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Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006 |
Communications Par Excellence Here are the Council on Foundations' Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications program, which recognizes and encourages effective communications by foundations and corporate giving programs: Skoll Foundation... etc.   |
AFP eWire
April 20, 2010 |
2009 Saw Record Decline in Foundation Giving The recent economic crisis caused the more than 75,000 grantmaking foundations in the United States to cut their 2009 giving by an estimated 8.4 percent -- by far the largest decline ever tracked by the Foundation Center. |
AFP eWire
June 12, 2012 |
Growth in U.S. Foundation Giving Fails to Keep Pace With Inflation Giving by U.S. foundations showed a modest increase in 2011, totaling an estimated $46.9 billion and up 2.2 percent from the year before. After accounting for inflation, however, contributions by U.S. foundations were down slightly from 2010. |
AFP eWire
November 23, 2010 |
Foundations Likely to Increase Giving in 2011 It may take several years for giving to match the peak level recorded in 2008, according to estimates reported by the Foundation Center. |
AFP eWire
October 21, 2004 |
Community Foundations See Strong Gains in 2003 Two new surveys by the Columbus Foundation and the Council on Foundations show that the community foundation field had a strong year in 2003, primarily because of the steadily improving economy. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Sep/Oct 2004
Dorothy S. Ridings |
Foundations' Hidden Treasures Want to know what's really going on at foundations? Read their annual reports. |
AFP eWire
September 18, 2006 |
New Standards for Community Foundations More than 260 community foundations recently earned the National Standards Seal, which was created by the council and leaders of the community foundation field. Nearly 300 more organizations are in the process of either compiling materials for their record book or are currently under review. |
InternetNews
September 10, 2009 |
Microsoft Will Fund Open Source Foundation The CodePlex Foundation aims to build on Microsoft's existing Codeplex site. |
InternetNews
September 28, 2010 |
CodePlex Foundation Rebrands as Outercurve Open source CodePlex Foundation, a Microsoft-sponsored initiative, re-brands as Outercurve in an effort to eliminate confusion with the software giant's forge of the same name. So what changed? |
AFP eWire
January 31, 2012 |
What to Do When Foundations Have Walled Themselves Off From Your Organization What can you do when you come face to face with a wall built by a foundation to keep organizations like yours out? |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Michelle Lodge |
Five Questions With King McGlaughon King McGlaughon of Foundation Source, which provides back-room support for foundations, tells how a financial advisor's knowledge of philanthropy gives him or her an edge. |
The Motley Fool
December 3, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Don't Miss This Great Bargain One Fool's rationale behind a $50 price target for silver. |
InternetNews
August 23, 2010 |
Microsoft-Backed Open Source Group Talks Plans The CodePlex Foundation describes the role it can play in nurturing open source projects, and its relationship with Microsoft. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2009
Christopher Barker |
The Best Stocks for 2010: Silver Wheaton Vote for the gold standard of silver investments. |
The Motley Fool
May 24, 2005
Jeremy MacNealy |
Got Gold Fever? The Central Fund of Canada is an easy way to get into gold. |
The Motley Fool
September 13, 2011
Travis Hoium |
Paramount Gold and Silver Shares Jumped: What You Need to Know Shares of Paramount Gold and Silver climbed a whopping 23% today after the company announced a multimillion-ounce gold resource. |
On Wall Street
November 1, 2010
Baruch S. Littman |
The Headache-Free Philanthropist For many, the prestige of establishing a private family foundation to dispense charitable gifts to their favorite causes is alluring. They think of it as a dream come true. But is it really? |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
You Don't Have to Be Rich to Do Good Supporting charity isn't just for billionaires. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Dodge the Dollar With a Silver Bullet? Is it too late to get green from the gold and silver markets? |
InternetNews
March 9, 2010 |
Microsoft-Sponsored CodePlex Moves Ahead The non-profit open source foundation looks to show it's not just an extension of its main backer, Microsoft. |
Financial Advisor
February 2010
Eric L. Reiner |
Shaking The Foundation Donor-advised funds report droves of conversions from private foundations. |
Information Today
September 9, 2014
Nancy K. Herther |
The Knight Foundation Welcomes Ideas to Strengthen Libraries' Roles in the Digital Age People from around the country can submit entries for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's latest Knight News Challenge: "How might we leverage libraries as a platform to build more knowledgeable communities?" |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2008
Christopher Barker |
The Miner With a Heart of Silver After struggling for years with an aging mine portfolio, Coeur d'Alene completed a critical pair of acquisitions in 2007 to secure one of the world's most significant silver reserves. |
The Motley Fool
October 7, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Make Silver Streams Your Golden Parachute Silver Wheaton makes another investment in a long-term silver supply. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Vaughan Scully |
