Using Online Auctions to Raise Money
Fundraising on eBay: How to Raise Big Money on the World’s Greatest Online Marketplace
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
How to Help Your Charity Meet Its Technology Needs
The Accidental Techie: Supporting, Managing, and Maximizing Your Nonprofit’s Technology
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
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. January 2006 5.4% December 2005 5.4% November 5.0% October 5.0% September 5.0%…
Accelerate Brain Cancer Cure (Washington): Appointed Kate Carr, president and chief executive officer of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Washington), to be president and chief executive officer. She succeeds John Reher, who is resigning. Albertson College (Caldwell, Idaho):…
IRS Releases Data on Foundations, Charities
Charitable spending by foundations fell in 2002 for the second year in a row, according to a new IRS report. In 2002, 73,255 private foundations distributed $26.3-billion for grants and other charitable purposes, a decline of 4 percent from the amount awarded in 2001. Foundations spent…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Charitable Deductions Rise, Says IRS Report
New statistics released by the Internal Revenue Service show that deductions claimed for charitable contributions rose from $140.6-billion in 2002 to an estimated $145.7-billion in 2003, an increase of 3.6 percent. The increase marks the second straight year that charitable deductions rose, after…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Ill. attorney general proposes free-care requirement for nonprofit hospitals
Charities that facilitate employment for illegal immigrants in California could face criminal prosecution under a new immigration bill if such organizations help day laborers without first ensuring they are not working illegally, reports theNorth County Times, in Escondido, Calif. Organizations…