PHCP Chooses Candidate Charities
October 1, 2003The next time you come across a really effective, efficient and innovative charity, what kind of work will it be doing? Here are some possibilities: Sending medical teams led by former military doctors into strife-torn areas such as the Burmese jungle and the Afghan desert, where no other medical care is available. Returning wolves to parts of their former range in the western United States. Converting old school buses to …
A Look Inside PHCP’s Portfolio
January 1, 2003Palisades Hudson Charitable Portfolio, Inc., (PHCP) is, as its name implies, a “portfolio” of charitable options. Besides a conventional donor advised arrangement, we are establishing our own philanthropic program in the following areas: Humanitarian Relief: To alleviate human suffering caused by war, civil strife, famine, drought, or natural disaster, and to restore infrastructure for normal economic activity. Human Rights: To promote and protect basic human freedoms, including freedom of expression, …
Our New Charitable ‘Fund Family’
January 1, 2003Americans gave an estimated $212 billion to charity last year, and will do about the same this year. A lot of that money will be diverted to additional fund-raising, or simply will be wasted by ill-managed, redundant or ineffective organizations. But there are other reasons why donors often do not get their money’s worth of good works. One is the sheer randomness of charitable giving. We typically choose to support …
Mending Minds And Building Lives After Torture
June 1, 2000It does not take an expert to spot the new clients at the Center for Victims of Torture. Their body language — downcast, withdrawn, fearful — gives them away. The Center, housed in a former Victorian mansion on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, was founded in 1985 to help torture victims restore their punctured psyches and shattered lives. The Center’s clientele consists of refugees from repressive regimes all …
The Philanthropic Side Of Planning
January 1, 2000In this issue of Sentinel we launch a feature, Charitably Speaking, that brings a new dimension to our professional practice as well as to our newsletter. Charitably Speaking highlights a philanthropic cause that we find interesting or noteworthy, or just too important to ignore. If some readers agree and choose to provide financial support, great. If some choose to become involved personally, even better. And, if you choose to write …
A Painful Sacrifice for a Good Cause
January 1, 2000If you have ever had to part with a dog that you lovingly raised from puppy hood, Erin Cleary knows how you felt. Her job is to get people to adopt a dog and then give it back. Ms. Cleary is staff coordinator for a corps of volunteer “puppy walkers” who help the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc., fulfill its mission to breed, train and dispense seeing-eye dogs …
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