…its search for the organization’s next leader after President and CEO Elise Westhoff announced she will step down at the end of May 2023. “Philanthropy Roundtable is thriving and remains…
…support. Callahan finds it nefarious that a wealthy donor to a research group like AEI might benefit from its advocacy of policies like lower taxes for capital gains than for…
…every year, and set up an Internet café in the town, training locals to administer the programs. D.J. remains the non-profit’s chairman. But two books inspired D.J. to search for…
…to the city’s mortal afflictions. Today, private donors are keeping the city’s bones from crumbling. Whether they can help lead a resurrection is still uncertain. Liz Essley Whyte is…
…grant recipients, researching their effectiveness and vetting their requests. Under NCF ownership the group will continue to give away company earnings. Katherine says the group actively searches for the best…
…bail, and an old-age pension,” according to Beito’s research. The Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which had 465,000 members in 1877, refined its aid process and referred to the gifts…
…in policy and opinion is no accident. Some of the most powerful donors in America have poured tens of millions of dollars into networks that have used sophisticated activism, research,…
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…what it’s all about.” Liz Essley Whyte is a contributing editor to Philanthropy. Research for this story was provided by Philanthropy managing editor Ashley May—who is Bernie May’s granddaughter….
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…the Mediterranean in less-than-seaworthy vessels. After a drowning of 366 people off the coast of Lampedusa in 2013, Italy set up a specialized search and rescue operation called Mare Nostrum….
…in the 1990s called Clementine. Later, he spent nearly a decade as director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, the agency’s outpost in Silicon Valley, supporting small-satellite and other programs, and…