July 5, 2008


Funder launches leadership-training effort

CNCS Photo Office In response to what some call a leadership crisis, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Center for Creative Leadership are teaming up to boost nonprofit leaders’ skills.

Giving News: In Brief

  • Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Foundation gave Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif., $75M gift to name new Kravis Center for administrative offices, classrooms.
  • CA, Inc., Islandia, N.Y., gave $250,000 for National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship BizCamp program.
  • Cisco donated $45M to Sichuan Province, China for earthquake relief.
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Nonprofit News: In Brief

  • Fordham Bedford Housing, Enterprise, New York City, announced groundbreaking of Serviam Gardens housing development for low-income seniors in N.Y.C.
  • Sabrina Lynn Motley, director of public programs, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, named vice president, Vesper Society, San Francisco.
  • MPower, NFP Consultants announced partnership to encourage charities to adopt open-source CRM solutions.
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Foundation strategies are wholly arbitrary

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