People & groups, U.S./World

Published on December 17, 2004

* William E. Trueheart, president/CEO, Pittsburgh Foundation, named board chair, Independent Sector, which also named new board members:

• Janet Murguia, incoming president/CEO, National Council of La Raza, Washington, D.C.
• Edward Skloot, executive director, Surdna Foundation, New York City
• Arturo Vargas, executive director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, Los Angeles
• William S. White, chairman/president/CEO, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, Mich.

* Human Interaction Research Institute, nonprofit that helps other nonprofits with innovation and change, released “The Expanding Universe: New Directions in Nonprofit Capacity Building.”

* Community Shares of Colorado, Denver fundraising group for nonprofits, approved 13 new nonprofits members for 2005.

* Portion of ticket proceeds for Riverdance performance, Radio City Music Hall, New York, March 10-17 to go to Gilda’s Club, clubhouse for cancer patients, named after Gilda Radner.

* Sharon Moshavi, former editor and correspondent for radio show “Pacific Time,” named communications manager, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami.

* Ford Foundation selected 401 new International Fellows based on academic achievement, leadership skills, commitment to development of communities, countries.

* Global Community Service Foundation met $23,000 single-event goal, benefiting Blind & Deaf Association of Dong Ha Town, Vietnam, Dec. 4.

* Morgan Christen, Alaska Superior Court Judge, and Doug Eby, physician, named to Rasmuson Foundation board, Anchorage.

* Pew Charitable Trusts launched two-year $3.8 million “Retirement Security Project,” encouraging policies to increase personal retirement savings, in partnership with Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University.

* Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Washington, D.C., released publication, “The Due Diligence Tool: For Use in Pre Grant Assessment.”

* Community Foundations of Canada, Ottowa, launched online bookstore with resources to improve relationship between grantmakers, audiences.

* David Swensen, chief investment officer, Yale University, awarded Institutional Investor magazine’s Institutional Investor Award for Excellence in Investment Management, endowments category; Linda Strumpf, chief investment officer, Ford Foundation, won in foundations category.

* Impact Community Capital, insurance consortium, committed $10 million to Low Income Investment Fund to expand, improve child-care, preschool facilities in California.

* Bates College announced $1 million endowment campaign for new Androscoggin Scholarship Fund; Barbara Trafton named chair.

* Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, created to advise Senate Finance Committee in study of nonprofits, announced appointment of members to five working groups.

* Ann Pizzuti, Columbus, Ohio, former F.R. Lazarus Department Store executive, named chair, National Hospice Foundation board of Trustees; James R. Borynack, chairman and CEO, Wally Findlay Galleries International, named chair-elect.

* High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Woodruff Arts Center campus, Atlanta, reached $130 million goal in joint fundraising campaign.

* More than 40,000 retailers and banks, through “Your Help Counts” customer donation program, raised over $6.3 million in individual donations and matching funds for American Red Cross disaster relief efforts.

* Randolph McLaughlin, civil rights lawyer, professor, Pace University Law School, named executive director, Hale House, New York City nonprofit serving children and families.

* Jerry Bisgrove, chairman and CEO, Stardust Companies, named board chair, Arizona Community Foundation.

* Nehemiah Community Reinvestment Fund, Sacramento, to receive $2 million credit line from Fannie Mae for all phases of creating, preserving affordable housing.

* Phil Coupe, former vice president and director, corporate philanthropy, DrinkMore Water, named executive director, Saltwater Institute, Portland, Maine.

* Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage, Alaska, awarded $160,000 to 18 Alaskan artists in first Individual Artist Awards.

* Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Washington, D.C., released “Leveraging What You Know: Knowledge Management Strategies for Funders,” report on knowledge management in philanthropy.

* Jenifer Schramm, executive director, Photographic Center Northwest, resigned; Dan Mayer serving as interim executive director.

* Kintera, San Diego, provider of software to nonprofits, acquired American Fundware, provider of accounting software, for $11 million from Intuit.

* Omidyar.Net, online networking website, formed “activist technology” group.

* American Red Cross raised $6.3 million from “Your Help Counts” effort, collaboration with 40,000 banks and retailers to collect individual and matching donations.

* Boston Bar Association published “How-To Guide to Children’s Mental Health Services in Massachusetts” to aid parents in early intervention of childhood mental illness.

* Coastside Family Medical Center, Half Moon Bay, Cal., expanded services and hours in Just for Teens Clinic, funded by Mary Wohlford Foundation, Atkinson Foundation, Peninsula Foundation, private donors.

* Amnon Be’eri-Sulitzeanu, formerly director, marketing communications, senior assistant to president, Jerusalem Foundation, named director, Israel operations, Abraham Fund Initiatives, New York and Jerusalem group working to close gap between Arabs and Jews, with grants exceeding $10 million.

* CRAFund Advisors, fixed-income community investment money manager, Fort Lauderdale, certified with Performance Presentation Standards, Association for Investment Management and Research.

* Isoph, tech company in Carrboro, N.C., serving nonprofits, partnered with JED New Media, Montreal consulting company, to provide online tutorials in human resources, writing and communications.

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