Friday, February 21, 2014

As Ted Turner’s $1-Billion Pledge Ends, U.N. Fund Builds New Relationships - Big Gifts - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

As Ted Turner’s $1-Billion Pledge Ends, U.N. Fund Builds New Relationships - Big Gifts - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: This year, the United Nations Foundation will learn that deep pockets are not, in fact, bottomless.

That’s because Ted Turner, who started the foundation with a staggering $1-billion pledge in 1997, is due to make his last payment next summer.

To keep the money flowing in the post-Turner era, the foundation is wooing others with deep pockets in the corporate worl

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