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PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST
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November 30, 2010
Volume 16, Issue 48
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::::::::::::::::::: IN THEIR OWN WORDS ::::::::::::::::::::
"You ask: Why are people still in camps? You might as well ask:
Why are Haitians poor? It is not rebuilding in Haiti. It is
building...."
-- Nigel Fisher, chief of the UN humanitarian mission in Haiti
(Washington Post 11/25/10)
::::::::::::::::::::::: IN THE NEWS :::::::::::::::::::::::
The Web version of PND offers abstracts of philanthropy news
items each day. The following are the top stories from the past
week and their date of posting.
1) Haiti Rebuilding Efforts Struggle to Gain Traction (11/30/10)
2) Charities See Slight Increase in Giving, But Challenges
Remain, Survey Finds (11/29/10)
3) Nearly Six in Ten Plan to Give to Charity This Holiday
Season, Survey Finds (11/30/10)
4) Funding to Fight HIV/AIDS Up in Europe, Down in U.S., Reports
Find (11/29/10)
5) National AIDS Fund and AIDS Action Merge (11/27/10)
6) Goldman Sachs Announces $20 Million to Support Small
Businesses in New Orleans (11/24/10)
7) Council on Foundations Ends Effort to Revise Anti-Terrorism
Financing Guidelines (11/24/10)
8) Allen Family Foundation Announces Inaugural Distinguished
Investigator Awards (11/29/10)
9) Community Foundation Update (11/27/10)
10) People in the News (11/28/10): Appointments and Promotions
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11) Annette C. and Harold C. Simmons Pledge $20 Million to
Leading Transplant Institute (11/30/10)
12) University of Oklahoma Receives $12 Million Gift From Alumnus
(11/26/10)
13) Princeton Receives $11 Million for Carbon Mitigation
Initiative (11/24/10)
14) Danville Regional Foundation Gives $5.4 Million to Boost
School Readiness (11/24/10)
15) Capital Area Food Bank Receives $5 Million for New Facility
(11/25/10)
16) MetLife Foundation Announces $3.8 Million in Education Grants
(11/25/10)
17) Rasmuson Foundation Announces $2.5 Million in Recent Grants
(11/26/10)
18) Texas Presbyterian Hospital Receives $2 Million for Dallas
Rape Victims (11/27/10)
19) UPS Foundation Awards $1.9 Million to Environmental Groups
(11/28/10)
20) Walmart Foundation Awards $1.9 Million to Jobs for the Future
(11/27/10)
21) Soros Economic Development Fund, IFC Announce $1.25 Million
Equity Investment (11/29/10)
22) Ford Family Foundation Awards $1 Million Challenge Grant to
Flood-Ravaged Community (11/28/10)
23) Opportunity International, Caterpillar Foundation Launch
$1 Million Challenge to Boost Savings-Based Microfinance
Programs (11/25/10)
24) Verizon Foundation Awards $100,000 in Grants to Address
Cholera Outbreak in Haiti (11/28/10)
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