A Short History of Gold Since the dawn of civilization, gold, silver, and other precious metals have been regarded by investors worldwide as a unique store of value. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Central Fund of Canada Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Central Fund of Canada dropped 13% in intraday trading today on heavy volume after futures prices for silver plummeted. |
The Motley Fool
April 3, 2009
Christopher Barker |
An Asset More Precious Than Gold? Often overlooked, silver may yet outperform its gilded big brother. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Things Are Askew at Gammon Gold Gammon Gold reports a surprise loss of $6.5 million for the third quarter. |
AFP eWire
August 7, 2006 |
Foundation Giving Exceeds $33 Billion in 2005 Buoyed by the establishment of new foundations, a slowly growing economy and support for relief efforts for the Southeast Asia tsunami and Gulf Coast hurricanes, giving by U.S. foundations increased to an estimated $33.8 billion in 2005, according to a new report. |
AFP eWire
April 24, 2006 |
Slow, Steady Foundation Growth Seen in 2005, Expected in 2006 A new report shows steady, but unremarkable growth for the foundation sector in 2005 and forecasts much of the same for 2006. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
ETFs With a Silver Lining Silver has given investors some spectacular returns in recent years. Now, there are two exchange-traded funds that let you buy in to the silver craze. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2011
Christopher Barker |
Silver Wheaton Will Dazzle the World Will Silver Wheaton gain 75% by the time silver appreciates 50%? |
Sports Central
August 14, 2004
Greg Wyshynski |
We're No. 3! What does the bronze medal mean to you? Runner-up to the runner-up? Close, but no cigar? How about ... LOSER? |
The Motley Fool
April 7, 2011
Christopher Barker |
Let the Gold Surge of 2011 Begin It's happening again. Gold broke out above $1,450 Tuesday in convincing fashion and quickly moved above $1,460 early Wednesday before stopping to catch its breath. |
AFP eWire
May 6, 2004 |
Urban Institute Releases Study on Foundation Practices, Attitudes Urban Institute study reveals a wealth of data about the attitudes and practices of different types of foundations, including how they view effective philanthropy and the monitoring and evaluation processes. |
AFP eWire
October 7, 2014 |
REPORT: New Data Shows Canada's Largest Foundations Give over $1 Billion Annually to Canadian Charities Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Imagine Canada recently released a first-ever report about the assets and giving trends of Canada's largest grantmaking foundations. |
AFP eWire
May 26, 2008 |
Foundations Viewed Positively, But Are Virtually Invisible to Many Americans A new study shows that a large percentage of Americans, including those engaged in the charitable sector, know very little about foundations but nonetheless tend to have favorable perceptions of them and their work. |
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Precious Metal ETFs What makes precious metals funds so attractive is that they offer investors the ability to gain unleveraged exposure to gold and other precious metals without taking delivery of physical metal or trading futures contracts. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2008
Christopher Barker |
Gold Will Be Fine in 2009 Gold may shine brighter still in the year ahead. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2008
Toby Shute |
Hi Ho, Silver! A fresh look at two top silver stocks: Silver Wheaton and Pan American Silver. |
Lucire
February 21, 2015 |
A new skin: more realistic foundations Advances in foundations in the 2010s have made them more skin-like. Jamie Dorman has been putting them to the test, finding four that are as good as the claims |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2011
Christopher Barker |
$1,500 Gold Is Just the Beginning The world is amazed by gold's persistent strength, but true astonishment awaits. |
The Motley Fool
August 19, 2011
Christopher Barker |
Maintaining a Methodical Approach to Gold An abbreviated guide to getting started in gold and silver stocks. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2008
Lauren Barack |
Looking for the Pot of Gold Precious metals are behaving in unexpected ways lately as their prices dip along with the market. But over the long-term, they should still act as a safe haven. |
The Motley Fool
December 31, 2003
W.D. Crotty |
Abandon the Gold Standard? The major mining stocks are richly valued. Is there still money in gold? |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2010
Christopher Barker |
Your Moment to Go for the Gold and Silver You don't have to travel to Vancouver to win gold or silver. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2012
Laura Howes |
Nobel Prize Amount Cut Recently, returns on the capital of the foundation have fallen short of the amount needed to support the prizes. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Mirror, Mirror on Pan American's Wall Pan American Silver aims to become the "world's largest and lowest cost" primary silver producer, and the second-quarter results offered a timely and dramatic makeover. |
The Motley Fool
November 12, 2009
Christopher Barker |
Hop On the Pan American Highway Silver miners have catapulted back into profitability in a very big way, making it easy to overlook the considerable strength of Pan American Silver. |
Chemistry World
November 26, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Gates Foundation champions open access The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, based in Washington, US, has adopted a new policy that requires free, unrestricted access and reuse of all peer-reviewed published research that the foundation funds |
