The Chronicle of Philanthropy
No. 134

How a Mother's Cause Became a Multimillion-Dollar Charity

By Debra E. Blum

White Plains, N.Y.
Doris F. Tulcin traces her penchant for fund raising to 1957, four years after her infant daughter was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, a disease that attacks the lungs and pancreas and usually leads to premature death.

At the time, Ms. Tulcin was hosting a luncheon for 300 people at her parents' home...

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