September 20, 2007
No Strings Attached
Some charities are succeeding in getting big unrestricted giftsAbigail Disney, a wealthy New York philanthropist, is the type of donor who is becoming increasingly rare: She likes to make big gifts with no strings attached.
"I am a big proponent of unrestricted gifts," she says. "You should have enough confidence in the organization to say, 'You know how to deploy this better than I do.'"
Ms. Disney, a great-niece of the entertainment mogul Walt Disney, says that her
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