind that made teachers proud.
That was before the state asked Edison Schools to take
over Gilmor and two other elementary schools - Montebello
and Furman L. Templeton - in July of last year to boost
student achievement." |
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August
23, 2001: Hale House Repairing a Broken Trust
According to the LA Times, the "board seeks to rebuild
reputation after children's shelter director is accused
of misusing donations." |
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August
22, 2001: Bush to Donate His Refund to Charity
According to Reuters, "President Bush said on Tuesday
he would give his family's $600 tax refund, the first
part of his 10-year $1.35 trillion tax cut for Americans,
to charity."
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August
20, 2001: A New Philanthropy Posts Gains
From the Boston Globe, "A growing number of newly
minted millionaires have discovered that the best thing
to do with some of their wealth is to give it away - if
a slowing economy and curdled stock market don't grab
it first." |
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August
17, 2001: "Faith-Based" Back-up Plan
From the Washington Post, "Cabinet departments are
studying ways to lower regulatory barriers to federal
contracts for religious organizations, providing an insurance
policy in case Congress weakens President Bush's faith-based
legislation, administration officials said yesterday." |
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August
15, 2001: Children of the Rails
From the Los Angeles Times, this is an article about "a
writer that finds lessons for today in the 19th century
'orphan trains,' which rid New York of hundreds of thousands
of street urchins by shipping them West." |
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August
12, 2001: Building Their Own Private State Departments
From the New York Times, "High-impact global philanthropy
is not new. The green revolution of the 1960s was financed
largely by the Rockefeller and Ford Foundations. But today's
donors have impact because Washington is pulling back
from overseas commitments and aid to poor nations has
plummeted. The new philanthropy is not guided by the trustees
of an estate. Each foundation instead serves the personal
vision of a single aggressive and very much alive international
entrepreneur. Their missions-more focused, impatient,
and overtly political than the grass-roots development
work of Ford and Rockefeller - resemble miniature foreign
policies, and often bump shoulders with Washington's version." |
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August
10, 2001: VolunteerMatch: Made in Heaven
From Businessweek, "Stop mindlessly surfing the Web
-- you could spend at least some of that time helping
others. Here's a Web site that makes becoming a Good Samaritan
easy: VolunteerMatch.org, which just won two Webby awards,
connects volunteers with nonprofits that need help." |
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July
26, 2001: Corporate Donations Cool Off
According to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, "After
five years of double-digit growth, corporate charitable
contributions are expected to remain largely flat this
year, according to a Chronicle survey of the nation's
largest companies. Companies cite the nation's sluggish
economy." |
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June
19, 2001: After the Gold Rush: Poorer but Hardly Hurting,
the Dot-Com Millionaires Are Finding Simpler Joys
This article in the Washington Post discusses the impact
that the dot-com millionaires found with their giving
and lifestyle after their newfound wealth was gone. |
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June
19, 2001: Can the Net be trusted? Online philanthropy
appeals are often hoaxes. But even when someone's really
hurting, it pays to do your homework.
According to this Salon.com article, "Most experienced
Net users filter forwarded e-mails according to at least
one simple rule: Sad stories probably aren't true, and
really sad stories that ask for donations aren't just
false, they're probably scams or viruses." |
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June,
2001: Cities Matter: Shifting the Focus of Welfare Reform
According to the Brookings Review, "Discussions of
welfare reform almost always begin—and sometimes
end—by citing the remarkable halving of the national
welfare caseload since 1994. Much less frequently noted
is that the decline in the caseload has not been uniform
nationwide. Most strikingly, the decline has been slowest
in the nation's urban areas. As a result, the welfare
rolls have increasingly concentrated in the cities. Today
nearly 60 percent of all welfare cases can be found in
89 large urban counties." |
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June
11, 2001: Arena Is Part of Grand Plan for Newark
The Bergen County Record profiles philanthropist Raymond
Chambers, who "Around 1986, Chambers left the business
world to concentrate on giving. Newark had become a
vastly different place since he left. His first big
project was the building of a movie theater in one of
the city's most blighted neighborhoods."
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May
26, 2001: Charitable giving continues to rise.
Americans were more charitable last year, giving 6.6 percent
more than they did in 1999 despite economic uncertainty,
turmoil in the stock market and political change, according
to a report issued Wednesday. |
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March
27, 2001: Creatively Seeking Mentors Among the Time-Starved
Too busy to invest in the lives of others. In today's
busy world, it's hard to find time for ourselves, let
alone being a mentor to young people. But in this article,
you'll discover some people who are doing just that. |
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March
27, 2001: Foundation Grants Surged Last Year Despite Slowing
Economy.
Feeling like you can't give away as much? Foundations
didn't. Foundation giving increased last year even though
the economy slowed. Find out what happened. (Note: There
is a free registration to access the New York Times articles.) |
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The
2000 Slate 60: The Largest American Charitable
Contributions of 2000
The Top Individual Donors in 2000. The Slate 60 lists
the top individual philanthropists for 2000. Find out
who these people are and what passions are affecting their
giving. |
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Forbes
400 Richest in America
Did You Make the Forbes 400? The annual Forbes listing
of the wealthiest people in the world provides some insight
into how much wealth could be available for philanthropic
endeavors. |
