Checkoff Boxes on Tax Forms Net Donations
The amount taxpayers are donating to charity through the checkoff boxes on their state tax forms is growing, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators, a story in The Wall Street Journal reports. The group said tax payers donated $32.8-million through the checkoff boxes in 2002, the most…
9/11 Museum Considers Admission Fee
Gretchen Dykstra, the chief executive officer of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, said yesterday that the World Trade Center memorial museum, scheduled to open on September 11, 2009, should charge an admission fee since it will cost more than $40-million a year to operate the museum and…
New Orleans Hospitals Not Worth Rebuilding
New Orleans’s hospitals not worth rebuilding, report says
Trevor Armbrister, a journalist and writer who founded the organization eventually known as Rebuilding Together, died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72, reports The Washington Post. Mr. Armbrister started Christmas in April, which has organized volunteers to rehabilitate 2,500 homes…
Oscar Gift Bag Nets $45,100 for United Way
George Clooney’s donated Oscar goodie bag earned $45,100 for United Way of America in an online auction, reports Internet Broadcasting Systems. The actor, who won an Academy Award for his role in Syriana, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the charity. The organization will put the proceeds in…
Bank of America Deal Benefits Nature Conservancy
The Bank of America Corporation has pledged to donate $1 to the Nature Conservancy for each customer who agrees to receive his or her monthly bank statements via e-mail rather than on paper, reports The Washington Post. The bank said it would give up to $500,000 to the Nature Conservancy.
Charities Win Court Case Over $1-Billion Estate
Judge rules in favor of charities that control $1-billion ranch