The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Foundation Names Nathan Ruby as...ThomasNet: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 09:08 AMAccording to FMA, Nathan Ruby's extensive background in philanthropy makes him qualified to guide donors through steps of making corporate or individual gift to FMA Foundation. Ruby has spent past 12 years developing mission and expanding programs of nonprofits by increasing income from individuals, corporations, and businesses. As Certified Fund Raising Executive, he has managed capital ...
Philanthropy, civil society center awards six fellowships ...Stanford Report: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 04:13 AMSix doctoral candidates at Stanford have been awarded fellowships by the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. The 2008-09 PACS Fellows will receive stipends of $10,430 and participate in a workshop aimed at increasing the scope of research on philanthropy and nonprofit organizations.
Philanthropy ...The News & Observer: 0 views since Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 02:39 AMInformation about corporate giving.
LifeSpring launches two hospitals in Andhra Pradesh ...PharmaBiz: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:48 PMLifeSpring Hospitals a joint venture between Hindustan Latex under the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the Acumen Fund - a US-based non-profit global venture philanthropy fund, has launched two new maternity hospitals at Mallapur, a semi-urban community on the outskirts of Hyderabad and at Nellore, both in Andhra Pradesh.
Irvine boosts community foundations ...Philanthropy Journal: 0 views since Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 09:38 AMThe James Irvine Foundation is committing another $4 million to an effort to strengthen local philanthropy in underserved regions of California. The three-year grants to emerging community foundations are intended to build on two previous initiatives by the San Francisco grantmaker.
New LGBT Social Networking Website Giving Back to Community ...The Advocate: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 10:09 PMMatt Small started his new LGBT social networking website, FriendsYouKnow.com, with a few things in mind: ?security, philanthropy, quality, and community awareness.? The LGBT ally has spent the past 19 months developing the site, which was created from a dual perspective of safety and charity.
Richard Stallman Blasts Bill Gates On His Way Out ...InformationWeek: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 05:36 PMThe free software advocate questions the effectiveness of the Microsoft giant's philanthropy, defends free software, and fights the use of the word "piracy" in a British publication.
Free BBQ Chicken at Water Taxi Beach! ...Gothamist: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 04:51 PMSeems those choir boys at Water Taxi Beach really believe all that stuff about giving being better than receiving. So take advantage of their munificence by eating free BBQ chicken at their Long Island City oasis Wednesday night ? the handout is a reprise of yesterday's fowl philanthropy at WTB: ?We had such a good time giving away free BBQ Chicken on Sunday that we are doing it again. We ...
PM Lee urges more Singaporeans to donate ...Channel NewsAsia via Yahoo! Malaysia News: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 02:15 PMSINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has called for more Singaporeans to donate according to their means and from their heart.
South Africa: Philanthropy Crucial to Press Freedom ...AllAfrica.com: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 01:30 PMIn the recent xenophobic attacks, it was not government or business that acted fast, it was the non-profit sector. This sector is supported by philanthropy and we underestimate the role that it plays in all sectors of society.
PM Lee urges more S'poreans to donate ...Channel NewsAsia: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 09:27 AMSINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has said there is a need for more Singaporeans to donate, according to their means and from their heart. He was speaking at the opening of the new premises of the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre at Clarke Quay.
'Giving circles' let ordinary people act as philanthropists ...Baltimore Sun: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 09:13 AM'Giving circles' let ordinary people act as philanthropists, as bundling gifts together makes for greater impact for the gift and greater involvement for the givers F or some the world of philanthropy has seemed the domain of the moneyed few, a luxury for "the other half."
Buffalo wants to tear down its abandoned homes ...The Buffalo News: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 07:05 AMPeter Roetzer stumbled across the building at 454 Rhode Island St. during a tour of West Side homes last year. What some saw as a run-down, vacant house -- a blight on the neighborhood -- Roetzer saw as an intriguing brick structure full of character.
Clinton drops in on Aspen festival ...Chicago Sun-Times: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 05:12 AMASPEN, Colo. -- The annual Aspen Ideas Festival attracts a wide range of political leaders, academics and assorted intellectuals to the exclusive Colorado resort, and this year was no exception.
NEW YORK ...The Washington Times: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 04:46 AMNEW YORK
Billionaires list growing ...The Washington Times: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 04:45 AMNearly three decades of an economy less fettered by taxes, regulation and national borders has produced a crop of more than 1,000 billionaires, whose wealth and influence rival that of the robber barons a century ago.
Foundation gives thanks to retiring Jody Bacon ...Akron Beacon Journal: 0 views since Monday, July 7, 2008 at 01:38 AMJody Bacon was introduced as executive vice president of the Akron Community Foundation 18 years ago during the group's annual meeting.