Posted on November 9, 2005

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Celebrating Philanthropy - Recent News

Tufts to Receive $100 Million From Omidyars for Microfinance Fund (11/07/05)

Yale to Receive $100 Million Gift for Music School (11/04/05)

MoMA in New York Receives Artworks Worth $50 Million (10/14/05)

Google's Charitable Arm to Focus on World Poverty, Environment (10/13/05)

Community Foundations Gave, Received More in 2004 (10/12/05)

Gates Foundation Pledges $258 Million for Malaria R&D (11/01/05)

Grameen Foundation Establishes Micro-Finance Fund (9/24/05)

First Annual Clinton Global Initiative Closes With Commitments of $1.25 Billion (9/22/05)

Rural Philanthropy Is Growing, Study Finds (9/21/05)

Donations for Katrina Relief and Recovery Pass $1 Billion Mark (9/20/05)

Six Foundations Will Partner to Advance Higher Education in Africa (9/16/05)

Foundation Giving to Gulf Coast Region Targets Longer-Term Needs (9/14/05)

Komen Foundation Increases Grantmaking By 40 Percent (9/09/05)

Sir John Templeton Appoints Son President of Foundation (8/25/05)

Education Giving Shifts Focus to K-12 (8/23/05)

Kellogg Foundation Names New President (8/22/05)

Council on Foundations Names New President (8/19/05)

Independent Sector Issues Accountability Checklist (8/18/05)

Hilton Foundation Boosts Humanitarian Prize (8/17/05)

Scientist Makes $105 Million Donation to NYU Medical School (8/15/05)

One Economy Announces $1 Billion Affordable Housing, Digital Divide Initiative (8/15/05)

Mellon Foundation Names New President (7/28/05)

Council on Foundations Launches Governance Advisory Program (7/22/05 )

Analogic Founder to Give $120 Million to Massachusetts Nonprofits (7/21/05)

Governors, Gates Foundation Announce State High School Reform Grants (7/18/05)

Kellogg Foundation Celebrates Seventy-Fifth Anniversary With Book on Philanthropy(7/18/05)

Knight Foundation President to Step Down in Mid-July (7/08/05)

Cleveland Foundation Announces Inaugural Class of Civic Fellows (7/07/05)

George Soros Pledges $202.4 Million to Central European University (7/06/05)

Gates Foundation Awards $436 Million for Global Health Projects (6/29/05)

Online Giving on the Rise, Study Finds (6/20/05)

David Rockefeller Pledges $100 Million to Rockefeller University (6/10/05)

Oxford University Receives $100 Million Gift from Computing Pioneer (6/09/05)

Maddie's Fund Receives $93 Million Gift for Animal Welfare Initiatives (6/06/05)

Kresge Foundation President to Retire in June 2006 (6/03/05)

Starr Foundation Awards $50 Million for Stem Cell Research (5/24/05)

Education Fastest-Growing Nonprofit Sector (5/18/05)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to Receive Collection Valued at $100 Million (5/18/05)

Giving for Children's Health Up More Than 50 Percent, Report Finds (5/17/05)

Gates Foundation Awards $250 Million for Global Health Initiative (5/17/05)

Ford Foundation Launches $50 Million Nonprofit Media Initiative (5/10/05)

Donor-Advised Funds Grew in Past Two Years, Survey Finds (4/27/05)

Kavli Foundation to Sponsor Science Awards to Rival Nobel Prizes (4/20/05)

Getty Museum Receives Sculpture Collection Worth $75 Million (4/18/05)

David Rockefeller Pledges $100 Million to Museum of Modern Art (4/14/05)

Pittsburgh Foundation Adds $40 Million in Donor-Advised Funds (4/02/05)

Gates, Broad Foundations Fund $45 Million Education Web Site (3/31/05)

Value of Volunteer Time Increases by 36 Cents in 2004 (3/26/05)

Edna McConnell Clark Foundation President to Retire, Successor Named (3/22/05)

New Report Projects Significant Transfer of African-American Wealth (3/21/05)

Carnegie Corporation of New York Announces Academic Leadership Awards (3/08/05)

Mellon Heiress Bequeaths Most of Estate to Foundations, Conservation Groups (3/02/05)

Panel Proposes Measures to Strengthen Nonprofit Accountability (3/02/05

Oil Heiress Leaves Bulk of Estate and Art Collection to Houston Museum (2/16/05)

Texas Art Museums Showered with Gifts of Cash and Art (2/22/05)

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