A Deluge of Wealth | Rich Floridians - Florida Trend

A Deluge of Wealth | Rich Floridians - Florida Trend: Rich Floridians
Philanthropy: A Deluge of Wealth
Wealth transfer in the next 10 years could total $322 billion.

One for the books - Sun Sentinel

One for the books - Sun Sentinel: Nearly 300 teachers gathered recently at the Bahia Mar Beach Resort & Yacht Center for the annual "Broward Education Foundation Teacher Grant Awards Ceremony." They received individual grants up to $5,000 each to support innovative teaching programs.

UF&Shands to begin addition for children’s hospital - The Independent Florida Alligator: Campus

UF&Shands to begin addition for children’s hospital - The Independent Florida Alligator: Campus: Guzick said the project is in the general conceptual design phase now, but he hopes to begin construction in two to three months.

“We can only do this with philanthropy,” Guzick said. There are funds set aside for the project, but he said he hopes to raise money for at least half the cost.

The Players Championship supports nonprofits across North Florida | jacksonville.com

The Players Championship supports nonprofits across North Florida | jacksonville.com: Since 1977, The Players Championship has contributed more than $46 million to Northeast Florida nonprofits that provide health care, youth education and human services.

Legal Aid Societies in South Florida: Swamped with clients, low on funds - OrlandoSentinel.com

Legal Aid Societies in South Florida: Swamped with clients, low on funds - OrlandoSentinel.com: PLANTATION — A cross-section of South Florida's new poor gathers each weekday morning in the lobby of the one place in Broward County where the indigent can get free legal representation, bringing with them a wealth of woes and a little bit of hope.

The Players Championship supports nonprofits across North Florida | jacksonville.com

The Players Championship supports nonprofits across North Florida | jacksonville.com: Since 1977, The Players Championship has contributed more than $46 million to Northeast Florida nonprofits that provide health care, youth education and human services.

Florida scores poorly on Senior Hunger Report Card | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com

Florida scores poorly on Senior Hunger Report Card | FLORIDA TODAY | floridatoday.com: The just-released study placed Florida at No. 9 among the 10 states with the highest percentage of those 60 and older facing the threat of hunger or “food insecurity.”

Florida joins Mississippi, at No. 1, and five other Southern states on the list. Especially vulnerable among the estimated 8.3 million seniors at risk nationwide: senior women.

Northeast Florida nonprofits rethinking fundraising efforts | jacksonville.com

Northeast Florida nonprofits rethinking fundraising efforts | jacksonville.com: To compete, other nonprofits and cash-strapped government programs must follow the mayor's example, said Rena Coughlin, executive director of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida, which offers training, resources and advocacy for local charities. They must expand their outreach and put a spotlight on what they do and how well they do it. And they must develop new approaches, such as measuring results by tracking the success of youth served in a particular program.

Silverberg: The benefits of 'time philanthropy' | HeraldTribune.com

Silverberg: The benefits of 'time philanthropy' | HeraldTribune.com: uckily, there are efforts afoot in this area to achieve those goals and many others. The Patterson Foundation, in cooperation with the community engagement organization SCOPE (which I serve as a board member) and the University of South Florida, conducted the Aging with Dignity and Independence study. SCOPE has also been instrumental in establishing the Institute for the Ages, planned as a comprehensive approach to retooling society in keeping with the changing demographics.

Leadership Jacksonville seeks future Northeast Florida leaders | jacksonville.com

Leadership Jacksonville seeks future Northeast Florida leaders | jacksonville.com: A Jacksonville community organization is casting its net for Northeast Florida’s future leaders — home-grown ones.

The program, called Collegiate Leadership Experience, gives Northeast Florida college students an opportunity to network with community leaders and professionals and to explore complex issues facing the community.

Northeast Florida nonprofits out "to find a way" after years in crisis mode | jacksonville.com

Northeast Florida nonprofits out "to find a way" after years in crisis mode | jacksonville.com: After listening to Northeast Florida nonprofits reporting on their fundraising in 2011 and outlook for 2012, Jacksonville think tank chief Ben Warner coined a phrase to describe their collective mood.

“Strained optimism.”

