When they decide they want to sell the homes, they have to give First Story first right of refusal. All the payments the homeowner makes are returned to the homeowner and the equity is split in half.“The program matches...
Legislators and others often ask us if donor intent violations are “real problems” or simply infrequent misunderstandings. Our answer is clear—they are indeed serious problems in philanthropy, and they occur more frequently than the general public might suspect. Following...
Ducks Give, the UO’s annual day of giving, will take place May 18 across the UO campus, featuring a presidential challenge gift, scavenger hunt and an emphasis on education about the power of giving.
More than 30 areas of the...
California Wellness FoundationRichard Tate, executive vice president, will be promoted to president and CEO of the $1 billion foundation on September 1.He will succeed Judy Belk, who will stay on as a senior adviser through the end of the...
She may be one of the most celebrated stars of Hollywood, but Scarlett Johansson is a consummate New Yorker. Walks in Central Park are her daily ritual, escaping out east is her summertime rite, she loves bagels, and she...
Dear Intelligent American,
Happy Mother’s Day this Sunday to all to whom the well-wishing applies, biological, adoptive, or spiritual.
As is its custom, on the day Turner Classic Movies will show that most wonderful film, I Remember Mama—Irene Dunne is vidunderlig—to kick off...
When an organization has been around for over a decade, it’s rare to continue to encounter firsts. And yet, that’s what the Tahoe Fund experienced with many of the projects we supported in our last fiscal year, which closed...
Philanthropist, co-founder and first CEO of Home Depot, Bernard “Bernie” Marcus…
FRIDAY: Israeli agribusiness entrepreneur and real estate investor, Gideon Bickel… World-renowned architect and master planner for the World Trade Center site...
Muslims across the world just completed observation of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. This month (part of the lunar calendar) requires that Muslims fast from dawn to dusk every day, refrain from doing bad, seek to do good,...
When Bruce David Klein decided to make a documentary about Jewish gangsters fighting Nazis in the United States in the 1930s, he knew he wanted to have full creative control over the project.
Klein had already bought the rights to...
