The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Philanthropy Goes Hollywood

Company bets that donors will gain inspiration from a movie

By Debra E. Blum

Charlotte, N.C.

With a $10-million budget and the star power of James Garner, Lee Meriwether, and Brian Dennehy, a movie being filmed here over the past couple of months could pass for typical Hollywood fare.

But The Ultimate Gift, as the film will be called, has unusual producers —...

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