At Lipman Hearne, we take great pride in helping our clients accomplish great things. That’s why we’re very excited by the recent opening of Rush University Medical Center’s new 14-story hospital building, located at Ashland Avenue and the Eisenhower Expressway in Chicago, IL. Lipman Hearne developed the new building’s $300 million fundraising campaign theme, “It’s [...]
Throughout the holiday season, giving is top of mind and charitable contributions to large non-profit organizations are at their peak. Despite this upsurge in generosity, many smaller organizations are often overlooked because they can’t afford to make their voices heard. With their newly released 2012 edition, the Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington is again providing [...]
Throughout this year, our team here at Lipman Hearne has participated in activities in support of Lipman Hearne’s 2011 mission to contribute to education-based causes. We ran a 5K, cleaned up a school yard, and even painted a nutrition pyramid on a classroom wall. Inspired by the ongoing efforts of teachers in the communities surrounding [...]
To help fulfill Lipman Hearne’s 2011 mission to contribute to education-based causes, Rob Moore, Alexia Koelling, Tom Dahl, Elizabeth Weidenaar, Katie Greer, Jennifer Pollack, Ali Ferrell and Saraheva Monroe, from the Lipman Hearne Chicago office, participated in the 2011 Carrera de los Muertos. An annual 5K event through Chicago’s historic Pilsen and University Village neighborhoods, [...]
On September 11, staff from our DC office—Jim Healy, Eric Bailey, Shellie Byrum, Meghan Snyder, Megan Cotton, and Jennifer Dusenberry—volunteered at Burrville Elementary School during an annual 9/11 Day of Service event. We partnered with HandsOn Greater DC Cares, the event organizer, and served as a way to honor those touched by the 9/11 attacks. [...]
Branding is not an abstract science, disconnected from the underlying business realities of academic institutions. Ask Coke what their brand is worth, or Apple, or Four Seasons: in all cases, a strong and well-focused brand causes consumers to value a product or service more and, therefore, pay more for it. This is also true in [...]
We’ve always considered ourselves lucky to be able to partner with so many visionary people and organizations. And we’ve learned that the best way to honor their work is to provide them with the support they need to do the task at hand. That’s why we responded so quickly when a friend of ours asked [...]
On April 30, Megan Cotten and I volunteered at Hands On DC for their annual Work-a-thon. Hands On DC is a DC nonprofit that organizes projects to make physical improvements to DC-area schools. Below are pictures from our work at Raymond Elementary. Megan and I showed off our art skills by painting a food pyramid [...]
The results are indisputable. In the first quarter of 2011, the U.S. economy added 521,000 jobs for people who hold college degrees. At the same time, the country’s economy lost 318,000 jobs for people without college degrees. It couldn’t be more clear: Our economy is built for people with a college education, not for those [...]
Frank Alvarez, president and CEO of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund contributed the following point of view to Daniel de Vise’s Washington Post blog: College Inc. We need 14 million more Hispanic degrees As Hispanic Americans watch the batches of data flow out from the U.S. Census Bureau we have both a sense of pride and [...]