Faith Draws Many Volunteers to Devastated Gulf Region
After a long, sweltering day hanging sheetrock, installing flooring, and removing fallen ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed trees for residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina, some 40 people — ranging in age from their teenage years to their 50s and 60s —…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast face hurdles as they seek to reconstruct the area and their organizations Ever since Hurricane Katrina inundated East Biloxi nearly a year ago, Bill Stallworth has been ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm DestroyedArticle: Demand Is High…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
American Red Cross and other charities put together improved plans for dealing with disaster reliefPaige Roberts, who helped to evacuate and shelter people after Hurricane Katrina battered coastal ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed Mississippi, has spent the past year…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Huge challenges face charities working along the Gulf CoastAs charities wrap up the work ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed on what has been one of the longest and most-expensive disaster-relief efforts undertaken by nonprofit organizations, they are about to start an…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. August 2006 6.2% July 6.0% June 6.0% May 5.8% April 5.6% March 5.4% February 5.2%…
Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Allegheny College (Pa.) Oct. 2002 June 2006 $105,000,000 $115,245,902 For academic programs, facilities, financial aid, and technology Bates College (Me.) Oct. 2004 July 2006 120,000,000 120,897,820 For academic programs, endowment,…
Albany County Opportunity (Albany, N.Y.): Appointed David D. Gilliom, director of finance at the Child Program and Family Resource Center (Schenectady, N.Y.), to be chief fiscal officer. This organization helps low-income families achieve economic self-sufficiency. All Kinds of Minds (Chapel Hill,…
Katrina forces charity officials around the country to rethink what it means to be truly prepared Charities operating in the Gulf Coast region are not strangers to the threat of hurricanes. Many have long had disaster plans in place to help them protect their operations and continue their missions…
By Brennen Jensen
Contributor