"Financials" ride there bikes for cancer research.  John Hancock’s Funds CEO and MFS’s Investment Manager were among those riding in this past weekend’s Pan-Massachusetts Challenge, a bike-a-thon for cancer research .  The organizers who have been putting on this ride since 1980, say that the 4300 cyclists , who travel between 70 and 192 miles in two days is the ...

Like Warren Buffett, a new wave of philanthropists are rushing to spend their money before they die.  The Wall Street Journal, July 8-9, ’06 had an interesting article on the subjest. Amoung other things it listed big names and big gifts and a new generation of philanthropists. Those with health related objectives are:Gates and now joined by Buffett, Robert Wood ...

Last spring one family auctioned off 15 abtract painting  that brought in $44 million.  The monies were placed in a family advised fund and in part given to their own center for nursing excellence.  Donors to health and medical charities increasingly prefer to fund initiatives they can see to the end.  Donors have become very sophisticated says Patrick Mulvey, VP ...

The title of that article was the lead title of a monthly brochure from a Realtor who deals in luxury homes.  Along with the article was a margin bit about charitable tax advice   Inside the four page colored brochure was another atclcle and picture of "Charity and Security". There was nothirig really special about the articles           ...