March 20, 2010
Business partnerships seen boosting causes
Partnerships with trusted businesses help draw attention to nonprofit causes and are more likely to make consumers feel good about the causes and actively support them, a new survey says.
Giving News: In Brief
- The Travelers Companies giving $500,000 to support The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp to expand its hospital outreach program from New York to Boston.
- Rose Community Foundation, Denver, awarded 151 grants totaling over $4.5 million in fourth quarter 2009.
- Scholarship America to add 14 schools to its Dreamkeepers financial-assistance program to help community colleges keep moderate to low-income students from dropping out, thanks to $3.2 million from Kresge Foundation, Lumina Foundation for Education and Walmart Foundation.
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Nonprofit News: In Brief
- Lauren Segal, former president and CEO, Greater Twin Cities United Way, named president & CEO, Scholarship America.
- Jeniffer Harper-Taylor, 10-year veteran of Siemens Foundation, Iselin, N.J., named president.
- Wendy Thomas, daughter of Dave Thomas, founder, Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, and Wendy’s Restaurants, named to foudnation's board of trustees.
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