Nonprofits are major force in Muncie area economy, IU studies find

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Nonprofits are major force in Muncie area economy, IU studies find

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July 11, 2006
Kristen Gronbjerg
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Nonprofit organizations play an important role in the Muncie, Ind., economy, according to two new reports released today (July 11) by the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy and School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

More than one in 10 paid employees (10.4 percent) in the six-county Muncie economic region and more than one in eight (12.4 percent) in Delaware County is employed in the nonprofit sector, according to the Muncie Economic Region Nonprofit Employment: 2005 Report.

By comparison, 8.1 percent of paid employees in the state of Indiana are employe"

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Netflix CEO gives $1 million to open charter schools - By Matt King - Sentinel staff writer - July 11, 2006

Netflix CEO gives $1 million to open charter schools - By Matt King - Sentinel staff writer - July 11, 2006: "Netflix CEO gives $1 million to open charter schools
By Matt King
Sentinel staff writer

SANTA CRUZ — The charter school movement in Santa Cruz County is about to take off.

Seeded with $1 million in start-up funds from Santa Cruz resident and Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, founders of the newly formed Beacon Education Network say they want to provide parents with a wide range of public school choice by opening several charter schools in the next few years."

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Ellison breaks Harvard pledge / Billionaire reneges on promise to fund health institute

Ellison breaks Harvard pledge / Billionaire reneges on promise to fund health institute: "Ellison breaks Harvard pledge
Billionaire reneges on promise to fund health institute

Benjamin Pimentel, Jessica Guynn, Chronicle Staff Writers

Wednesday, June 28, 2006



It's official: Larry Ellison is walking away from a promise to donate $115 million to Harvard University.

The Oracle Corp. founder and chief executive, the world's 15th-richest person, made headlines in 2005 when, in an interview with The Chronicle, he pledged to make a major donation to Harvard to study world health. But Ellison decided against the donation after Harvard President Lawrence Summers announced his resignation earlier this year. Summers will leave the university on Friday.

'It's official,' said Oracle spokesman Bob Wynne. 'The reason is the relationship he had with Larry Summers, who leaves this week. Larry Summers was the brainchild of this whole concept. With his "

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