In Preliminary Budget Proposals, Mayor Bloomberg Recommends Cuts to the Arts
Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed severe cuts to the arts on Thursday in his preliminary budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year. Bloomberg's recommendations come on the heels of President Barack Obama's...
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Fashion and Art for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
In the hours following the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami, Web and social media sites were inundated with messages of support and hope for Japan's citizens. And although...
View ArticleAtlantic Philanthropies Gives $627,000 to Columbia Center for Oral History
On Monday, the Columbia Center for Oral History announced it had received a two-year, $627,000 grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies. The funds will be used to expand the center's staff and to...
View ArticleSpecial Guest: Peter Lewis
Kurt Andersen and philanthropist Peter Lewis talk about the art of patronage.Peter Lewis is the chairman of the Progressive Corporation, an auto insurer that he transformed into a $7.4 billion company....
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When we think about support for the arts, certain names come to mind, like Mellon, and Guggenheim, and MacArthur. But in every concert hall and museum, the wall of benefactors is engraved with a few...
View ArticleSimon Schama on Patrons
Kurt Andersen asks historian Simon Schama to trace the golden chain between artists and their benefactors. Produced by Peter Clowney and Sarah Lilley.
View ArticleCommentary: Incorporating Art
Last spring, after Texaco cancelled its sponsorship of the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts, and then Chrysler cancelled its annual awards to designers, Kurt started wondering if there was some contagion...
View ArticleFinding Charity, Scarcity in this Recession
We're entering the season for charitable giving around the country. But are the rising needs outweighing the charity? We check in with Susan Bond, who works in the trenches at the Samaritan Love Food...
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Bill Gates and Bill Gates, Sr. on "Showing Up for Life."
How do you raise a child who's going to grow up to be wildly successful? (And maybe even a centibillionaire?) That's a version of the question every parent asks themselves. Every parent wants their...
View ArticleThe Rothschilds Fund Arts, Israel and now, Cross-Cultural Dialogue
The Rothschild family has a long history of financing the arts, culture and public health. Its foundations have also given millions of dollars to promote industrialization and economic development in...
View ArticleBloomberg: 'Hard to See How Other States Can Be So Stupid'
On a conference call today on increasing major charitable giving, Mayor Bloomberg and Investor Warren Buffett were asked what they thought about New York's new law reducing tax deductions on donations...
View ArticleYour Take: What is Greed Good For?
Tomorrow, Oliver Stone releases "Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," the follow-up to his 1987 morality tale about the corrupting power of greed. The irony of the original film's most memorable line,...
View ArticleFacebook Head Gives Newark Schools $100M
Newark Public Schools, which have been rated the worst in the country, have been given an infusion of $100 million from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The gift is a bonanza, but it is also highlights a...
View ArticleGene Epstein Asks Businesses to 'Hire Just One'
Can one man's charitable donations help turn around the nation's unemployment numbers? Philanthropist Gene Epstein thinks so. The 71 year old Philadelphia resident is using $250,000 of his own money to...
View ArticleLiving Cities Aims to Stretch Philanthropic Dollars
Later today, a philanthropic collaborative called Living Cities will announce $80 million in grants, loans and investments that it will split among five cities: Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Newark,...
View ArticleRanking the Fifteen Top-Paid Non-Profit CEOs
There is big money in running America’s big non-profits.Zarin Mehta, chief executive of the New York Philharmonic, is the most highly compensated top executive in the charity and non-profit sector,...
View ArticleAltruistic Organ Donor Harry Kiernan
At 57 years old, computer consultant Harry Kiernan is one of the few living people to have donated multiple organs. So far he’s donated one kidney, part of his liver, and is currently waiting to become...
View ArticleIn Preliminary Budget Proposals, Mayor Bloomberg Recommends Cuts to the Arts
Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed severe cuts to the arts on Thursday in his preliminary budget for the 2011-12 fiscal year. Bloomberg's recommendations come on the heels of President Barack Obama's...
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Fashion and Art for Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
In the hours following the March 11 earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami, Web and social media sites were inundated with messages of support and hope for Japan's citizens. And although...
View ArticleWhy did Bloomberg Tap the Sierra Club for his $50 Million Donation?
Why the Sierra Club?They were the lucky environmental group to get $50 million pledged from Bloomberg Philanthropies Thursday. Turns out that Mayor Bloomberg, who was the nation's second largest donor...
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