The gift will go toward the construction of a building to house the biology program....

Many giving groups started in recent years are still going strong....

The grant from the Goldman Sachs Foundation will enable New American Schools to provide charter schools with access to high-quality startup assistance and capacity building services....

The latest staff and board announcements around the philanthropic community....

The September 11th Fund recorded 1,540 offers to participate in marketing alliances to benefit victims of the terrorist attacks but most plans were dropped because companies planned to donate only a portion of their profits....

The Executive Leadership Institute will provides individual counseling and reflective activities to help library staff members prepare for leadership roles in large urban libraries....

National Academy will identify, train and support the next generation of public school superintendents....

The decision to cancel the donation highlights a growing controversy over fundraising within the Smithsonian organization....

To expand the mental and dental health services to children and youth, the Princeton, New Jersey-based foundation has awarded grants to fifteen organizations through a new program....

The scaled-back bill would allow tax filers who do not itemize to claim a standard deduction for charitable donations and would provide larger tax deductions for corporate donations....

Intel science talent search finalists fompete for $530,000 in scholarships....

Catholic Charities USA has announced grant awards totaling more than $20 million to sixteen local agencies that are responding to the immediate and long-term needs of families affected by the September 11 terrorist attacks....

As the number of children with asthma in the United States approaches epidemic proportions, seven community coalitions have mobilizes to address the problem with innovative approaches....

Scheduled to open in November 2003, the Music and Dance Theater will be the new home of twelve music and dance companies....

The gift from the estate of Julius Silver is the largest-ever cash donation to the university....

In a tradition that goes back at least sixteen years, major Wall Street finanical institutions lead a fundraising campaign to collect money for the Fund each year....

At the World Economic Forum, the Microsoft chairman expresses the need for more resources and expertise for global health initiatives....

The gift from eBay CEO Whitman will allow Princeton to proceed with plans announced almost two years ago to build a new residential college and expand the university's student body....

The grants were awarded through the foundation's Multi-Arts Production Fund....

Through its InCommunity program, the foundation provides training to increase the leadership capacity of nonprofits....

More Americans are using the Internet for their jobs, to shop, to bank, and to write e-mails with significant and intimate content to family members and friends....

The latest staff and board announcements around the philanthropic community....

With education as its main priority, the Quark Foundation plans to foster academic, scientific, literary, cultural, and historical activities with a special focus on programs that promote innovation and self-enrichment....

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot succeeds John E. Corbally, who served as chair of the foundation's board from 1995 to 2002, and also served as the first president of the foundation....

Carl J. Schramm succeeds Lou Smith, the foundation's current president and CEO, who announced more than a year ago that he planned to retire in 2002....

The Nature Conservancy has signed an agreement to purchase the Baca Ranch, encompassing approximately 97,000 acres on the border of the Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve in Colorado's San Luis Valley, for $31.28 million....

Michael P. Hammond, who became chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts on January 22, has died after just one week on the job. Selected by President Bush in late September to lead the agency, Hammond was confirmed by the Senate in December....

The final plan calls for $240 million in additional financial assistance, $80 million for long-term services to those affected, and $25 million in immediate disaster relief....