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How Long Should Gifts Just Grow?
As nonprofit institutions have seen donations and investments grow spectacularly in recent years, the urge to keep the money rolling in is being supplemented by a new pressure: make it flow out faster. Politicians, consultants, watchdog groups and even some philanthropists say that foundations, universities,…
Author: New York Times
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Community colleges take lead in retraining retirees for new jobs
The American Association of Community Colleges is developing a nationwide program to retrain the crush of adults who will want — and need — to find new work after traditional retirement age, the group will announce today. The organization, which represents 1,200 community colleges across…
Author: USA Today
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Marry, marry? Quite contrary.
By Irene Sege Danielle Cole has worn a diamond engagement ring for five years, since shortly before she and her fiance moved in together. To her surprise, she was pregnant at the time. Otherwise, she and Christopher Feener would probably be long married by now.…
Author: Boston Globe
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Nonprofit Groups Lag in Recruiting Older Workers, Report Says
Nonprofit groups lag significantly behind government agencies and businesses in their efforts to keep and recruit older workers, a new report concludes – and that could jeopardize their ability to fill a growing number of job vacancies. “Many nonprofit leaders, boards, and funders show little…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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How Will We Reach the 'Tipping Point' in a New Movement for Older Americans?
At the beginning of every nonprofit movement – whether it succeeds or fails – the founders probably feel like Odysseus. No matter how much momentum you start with, and how many battles you win in creating an idea and whipping up enthusiasm for it, actually…
Author: The Chronicle of Philanthropy
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Atlantic Philanthropies is on its way to spending itself out of existence
By Arthur Beesley John Healy seems more like a university professor than a man who has been in command of a Bermuda-based financial colossus with assets in excess of $4 billion (€3.12 billion). What is more, he is charged with giving all that money away…
Author: The Irish Times
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Bringing Everyone to the Table to Eradicate School Discipline Disparities
By Allison Brown and Kavitha Mediratta Representatives from Open Society Foundations and The Atlantic Philanthropies discuss philanthropy’s role in school discipline reform. This article was originally published in VUE magazine. Download the PDF > VUE website > The Atlantic Philanthropies funded the work of the Positive…
Author: VUE
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More Caring, Less Fear
By Robert K. Ross, M.D., President and CEO of The California Endowment, and Tonya Allen, President and CEO of the Skillman Foundation, who are co-chairs of the Executives’ Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men of Color — a growing network of nearly 40 national, regional…
Author: Huffington Post
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Dare to Be 100: John Gardner, Uncommon American
By Walter M. Bortz II, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine at Stanford University Every life can be measured by the friends that one makes along the way. My life is incredibly richer because of the friendship of one man, John Gardner. A PBS special on his…
Author: Huffington Post
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Curing Violence Starts at the Community Level
Photo: Flickr via MediaPlanet By Emily Morrow David* was a model eighth-grader. He had exemplary grades, a near perfect attendance record and scored well on all his state exams. Then, he made his first suicide threat. He was hospitalized for a day or so, but…
Author: Mediaplanet