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...It’s time for a paradigm shift. Throughout our history, these large institutions have been considered not-for-profit and tax exempt. By requiring these institution to set aside 1 percent of the earnings on these endowments to a fund for distribution to communities in which tax exempt property is located would, in Harvard’s case this year, have provided over $24-million to affected communities...
...members to tell them what you want in the way of medical treatment--including life support--if you're in a condition where you can't express your wishes yourself. Each state has an approved living-will document that is downloadable and free on the website of the not-for-profit partnershipforcaring.org...
...Five Wishes Living Will has gained such a following. Accepted in 35 states, it is written in plain language and asks questions about what kind of medical treatment you would and would not want. Copies of the document ($5 apiece) can be ordered on the website of the not-for-profit group agingwithdignity.org...
Part of the hostility may come down to sour grapes. Last year the Beeb's for-profit operations, which are separate legal entities, brought in revenues of $1.9 billion--35% higher than in 2000--and returned $249 million to the BBC's not-for-profit side. That's remarkable, considering that during the same period, many of the world's major media firms struggled with slumping ad revenues, large debt loads and expensive mergers that blew up. But the Beeb more than muddled through, and one of its biggest success stories is right here in America...
...Lindvall is on a new mission. This month she launches the website for Collage, her New York-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to using the Internet, television and, yes, supermodel power to engage young people on issues like the environment, politics and health. "Most people know more about their favorite Hollywood stars than about what's in their water supply," says the Missouri native...