Local student participates in Southeast's largest student-run philanthropy � TCPalm.com (User story from nlkflint#235673)

Local student participates in Southeast's largest student-run philanthropy � TCPalm.com (User story from nlkflint#235673): PALM CITY — Dance Marathon at Florida State University has been named the largest student-run organization and philanthropy in student participation in the Southeast.

One in four Fla. millionaires giving less Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/17/2594277/one-in-four-fla-millionaires-giving.less

One in four Fla. millionaires giving less - Business - MiamiHerald.com: About 25 percent of Florida’s millionaires plan to cut back on charitable giving, according to a PNC survey of the nation’s financial elite.

UM offers free help for S. Fla. nonprofit groups - Business Monday - MiamiHerald.com

UM offers free help for S. Fla. nonprofit groups - Business Monday - MiamiHerald.com: The University of Miami is offering free advertising and creative services to South Florida nonprofits during the Third Annual PhilADthropy event Feb. 17 at the University of Miami School of Communication.

Don’t like the name of new art museum? Move on - Michael Putney - MiamiHerald.com

Don’t like the name of new art museum? Move on - Michael Putney - MiamiHerald.com: But I’ve reconsidered. After speaking to Perez and looking at how other arts institutions are funded here and across the country, I’ve concluded that Perez should be thanked, not condemned for his $35 million gift to MAM. If the price is for the museum to bear his name, hang his art and be his legacy, well, why not? He’s certainly not the first South Florida art patron to make a deal like this. The Arsht Center? Taxpayers kicked in about $440 million toward the PAC and Adrienne Arsht got her name on it for $30 million, supplanting Carnival Cruise Lines, which had given $20 million.

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?: October 23, 2011; Source: Tampa Bay Tribune | For many organizations, the athletic event has replaced the high-priced charity event. Case in point was this weekend’s Susan B. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, a sixty-mile trek in Florida that was to have involved 2,400 participants. Each of those walkers had to put $2,300 on his or her credit card to participate.

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Philanthropist with Panache: The Homeless Billionaire Do-Gooder

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Philanthropist with Panache: The Homeless Billionaire Do-Gooder: ’s a little hard to discern exactly what the high-end WSJ Magazine defines as “philanthropy” in Berggruen’s case. Maybe it was his acquisition of Karstadt (for the sum of one euro, since Karstadt was insolvent at the time), which WSJ Magazine says saved 25,000 jobs. Maybe it was the fact that he loaned his art collection (his father, a friend of Picasso’s, was a major art collector) to museums as he sold off his homes (including an island estate in Florida and an apartment in New York) to become a homeless billionaire philanthropist.

THURSDAY’S CUP: Gulf Coast nonprofits forced to merge || Gulf Coast Business Review | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples

THURSDAY’S CUP: Gulf Coast nonprofits forced to merge || Gulf Coast Business Review | Tampa Bay, Bradenton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Naples: "In May, it was the South Sarasota County YMCA that absorbed the Fort Myers YMCA, which had struggled financially since 2007. The Fort Myers Y still maintains its own board, but the merger allowed it to survive and potentially expand under the bigger South Sarasota County Y in Venice.

Now, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Florida, with 500 children-clients in Charlotte, Collier, Lee, Hendry and Glades counties, seeks a lifeline. The national organization that oversees more than 350 Big Brothers Big Sisters shuttered the Southwest Florida chapter earlier this month. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Florida officials couldn’t be reached for comment."

IRS purges nearly a quarter of Florida's nonprofits | TBO.com

IRS purges nearly a quarter of Florida's nonprofits | TBO.com: "AMPA --

Nearly a quarter of Florida's nonprofit groups lost their tax-exempt status this month after a housecleaning move by the Internal Revenue Service.

The purge eliminated nearly 14,000 groups across the state from IRS tax-exempt rolls. More than 3,000 of those groups were in the greater Tampa Bay area."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Madoff Fraud Helps Bring Down Curtain on Florida Theater

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Madoff Fraud Helps Bring Down Curtain on Florida Theater: "une 6, 2011; Source: New York Times | Maybe we'll never know the full toll on the nonprofit community of Bernard Madoff's ponzi scheme. But the damage is still being felt. The New York Times reports that earlier this week Florida Stage, 'a well-regarded Palm Beach theater devoted to putting on new plays,' filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy"