Philadelphia, July 2, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — Zach Herr and Emily Gimpel experienced at an early age what it was like to see a loved one suffer with cancer. But rather than wait until they were older to help, they took the initiative to raise money to fund research of the deadly disease.
June 2, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — Less.
In a country where General Motors declares bankruptcy, Americans are learning to deal with less of everything.
Our region has less, too, including a dwindling pool of generous benefactors and civic leaders.
May 19, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — A new survey paints a bleak economic picture of the region's nonprofit sector, with many organizations reporting funding shortfalls, layoffs, and reductions in programs.
May 15, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — Living Beyond Breast Cancer has won supporters for one of its biggest fund-raisers with e-mail blasts, brochures, and personal calls to big donors.
HARRISBURG, May 12, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — Two years ago, a pair of high-profile cabinet secretaries in Gov. Rendell's administration came under public scrutiny after their departments awarded grants to non-profits that employed their spouses.
May 10, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — When Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest sit still long enough to accept the Philadelphia Award this week, it will be entirely appropriate to fill the air with honorifics and superlatives:
The big cash behind the expansion of the Curtis Institute of Music. On track to become the most generous donors in the history of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
April 26, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — The Haas charitable trusts, the creations of Otto and Phoebe Haas in the 1950s and early 1960s, have swelled to financial giants, topping $2.7 billion in assets when Dow Chemical Co. bought the Haas family business, Rohm & Haas Co.
April 27, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — When roughly 5,000 museum professionals from across the country descend on Philadelphia this week for two conventions, they will represent institutions that exhibit everything from Old Masters to old rocks.
April 7, 2009, The Philadelphia Inquirer — With board chairman H.F. "Gerry" Lenfest acting as a powerful catalyst, the Curtis Institute of Music has raised $65 million for a Locust Street expansion.
US Senator Ben Cardin introduced a bill to allow newspapers to operate as nonprofit organizations, following four bankruptcies in the industry in as many months.
