Article: Philanthropy; Foundation leader sees untold tales Dorothy Ridings says she's seen uplifting stories that philanthropy was hiding. As new Council on Foundations head, she wants to tell them.(NEWS)

Dorothy Ridings thinks she knows a good story when she sees one, and U.S. foundations have a good story that hasn't been told well enough.

Ridings became president of the national Council on Foundations four months ago. She is a former newspaper reporter, copy editor and executive (publisher of the Bradenton Herald in Florida for the past eight years). She also is past president of the League of Women Voters of the United States and presided over the Ronald Reagan-Walter Mondale presidential debates in 1984. She was in the Twin Cities for the past three days for a corporate community involvement conference and to meet with foundation executives.

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