Community Foundation Update (11/21/09)
News and personnel announcements from community foundations around the country....
Jury Gives Glassell Fortune to Museum, Family Foundation
A Texas jury has upheld the 2003 will of philanthropist and oilman Alfred Glassell, Jr., leaving the bulk of his half-billion-dollar estate to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Glassell Family Foundation....
MacArthur Foundation Awards $1.5 Million to Support Higher Education in Russia
The grant to a network of twenty scientific research and education centers across Russia will support conferences for young scientists and the international peer review of grant proposals submitted to the Russian government....
Nebraska Community Foundation Receives $1 Million Challenge Grant
To secure the challenge grant from the Ford Foundation, the Nebraska Community Foundation must raise an additional $3 million from Nebraska-connected donors by the end of 2010....
The latest column in our TechSoup series suggests several avenues and resources — free and fee-based — you can use to upgrade your skills and knowledge of technology....
Blumenthal, director of social media strategy at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, argues that social media tools can make foundations more effective....
Mehta, president and executive director of the New York Philharmonic, spoke with PND about the challenges of running a world-class arts organization in a recession-plagued economy....
The center fights Alzheimer's disease by funding research that addresses the causes of the disease, patient care, and a possible cure....
The center's Web site is an inter- active portal to the Smithsonian Ameri- can Art Museum's collection and offers a range of activities for children and young adults....
On the blog, we share Jim Collins' top "to-dos" for people under 30; Mitch reports on Bill Gates' recent appearance at the 92nd Street Y; and Regina checks in with a new link roundup....
