Filmmaker Tyler Perry donates $1M to NAACP, its largest gift ever from an individual
Filmmaker Tyler Perry donates $1M to NAACP American charities saw giving drop this year; holiday season is not expected to be much better
American charities may not have a happy holiday Recession delivers a jarring one-two punch to many charities: donations down, demand upNEW YORK — For many social-service charities across America, the recession has delivered a staggering one-two punch. Sharp drops in donations and investment income have been coupled by soaring demand for their services. San Francisco banker teams up with journalism school, public broadcaster on news ventureSAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco investment banker is teaming up with the University of California’s journalism school and public broadcaster KQED to create a nonprofit news organization that he says will fill a gap in local coverage left by newspaper cutbacks. Recession leads to states cutting cultural budgets, more hardship for struggling artistsLAWRENCE, Kan. — Ben Ahlvers is a full-time arts education coordinator, but his passion is with the fanciful creatures, human figures and oversized hammers he fashions from clay. Councilman: LA taxpayers ‘getting ripped off’ because AEG won’t help pay for Jackson memorialLOS ANGELES — A city council member has called on AEG Live to pay some of the estimated $1.4 million cost for policing Michael Jackson’s memorial service at the Staples Center. LA seeks donations to pay for Michael Jackson memorial, as costs, criticism growLOS ANGELES — As the final cost of Michael Jackson’s memorial service was being calculated, city officials cast about Wednesday to find ways to have others help pick up the multimillion-dollar bill. LA seeks ways to have third-parties pay for Michael Jackson memorial, as costs, criticism growLOS ANGELES — As the final cost of Michael Jackson’s memorial service was being calculated, city officials cast about Wednesday to find ways to have others help pick up the multimillion-dollar bill. Billionaire Warren Buffett gives $1.53 billion worth of stock to Gates Foundation, othersSEATTLE — Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Billionaire Warren Buffett gives $1.25 billion worth of stock to Gates FoundationSEATTLE — Billionaire Warren Buffett has donated $1.25 billion in Berkshire Hathaway Inc. stock to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates Foundation doesn’t do fundraising, but took in $10.4M in donations last yearSEATTLE — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual report says it brought in $10.4 million in individual donations in 2008, without making an effort at fundraising. Former NC first lady now in the spotlight over questions about her public university jobRALEIGH, N.C. — As North Carolina’s first lady, Mary Easley mostly stayed out of the spotlight, content to focus on under-the-radar issues such as the arts and military families. Double hand transplant donor’s sibling says brother would be proud, amused at ’stir he caused’PITTSBURGH — Jeff Keen wanted to help people, perhaps by becoming a nurse or a counselor. He died at 23 and never realized those career ambitions, but, in death, he is helping people through organ donation. Nourishing leftovers: Gleaning bears fruit for food banks, poor families hurt by recessionRIVERSIDE, Calif. — A growing army of needy people and volunteers are descending on farms, fields and backyards across the nation in search of leftover produce that might otherwise go to waste. Kalamazoo College got $2M _ not $1M, as previously disclosed _ from anonymous donorKALAMAZOO, Mich. — Kalamazoo College says its windfall from a mystery donor was $2 million — twice the amount it previously disclosed. |
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