Relief International, a charity in Los Angeles, and the filmmaker Chip Duncan are producing a documentary about the earthquake in Pakistan last October that will feature the Oscar-winning actor Ben Kingsley, reports the Associated Press. The film will air on U.S. public television later this year…
The embattled Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff has been misusing tax-exempt nonprofit organizations for the past decade, reports the Los Angeles Times. Mr. Abramoff admitted in a plea agreement that he manipulated donations to numerous charities, both real and fabricated, for tax evasion, bribery,…
The Texas state attorney general’s office is suing the Rural Development and Finance Corporation, a nonprofit organization that helps small businesses in San Antonio, over almost $1-million in unaccounted expenses, reports the East Texas Review. The lawsuit said it was questioning trips to resorts,…
MICROSOFT ASIA DONATES EMPLOYEE TIME
Microsoft Asia has announced that it will give employees paid leave to participate in volunteer activities, reports ChinaCSR.com. The company, which employs about 6,000 workers in the region, said it would pay for as much as 144,000 hours of charity work by its employees.
$100-MILLION DONATED FOR HURRICANE RELIEF
The United Arab Emirates has given $100-million to the U.S. State Department to support relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, reports the Associated Press.
Oxfam has raised only $168-million of the $574-million that the group says it needs for emergency food aid following a drought in East Africa, reports Reuters. Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia were the countries worst off from the drought, and 11 million Africans would be affected by the potential…
Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings, a logging company in Singapore that has clashed for years with the World Wildlife Fund, is on the verge of signing an agreement with the environmental group to preserve a large tract of the Sumatran rainforest, reports The Wall Street Journal. The deal…
The National Constitution Center, in Philadelphia, has dedicated part of a $6.4-million grant to name a new journalism institute after Peter Jennings, the ABC News anchor who died last year, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer. The five-year grant, awarded by the Annenberg Foundation, will also…