Camp Hill's $15 million donor sees herself as 'an old lady who likes children' - PennLive.com

Camp Hill's $15 million donor sees herself as 'an old lady who likes children' - PennLive.com: "In January 2006, she stunned the Camp Hill School District, and its residents, by donating $15 million to the district's nonprofit Lion Foundation for the creation of a performing arts center, hoping to enhance music, dance and the visual arts in the borough's schools. Her gift is one of the largest individual donations to a school district in the state, according to the Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Education Foundations. The arts center will feature a rounded two-story glass atrium, amphitheater and a walkway between it and the school."

The Chronicle, 4/24/2007: New Survey Shows Why the Wealthy Give to Charity

The Chronicle, 4/24/2007: New Survey Shows Why the Wealthy Give to Charity: "New Survey Shows Why the Wealthy Give to Charity

By Marty Michaels

Nearly 90 percent of the wealthiest Americans say the primary reason they give to charity is that they believe in specific causes and have a desire to 'give back' to society, according to a new survey.

Far fewer respondents — 33 percent — cited income-tax deductions as a reason for their charitable giving, and just 24 percent cited maintaining a family tradition of philanthropy."